Re: reply for bit question

This message is from: Michelle King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I also have a wonderful fjord (again, who doesn't?) who goes pretty well in my Dr. Cook Bitless bridle but always liked to reach for the grass. With his super strong neck I had difficulty pulling his head up w/ the bitless bridle or a s

Re: Bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/3/2007 9:45:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My questions: would a kimberwicke be a "milder" bit than a twisted wire snaffle? Any other suggestions on other bit options? I ride English and am familiar with the pelh

Re: Bit question

This message is from: Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use a Myler snaffle the one that is legal for dressage. Both of my fjords really leaned on a french-link snaffle but do well in the Myler. I had a warmblood mare who would lean on you and we used a Pessoa type snaffle on her. That is th

Re: Bit question

This message is from: Sarah Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One of the best exercises that I have used in getting control over the shoulders is to start on a 20 meter circle and gradually spiral down to a 10 meter circle, then leg yield out to 20 meters again. You may need to use that raised inside

Re: Bit question

This message is from: Silja Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Speaking of those powerful shoulders.. are there some exercises that you guys can recommend? My 5 year old mare is getting entirely too much practice at this and other than raising my inside rein a bit, doing some leg yields I am at a l

Re: Bit question

This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a thought: the Myler combiantion bit works at the poll, nose, mouth and jaw simultaneously, and so you can communicate with the horse assertively if you need to and still keep a fairly light hand. My gal has a very strong neck (what Fjor

Re: Bit question

This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use a Myler *combination* comfort snaffle (level 1) bit on my mare, who can also go in a Dr. Cook's bitless bridle when she is being ridden consistently. (When she hasn't been ridden for a while, she usually needs to have the "reminder" of t

Re: Bit question

This message is from: Sarah Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Liz, In your exploration of snaffles did you ever use a Mullen mouth? (a non-jointed snaffle, just a slightly curved bar.) It seems milder, but the horse can't avoid the action by pushing it off the tongue as they can the jointed snaffle.

Bit question

This message is from: Liz Rudy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a question about finding the proper bit for my wonderful fjord, Torsten. He has been ridden in the past with an eggbutt snaffle, but appears to need something a little stronger. We have tried various snaffles, both fixed and loose ring, wit

bit question & other

This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello to all from delicious weather in WI. I can't believe we are having such a cool summer that is good for horse activities, but not our gardens. Don't know if we will ever see any red tomatoes before it frosts. And worse yet, I p

Re: bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/10/2002 5:53:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > A snaffle, to me, is any bit with a direct pull, rather than a > leverage from a shank. Snaffles can have any style mouthpiece, broken, one > piece, two piece, th

Re: bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/10/2002 1:38:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Just what are you calling a "snaffle"? A KK IS a snaffle, isn't it? > Confusing. A snaffle, to me, is any bit with a direct pull, rather than a > leverage from a

Re: bit question

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Same problem with Juniper. She was okay with a snaffle, till I started >studying dressage, and I started learning what I didn't know. That she >really hung on that bit. So we switched to a KK bit (a chunk of change). Hey Pam, Just wha

Re: bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/9/2002 4:34:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Any ideas for a bit that would help out. I hate to go and buy any of the > numerous options out there w/o hearing some input and experience. Could > get > costly

bit question

This message is from: "Janne Myrdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings from ND. We are in the process of re-training or re-schooling Heidi, a 12 year old fjord mare who has been a broodmare for several years. She is doing quite well under saddle, but we have not found a bit that seems to do well for

Re: another bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 4/30/01 10:57:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have and do like them, but I thought they were not legal in dressage? I haven't shown for quite a while and don't have a 2001 rulebook. As far as I knew, any

Re: another bit question

h over 17 hours daylight! >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hello List! > >I have a bit question too. > > Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

another bit question

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello List! I have a bit question too. This weekend I went to our first show of the season. Baldur did really well, he always does, but I was very unhappy with the bit I had bought recently as my show bit. For the last 2 years B has been ridden in a