Great info! Rachel Tullis, you rock. You're so polite, and asked a question which made it really clear to riders watching the video that a long shank bit increases pressure a whole lot...so 10 lbs of pull on a snaffle bit rein becomes about 30 lbs or even more on a long shank bit! Quite a responsibility for the rider, indeed!
I believe a bit hobble is a cross piece, many times metal, between the rein holes on a spanked bit to keep the horse from grabbing one of the shanks in its mouth.
Very well explained! I personally prefer a snaffle with the copper roller in middle. I started with the bit less hackamore consisting of the bosal and reins.
Laura Horgus How a bit works? It hurts. That is what it does. That is what it is supposed to do. It is designed to hurt in the mouth. I hear the words " harsh" and "pressure" and " leverage". Would you like those things to happen in your mouth? Look at your horses behaviour when he has it in. The ears, the tail, his face, his eyes. All twisted in pain. Don't you see that? Look at them! The foam at the mouth, the constant fidgeting and headshaking. Opening their mouth. These horses are in pain. That is not playing. That is trying to get away from it. They go over it, under it, use their tongue and then riders tie their mouth shut so they can't escape it. That is cruel! Go get a dr Cook bitless bridle. He is a vet that researched the bit and he was disgusted. Google him. A horsebreeder told me just yesterday you only need two pinkies and a holster to steer your horse. No need for a bit. It just bothers them. Why else would you need to train them for years just for them to give up resisting it. Please don't hurt your horse out of ignorance. You love him, don't you? Even the chance of dr. Cook being right should be enough to start you on bitless bridles. Lots of videos out there on YT. Sometimes tradition is wrong. We know better now. No more need for putting our horses through that.
In my opinion, the only bits that don't hurt the horses mouth is a rubber frenchlink/doubble jointed bit and a moullen mouth(i think thats how u spell it)
Grace Lui you're wrong. French link bits are harsh. The can squeeze and hurt the tongue easily and they are a very unstable connection to a horses mouth. I saw horses with cuts in their tongues from french link bits. Try it on yourself, hold a finger between a joint of the middle part and put pressure on it, it will hurt. I used French links myself but now I know better!
Normal double jointed bits are ok, but a single jointed bit isn't more harsh. The nutcracker effect (joint pointing in the horses upper jaw) isn't possible with a correct fitted single jointed bit. Also does a single jointed bit put less pressure on the tongue, which some horses like better.
Great info! Rachel Tullis, you rock. You're so polite, and asked a question which made it really clear to riders watching the video that a long shank bit increases pressure a whole lot...so 10 lbs of pull on a snaffle bit rein becomes about 30 lbs or even more on a long shank bit! Quite a responsibility for the rider, indeed!
How can you tell if the purchase is to tight or too lose?
I believe a bit hobble is a cross piece, many times metal, between the rein holes on a spanked bit to keep the horse from grabbing one of the shanks in its mouth.
FINALLY someone who actually knows definition of a snaffle! THANK YOU!!!
Very well explained! I personally prefer a snaffle with the copper roller in middle. I started with the bit less hackamore consisting of the bosal and reins.
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Thank you, Julie! I'm always looking for more information on bits, how they function and how exactly each piece effects the horses' mouth.
Laura Horgus How a bit works? It hurts. That is what it does. That is what it is supposed to do. It is designed to hurt in the mouth. I hear the words " harsh" and "pressure" and " leverage". Would you like those things to happen in your mouth? Look at your horses behaviour when he has it in. The ears, the tail, his face, his eyes. All twisted in pain. Don't you see that? Look at them! The foam at the mouth, the constant fidgeting and headshaking. Opening their mouth. These horses are in pain. That is not playing. That is trying to get away from it. They go over it, under it, use their tongue and then riders tie their mouth shut so they can't escape it. That is cruel! Go get a dr Cook bitless bridle. He is a vet that researched the bit and he was disgusted. Google him. A horsebreeder told me just yesterday you only need two pinkies and a holster to steer your horse. No need for a bit. It just bothers them. Why else would you need to train them for years just for them to give up resisting it. Please don't hurt your horse out of ignorance. You love him, don't you? Even the chance of dr. Cook being right should be enough to start you on bitless bridles. Lots of videos out there on YT. Sometimes tradition is wrong. We know better now. No more need for putting our horses through that.
Amazing video!!!
i love that blue headstall! what kind is it?! Great information!
In my opinion, the only bits that don't hurt the horses mouth is a rubber frenchlink/doubble jointed bit and a moullen mouth(i think thats how u spell it)
Grace Lui you're wrong. French link bits are harsh. The can squeeze and hurt the tongue easily and they are a very unstable connection to a horses mouth. I saw horses with cuts in their tongues from french link bits. Try it on yourself, hold a finger between a joint of the middle part and put pressure on it, it will hurt. I used French links myself but now I know better!
Normal double jointed bits are ok, but a single jointed bit isn't more harsh. The nutcracker effect (joint pointing in the horses upper jaw) isn't possible with a correct fitted single jointed bit. Also does a single jointed bit put less pressure on the tongue, which some horses like better.
I prefer my bits non existent :)