pottamus
Well-Known Member
My horse has gone well in his loose ring french link for over a year now but has developed this annoying habit of messing with it in his mouth when stood still. Basically if I stop out on a hack to talk to someone or wait for traffic to pass he starts swivelling his head round and pulling the bit through his mouth. It's a hard one to explain but even if I let the reins go loose he seems to grab the bit through his mouth to the point where it has been pointed out to me that he is almost trying to shove his tongue through the bit ring (so he has pulled the bit right through his mouth).
He always does this now and I need to stop it before we have an accident, so I have tried him this week in rubber bit guards (the round ones that go either side of the bit)...but he managed to get the rubber guard in his mouth a couple of times and started chewing that instead
Would a full cheek bit stop this do you think, because I am hoping that once the habit it broken I can go back to his normal bit...
It is not a mouth thing either as he has his teeth done every 9 months and there are no problems there as done last week.
All advice gratefully received as ever!
He always does this now and I need to stop it before we have an accident, so I have tried him this week in rubber bit guards (the round ones that go either side of the bit)...but he managed to get the rubber guard in his mouth a couple of times and started chewing that instead
Would a full cheek bit stop this do you think, because I am hoping that once the habit it broken I can go back to his normal bit...
It is not a mouth thing either as he has his teeth done every 9 months and there are no problems there as done last week.
All advice gratefully received as ever!