Headcollar "dually" Monty Roberts in Warrington
Monty Roberts Dually headcollar in black. Medium size. Has been used but in great condition, just don't have our section D now. What is it? The Dually is a patented training halter, designed by Monty Roberts, which effectively rewards horses for acting in partnership with their handler. It's very versatile as it can be used as a standard headcollar, training halter or even a bitless bridle. It's fully adjustable and comes with an instructional video to explain its fitting and use. (See futher fitting details below). The Dually is mainly used as a schooling aid (as an alternative to a bridle, chifney, lunge cavesson, halter with a chain over the nose) or as a standard headcollar. The halters are colour coded and green is the smallest size. How it does it work? It works on the basis of pressure and release and is far more sophisticated than wrapping the lead rope around the horse's nose, as it is very precise and will release pressure/apply it in the correct way. In the words of Kelly Marks: "The ring on the sliding noseband is positioned high on the nose, not low, so it doesn't put pressure on the very sensitive parts of the horse's head," says Kelly. "The pressure is only applied when the horse backs away from you or moves out of the 'comfort zone' (this being within a respectable distance from you). As soon as they move back, away, or stop - the pressure is immediately applied and their instinctive reaction is to move out of the pressure zone and come back towards you. "When they do this they are instantly rewarded as the pressure releases straight away." What impact does it have on the horse? "The reason you are using the Dually is because it won't damage or desensitise your horse's mouth," says Kelly. "It doesn't dig in anywhere or work on very sensitive areas of the horse's face, it doesn't use excessive poll pressure and fitted correctly it won't slip around the horse's face, so you gain more accuracy and control of the horse with less compression than other options," adds Kelly. SIZES Sizes come up quite large but there are plenty of holes so there is good adjustability. The smallest which is the extra small would fit a Welsh Section A or Shetland to a 13hh pony with a finer head, small would fit is a 13 hh pony going up to a 15.2 hh with a smaller head. The medium would fit from 14 hh Big Head to a finer 16.2 hh, the large is LARGE! Please note the extra small are only available in green, small are only available in red, the medium are only available in black and the large only available in blue! The Dually is colour coded is according to size. Extra Small Size is Green Small Size is Red, Medium Size is Black Large Size is Blue Medium Black Dually Measurements Poll to bottom of halter - i.e where training rope goes (so measure your horse from his poll to 2 inches below his cheek bone - middle fitting (ideal size) is 20 inches, the smallest fitting is 18 inches and the largest fitting is 22 inches. Around the nose just below the cheek bone - the largest it will fit is 26 inches