Bridle Patent
In 1997 Dr. Cook met Edward Allan Buck, inventor of the 'original' bitless bridle in Del Mar, CA. Subsequent to that meeting Dr. Cook wrote articles and many letters regarding the bitless bridle. Dr. Cook then took the original design created by Edward Allan Buck and began presenting it as his own Since 1997, his main interest is the disadvantages, and problems associated with using a bit in a horse's mouth. He proposes that bit is the direct cause of many behavioural problems and diseases of the horse, and that it exposes both the horse and the rider to serious risk; he concluded that bit is contraindicated, counterproductive and, in the wrong hands, potentially cruel ; he studied a new, patented type of bitless bridle, and he is now collecting more scientific evidence about its use and about related prevention of important horse problems and diseases.
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