Hard mouth

[hunting mad]

My sons horse has come back off a bad loan.Not only is the horse nappy(which has nearly been put right)but he has also come back with a dead/hard mouth.
Has anyone any ideas how to put this right

 

[horseless jorge!]

How bad is his mouth? If he's completely hard, than maybe working him in a bitless bridle would do for a few weeks. Then, begin all over again by introducing the happy mouth back, and then a simple snaffle. He will have to re-learn that no one's going to hurt him, and that having a bit in can be good.

 

[hunting mad]

I think she must have swung off his mouth!
Its not completely dead,but most deffinatly alot harder than it ever was.
Going bitless maybe the way forward,at least for now.

 

[horseless jorge!]

I think she must have swung off his mouth!
Its not completely dead,but most deffinatly alot harder than it ever was.
Going bitless maybe the way forward,at least for now.

You'll only need to go bitless for a few weeks, just to let him mouth rest and to let his brain recover from the constant imaginable worry. Then you'll be able to re-bit.