Heres one for you all
Shape of horses tongue? how should it look? I know each will be different but just querying this with Vols mouth.
He’s always put his tongue out since I’ve owned him and when i tried him. He had his teeth / back etc all checked and by different professional people to double confirm no issues. His only head shaking came with his SC saddles that didn’t fit. Since they have gone no head shaking but he will put his tongue out to the side or go round with his mouth open or tongue over bit. But his head doesn’t come up or down. His tongue is very flexible so to say. I do understand this behaviour is a reaction to pain tho and have narrowed it down to the bit.
I have tried different biting options – single joint snaffle thick and thin, French link and French link loose ring, French link fulmer, low port myler and flash and drop nose band options (tongue still pops out). Bitless is fine but not option for shows etc. I just want him to be happy in normal canvesson noseband – do not want to clamp him down to accept it
I also tried chucking the contact away – no contact and still will stick tongue out (my hand contact doesn’t seem to be the issue either)– lunged in bit no rider and same indicating bit as well. After seeing an RI we did take the come on you will route and just getting on with it and ignoring and pushing through, fine and did work but I have noticed that he will go round carrying himself in a natural outline but his mouth wide open and ether tongue out or drawn back again all indicators to pain association which not happy to carry on riding with.
Rode last night and he just seems to be evading it quietly – everything else is in place now so to say but he doesn’t look comfy with his bit at all and I just hate it and want to solve it for him. I had a look in his mouth when I got off to have a good nosy and there seemed to be a good bit of tongue behind where the bit lay. Like lower end of tongue was ok but tongue behind that looks rather big deformed and a lot of it all bunched up behind the bit. Rather odd shape and quantity. Looks uncomfy anyway with the bit in. I Know a thick tongues and low palates often cannot bear the discomfort of a single-joint snaffle so gonna have to steer clear of them
Any ideas on solution? Have my trusty RI this weekend and quite excited to let her have a look but wondering anyone has come across this before?
Shape of horses tongue? how should it look? I know each will be different but just querying this with Vols mouth.
He’s always put his tongue out since I’ve owned him and when i tried him. He had his teeth / back etc all checked and by different professional people to double confirm no issues. His only head shaking came with his SC saddles that didn’t fit. Since they have gone no head shaking but he will put his tongue out to the side or go round with his mouth open or tongue over bit. But his head doesn’t come up or down. His tongue is very flexible so to say. I do understand this behaviour is a reaction to pain tho and have narrowed it down to the bit.
I have tried different biting options – single joint snaffle thick and thin, French link and French link loose ring, French link fulmer, low port myler and flash and drop nose band options (tongue still pops out). Bitless is fine but not option for shows etc. I just want him to be happy in normal canvesson noseband – do not want to clamp him down to accept it
I also tried chucking the contact away – no contact and still will stick tongue out (my hand contact doesn’t seem to be the issue either)– lunged in bit no rider and same indicating bit as well. After seeing an RI we did take the come on you will route and just getting on with it and ignoring and pushing through, fine and did work but I have noticed that he will go round carrying himself in a natural outline but his mouth wide open and ether tongue out or drawn back again all indicators to pain association which not happy to carry on riding with.
Rode last night and he just seems to be evading it quietly – everything else is in place now so to say but he doesn’t look comfy with his bit at all and I just hate it and want to solve it for him. I had a look in his mouth when I got off to have a good nosy and there seemed to be a good bit of tongue behind where the bit lay. Like lower end of tongue was ok but tongue behind that looks rather big deformed and a lot of it all bunched up behind the bit. Rather odd shape and quantity. Looks uncomfy anyway with the bit in. I Know a thick tongues and low palates often cannot bear the discomfort of a single-joint snaffle so gonna have to steer clear of them
Any ideas on solution? Have my trusty RI this weekend and quite excited to let her have a look but wondering anyone has come across this before?
