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Feb 17, 2012 23:40:42 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Feb 17, 2012 23:40:42 GMT -5
I've never had problems with the F.C getting caught on things but Boomer is forever chewing and playing with his. Don't supposed I'll ever get him to quit, he's done it from the beginning.
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Feb 18, 2012 23:33:13 GMT -5
Post by Devin on Feb 18, 2012 23:33:13 GMT -5
JJ got his caught in the round pen some how, Not sure exactly what he did because I was not there. (I was boarding him at a friends and their idiotic teenage grandaughter wanted to prove herself on my unbroke horse without my permission) Anyway, he put enough pressure on it to bend the bar. OUCH! I moved my horse and got a D-ring . . .
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Feb 19, 2012 0:49:55 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Feb 19, 2012 0:49:55 GMT -5
Ouch sounds like it could have been pretty dangerous. I never leave the bridles on my guys un-attended. I always take them off when tying them. I'm weird because I leave they halters on them under their bridles when we ride so I can slip them off if we stop. One of my friends (first time we rode) said her friends think she's weird cause she does the same exact thing.
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Feb 19, 2012 19:31:15 GMT -5
Post by Devin on Feb 19, 2012 19:31:15 GMT -5
I do that too, I think it makes sense.
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Feb 20, 2012 23:39:33 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Feb 20, 2012 23:39:33 GMT -5
I finally broke down and bought an expensive leather bridle/halter combo for Buddy but it was WAY too small. His 1/2 draft size is really hard to fit. I thought I'd use it on Boomer but Matt hates leather, he likes nylon.
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Feb 21, 2012 21:36:28 GMT -5
Post by dani on Feb 21, 2012 21:36:28 GMT -5
I was remembering back when my son rode in 4-H, they had to show in a shanked bit. His mare was cutting horse trained and I was worried about him hanging in her mouth. Our trainer put her in a bit called a sweet iron mullen mouth. It was great. It had a solid, fat curved bar, with a short teardrop for a shank. It also fit her well because it was narrow and she had a tiny head. My old show gelding was right the opposite. I had a hard time finding a bit that was wide enough to not pinch his face. I wound up with a Billy Allen reining snaffle which wasn't a snaffle at all. It had a broken mouth, with a copper roller in the middle. The shanks were fairly long and they "swiveled" where attached to the mouthpiece on a kinda pivot. He did well in that even though he had only been wearing any kind of bridle for about 2 years. He was the wild one that wasn't even halter broke until he was 13.
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Feb 22, 2012 0:03:01 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Feb 22, 2012 0:03:01 GMT -5
When I bought Buddy I never even asked what bit they'd used. They told me he was "green" broke so I figured it didn't matter since I had already made up my mind to start out with something mild. I ended up with a Mylar Kimberwhick. I had no choice since we had 1 tack store with 0 5.5" bits and the other one had just the kimberwhick. I did ride in it a couple months and it was a nice bit but when winter hit it was COLD so we went to a hackamore. He still prefers his hackamore but I only dig it out when it's cold out since all my bridles/bits hang in the tack shed or trailer.
Anyone else ever use a kimberwhick? what do you think of them? it's the first one I'd ever seen.
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