Walrus
Well-Known Member
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can advise on bit possibilities. Pony is native so have quite a fleshy tongue/ mouth, he's been broken for about 18 months and to be fair it's slow progress! The main issue at the moment is the contact, now I'm working on my hands and having a consistant contact but not fixing etc. I appreciate that I need to sort my hands out (preferably quickly) and get my leg on. However, he really resists the bit, I just feel if he'd relax his jaw it would all work! He seems to just resist and fight constantly. I'm starting to wonder if I need to alter his bitting and see if I can find something he's a little more accepting of. He's currently in a neue schule starter bit as I like the fact that it's not too thick and has the losenge and is loose ring, but starting to think maybe he just doesn't get on with it. Any recommendations are welcome!
Also, teeth were done recently, saddle is professionally fitted, physio sees him regularly and we have regular lessons so work on our issues! He is a native and (not wanting to generalise) has the temperament to match - stubborn!
Thanks
Just wondering if anyone can advise on bit possibilities. Pony is native so have quite a fleshy tongue/ mouth, he's been broken for about 18 months and to be fair it's slow progress! The main issue at the moment is the contact, now I'm working on my hands and having a consistant contact but not fixing etc. I appreciate that I need to sort my hands out (preferably quickly) and get my leg on. However, he really resists the bit, I just feel if he'd relax his jaw it would all work! He seems to just resist and fight constantly. I'm starting to wonder if I need to alter his bitting and see if I can find something he's a little more accepting of. He's currently in a neue schule starter bit as I like the fact that it's not too thick and has the losenge and is loose ring, but starting to think maybe he just doesn't get on with it. Any recommendations are welcome!
Also, teeth were done recently, saddle is professionally fitted, physio sees him regularly and we have regular lessons so work on our issues! He is a native and (not wanting to generalise) has the temperament to match - stubborn!
Thanks