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Just wanted peoples views on these - your opions on their action, if they have worked - or not - for you.

I know of a number of horses where this has been a real turnaround in their acceptance of the bit - but after 6 months or so, they start to resist, and moving back to their old bits has sorted the problem.

Do you think these horses are just benefitting from a different action - not particularly the myler action - and just need a change of bit every now and then to keep them happy, or is this a common issue with these bits.

Thanks!
 
I use mylers and really like them, they are very well made and there is pretty much a bit for every horse at each stage. i ride both english and western and use mainly curb bits, (kimblewick for english). my horses seem to go better with a ported mouthpiece, although the comfort snaffle was ok. you may need to swap about and tinker a bit, but think that can apply to any make especially when training and educating.
 
Chex was good, and seemed to accept it - but then started pulling and leaning. He had a wide port comfort snaffle. He does this with every bit though, goes really well for a few months then just completely ignores it. I would choose it as my preferred bit though.
 
My horse accpeted it for about 6 months and then didthe leaning, taking a hold etc. I am now in a NS verbidend and she is so much lighter and responsive ride
 
My Horse has been in his Myler for at least 2 years. Comfort snaffle for day to day dressage jumping etc. Short Shank combination with comfort mouthpiece for hunting. Had no problems at all except when he had a sharp tooth.
 
I have the high wide comfort myler snaffle with hooks. I use it on my WB and cob (who is VERY strong) and both accepted and loved it straight away. They don't lean, don't pull, and seem so much happier in it.

This is the one I have-
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And my cob wearing it-
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Yes we have that bit and they accept it very well and it stopped my daughter fiddling and helped the young horse come off his forehand. We change to a kk for dressage
 
I have a myler comfort snaffle, realy works well for my old mare, she resented contact and seems to like a nice stable bit - works for her
 
My mare has always been very fussy about her mouth, and finally started going well in a mullen happy mouth loose ring snaffle - only trouble was that she munched through them, and after spending a fortune I finally went to a bit help line.
They recommended a Myler comfort snaffle - over a year ago - and she hasn't looked back since. She's confident about accepting contact and will now work nicely forward into an outline - there's no sign of leaning or any other problem! I love it - and so does she
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I have a myler snaffle which helps enormously with controlling my 16.3h Irish draught - however I can't find out whether I can use it in BE and BD - have looked at the rules and either I'm being dim or they are not being clear (am happy to accept it could be the former) Any help gratefully received!
 
Teasel's comfort snaffle is dressage legal - I checked before buying it. I think it will depend on whether it has hooks etc - do you know what kind it is?
 
the ones without hooks/loops are dressage legal.
I converted to Myler bits (comfort snaffles) a year ago and we haven't looked back, all three of mine with quite different mouths and issues go very well in them
 
There are literally hundreds of options in the Myler catalogue so it's not really about a particular type of bit. Some people use the product name to mean a bit with hooks, some to mean their signature Comfort Snaffle etc. but in fact all these styles are now available in similar forms from other makers. I still think the Mylers are well made, well balanced bits which probably makes as much difference as anything.

The trick is to find the one that works and I really like their "bit help" website option. It used to be be pretty useless but one client of mine got some really good advice a while back and since then a couple of other people I know have used it to good success so apparently they've got a handle on it now. In the first case at least one of the options would not have occured to us and it was the one I liked best, although the owner of the horse prefered one of the other suggestions. (Which shows just how subjective the whole thing really is.) They are also up on what is dressage legal, which I've found the tack shops aren't always clear on.
 
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