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Location: Somewhere around here | I was watching a movie, actors were riding horses, and as usual the riders were pulling on the horses mouths. Just curious but what would be the nicest mouthpiece you could put on a horse for an inexperienced rider? I was thinking a smooth dog bone would be good. Thoughts? |
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Location: texas | cecollins0811 - 2014-12-21 2:49 PM
I was watching a movie, actors were riding horses, and as usual the riders were pulling on the horses mouths. Just curious but what would be the nicest mouthpiece you could put on a horse for an inexperienced rider? I was thinking a smooth dog bone would be good. Thoughts?
Is the horse very experienced (bomb proof) or stubborn? |
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Location: Texas | I would use a shorter shanked hack, like a jim warner. Thats just becaus eI know how well my horses respond to them, the lightest bit I would think is an O-ring with a smooth mouth piece? It really depends how the horse responds to different types of pressure |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | A halter and a lead rope. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Depends...I know what my horse is going to respond best in...but I also know that's probably what's he'd get fed up the quickest in as well and tell them to screw off.
But this is why I am extremely selective about who rides my ponies and movie stars need not apply usually. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | CYA Ranch - 2014-12-21 2:05 PM A halter and a lead rope.
This...at the end of a lunge line and when they got their seat figured they could get reins.... |
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| I have had this struggle with my nieces as they're leaning. I started them in a wonder bit as its my trail bit but he tends to ignore them if they start hanging on him too much. I put them in a little s and so far that's working pretty good. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CYA Ranch - 2014-12-21 3:05 PM A halter and a lead rope.
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Location: Texas | cecollins0811 - 2014-12-21 12:49 PM
I was watching a movie, actors were riding horses, and as usual the riders were pulling on the horses mouths. Just curious but what would be the nicest mouthpiece you could put on a horse for an inexperienced rider? I was thinking a smooth dog bone would be good. Thoughts?
I wouldn't... that person wouldn't be on a horse if I have any say in it. |
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Miracle in the Making
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| hey its does not have to be actors i see pictures on face book people really think they look great they are way airborne poor horse when they come down not just 1 picture but several plus hanging all over them |
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| A three piece bit is the gentlest but I prefer a halter and lead rope. I lunge new riders to help them with their seat. You can also use an old polo wrap tied around the horse's neck for them to grab onto so they don't hang on the horse's mouth. |
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Location: on my horse | I lunge anybody who is green who is going to ride my horse. They get lunged until they develop an independent seat. I let them walk and do some little fun stuff in a round pen with a little S hack and colored reins so they know where their hands are supposed to go while they are developing so they don't get bored... Also because I think walking and later trotting and doing stuff helps develop their seat and hands as well.
For some of my younger green lesson kids if I have fresh round pen ground I have them "draw" me a smiley face, other things I do is have them maneuver around barrels, poles, ground poles etc. to develop fine motor skills as well as practice laying their rein hand on my horse's neck and riding with seat/legs as much as possible. It's fun to see their faces light up when they realize all they have to do is say whoa and shift their weight and he'll back right up for them.
That being said there are only two children who ride my horse and currently no adults I trust him with. |
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