new coblet and a question

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jensheff26

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im sooooo happy my new cob fiya has finally arrived today after a 2 week wait shes happily settled in to her new field, she was soo good just sauntered in and started eating really chilled out, well here she is my cob and a half fiya,
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shes been rode in a the same bit for 2 years and her mouth is very hard and not very responsive she dosent listen and just pulls wherever she wants, what bit would you try to get more contact with her? thanks
 
Cooor shes a bit hench!

I wouldn't worry too much about the contact till she's lost a bit of weight and can carry herself properly. Go back to a snaffle, Hack her about till she's lost a little bit of baggage and then I'd suggest start gently lunging her in a bungee or similar to let her figure out about contact on her own and then start introducing the schooling work into it ridden. Once the weight's gone, she'll find it easier. :)

ETA - what we did with Hairy anyway :) She's lovely though!
 
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We are about to try a waterford with our girl, though she is only in a french link now. They are not particularly strong but are supposed to be more mobile and dicourage leaning. Alternatively you could try going back to basics and see how she is in just a snaffle (in the safety of a confined place). Lovely cob BTW, how big is she , she looks huge, or are you tiny?
 
nice cob! makes you look tiny, at least she wont need much of the very expensive hay this winter!!!! is the pelham she is in jointed or a straight bar? if it is a straight bar try her in a straight bar snaffle. hope you have lots of fun!!
 
thank you for the comments im thinking trying her in a strait bar snaffle to start with, i know shes way overweight at the minute so hoping i can get her fitter and she will lose a lot over the winter. so she should be a lovely shape at the same time her feathers grow back next year
 
TBH I wouldn't even think about changing her bit until you have had longer to get to know her. I can't really tell from the pic but are you using a curb chain, if so leave her in the pelham, change to 2 reins and have the curb there to fall back on if she doesn't respond to the bit. That way you can get an indication of how she will go in a straight snaffle whilst still having the reassurance that you are safe if she is a little headstrong. She may not have been schooled to respond to seat and legs so work on that and you should gradually be able to reduce the bitting strength you need to use. Remember to keep yourself safe! She is beautiful, a real looker, bet you get lots of comments when you are out on her, enjoy!
 
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