Horse crossing jaw

[Fox07]

when being ridden my mare seems to be doing this a lot, I changed her bridle to a bitless one (nurtural) as I thought she may have a prob with her teeth (dentist cant come till after the 5ht october :$) but she is still jaw crossing in the bitless so im wondering whether or not to try a grackle and see if she settles more in this? Any advice gratefully recieved.

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

Yup, i would try a grakle, but it's good your getting the dentist out to check, just in case.

 

[Stacie_and_Jed]

Personally id wait until the dentist has been. When was the last time the teeth were checked?

If you go ahead and put her in a grakle and she's in pain it could make the situation worse. If dentist say's the teeth are good then yes i would try the grakle and go from there.

Good luck.

 

[Fox07]

According to her previous owner she had her teeth done recently but then ppl will say anything to sell a horse!

 

[K27]

I'd definitely get teeth checked and go from there, and then work out why she is crossing her jaw.

Either a High ring Grakle/ correctly fitted drop/Flash might help or something like a combination or a kineton noseband. May be a case of trial and error, trying different bits and nosebands.

 

[VictoriaEDT]

Wait until the EDT comes and in the meantime make sure she is comfortable by not using a grackle and make sure the noseband is nice and loose, then when you can be sure the teeth arent an issue then continue with trying a grackle etc

good luck