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Location: Somewhere around here | What bits do you use on your hard to please horses? I feel like I have to switch my horse into a different bit or hackamore every month. I don't think it's fair to him to keep on switching it but sometimes I don't know what else to do. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Try a chain mouth peice, thats all I use on my horses.  |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-15 11:37 PM
Try a chain mouth peice, thats all I use on my horses.
I've heard to only use those on hard mouthed horses. Is that true?
Haha I have just about every kind of bit in my tack room besides a chain mouth too. Maybe I need to scoot on over to nrsworld.com and check out their chain bits.... |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | cecollins0811 - 2014-03-15 11:40 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-15 11:37 PM Try a chain mouth peice, thats all I use on my horses. I've heard to only use those on hard mouthed horses. Is that true? Haha I have just about every kind of bit in my tack room besides a chain mouth too. Maybe I need to scoot on over to nrsworld.com and check out their chain bits....
mouth is for horses that are real soft in the face and dont need that heavy bit. Not for a hard mouth, LOL...I will see if I can find a picture are 2 of the ones that I have..
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The Advice Guru
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| What is your horse doing, why do you feel like you need to change bits o. A monthly basis?
When I switch bits, I put a lot of thought into what the horse is doing, why the horse is doing what they are doing.
Then I look at the mechanisms of bits and see if I can find a bit to compliment the horse |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Here is a couple of the Chain bits I have, I have others but there older bits and not being made any more and I am to lazy to go take pictures of them, but these will give you an ideal, they are really nice I love how they form to my horses mouths. 
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Perhaps a Waterford mouth piece would suit you best. My guess is your an aggressive rider and has contact on the mouth at all time. This fits comfortalble in the mouth and your horse can't lean on it. |
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Location: ND | What is he doing that you feel you need to switch bits frequently? What bits/hacks have you used? |
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