Recent content by jenmob

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    Advice on bedding for a big mucky boy

    Having given up on straw this year due to the quality I decided to try my new boy on wood pellets (the ones you soak until they partially break up). He is 16.3 in a 13x12 stable with mats. I put 8 bags down to begin with an had a super bed, 6 weeks down the line it's like a ploughed field and i...
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    shop4bits

    thankfully I found www.thetackshop.co.uk and a bit lending service where 'service' seems to be the operative word. The 2 bits I've been waiting ages for from the other mob should be with me tomorrow (ordered today). Patricia's Myler Bit Bank were also extremely helpful (although did have some...
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    bitting advice please

    Yeah I'm going to try the legal Myler hanging cheeck and the Neue Schule Verbinden (thanks to the helpful people at the tackshop.co.uk, and their bit lending service)
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    bitting advice please

    only a couple are but the ported comfort snaffles aren't and seem to be the most popular by far
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    bitting advice please

    i've a really gobby TB (with a large tongue) who only ever seems to relax in his Myler Combination Bit or Myler Low Port Comfort Snaffle, neither of which I can turn up for a dressage test in (about time BD updated their list of legal bits to inc some more Mylers). Someone suggested I try a...
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    Bit bank - List

    hi there, I'm interested in the Myler 32 mouthpiece mullen mouth full cheek bit that you have in the bit bank. do you know if it's dressage legal? I'm desperately trying to find something to replace my low port wide barrel comfort snaffle which isn't and shop4bits seem to have gone to ground
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    shop4bits

    i would if i could but you can't leave any messages on their machine - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
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    shop4bits

    any updates on their situation? Are they still trading? Order placed 2 weeks ago hasn't arrived and I've phoned every day for a week and no one is picking up. Also emailed a week ago - no response. Does anyone know of someone else offering same service?
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