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| What head gear do you use?
Halter, bit, breaking hackamore, bosal, etc? |
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| I always start my colts in a bosal. |
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Location: Nebraska | bosal here, too. I do teach them to carry a bit and ground drive them too but generally the first rides are in a bosal. If I don't feel like they're responding well, I'll put them in a snaffle. |
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| I start in a halter. Then will work up from there. Most of mine never get past a snaffle :) |
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  Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | first few rides are in a rope halter, then i go to a snaffle |
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 Straight Shooter
Posts: 5725
Location: SW North Dakota | Yep- Start in a rope halter. The bit doesn't mean much at first, and you dont need to be pulling on it if they buck or take off. I start them giving to the pressure of the bit on the ground and they stand tied with the bit in their mouth for a zillion hours. Start flexing their face with the halter when you're on their backs and once they are relaxed with you in the saddle, do the same with the snaffle. I don't care for the "feel" of a snaffle, so as soon as they are responding and traveling out decent, I switch them to a short shanked bit- usually with a double broken mouth. Mine are usuallly in a bridle bit after 30 days. |
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear. |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
| Jenbabe - 2016-12-13 2:44 PM
I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear.
Me too. If I don't have control of ones head and body when I first get on, it means I didn't do my groundwork properly. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Jenbabe - 2016-12-13 1:44 PM I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear.
Same here. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1096
| ND3canAddict - 2016-12-13 2:41 PM
Yep- Start in a rope halter. The bit doesn't mean much at first, and you dont need to be pulling on it if they buck or take off. I start them giving to the pressure of the bit on the ground and they stand tied with the bit in their mouth for a zillion hours. Start flexing their face with the halter when you're on their backs and once they are relaxed with you in the saddle, do the same with the snaffle. I don't care for the "feel" of a snaffle, so as soon as they are responding and traveling out decent, I switch them to a short shanked bit- usually with a double broken mouth.  Mine are usuallly in a bridle bit after 30 days.
you do what I do. Except you explained it better :) |
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 Namesless in BHW
Posts: 10368
Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-12-13 3:26 PM
Jenbabe - 2016-12-13 1:44 PM I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear.
Same here. Â
Same with us |
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 Ms. Marine
Posts: 4641
Location: Texas | I start all youngins in a rope halter. |
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Location: BFE, Texas | sidepull |
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Location: Deep South | total performance - 2016-12-13 7:09 PM
wyoming barrel racer - 2016-12-13 3:26 PM
Jenbabe - 2016-12-13 1:44 PM I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear.
Same here. Â
Same with us
Me too. |
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Location: LEFPD | Tx3turns - 2016-12-14 8:56 AM
sidepull
Yes, sidepull here as well. |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | Sidepull |
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Location: North Dakota | Jenbabe - 2016-12-13 2:44 PM
I ground drive everything in a snaffle before riding, so when it's time to get on I keep them in the same headgear.
same here |
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