What do you think about a Tom Thumb bit? Was thinking about changing bits, any suggestions?
You have got yourself a training problem; not a bit problem. Sometimes folks think that if their having a problem with a horse a different bit might help them to sort things out. But the bottom line is that there is nothing that you can put in horses mouth that will make them work properly. Sometimes switching to a different bit can bring about a temprorary response, but it will only be temporary since the actual problem that existed in the first place has not been taken care of. Hopefully the trainer that your daughter plans to take lessons from can help her sort this out with her horse. With regard to the above answer…There is nothing wrong with starting a horse in the snaffle bit then moving into the bosal. According to vaquero tradition (where the bosal originated) horses were started in a snaffle, and moved into the hackamore (rawhide bosal with a macate) while their bridle teeth came in. Once the horse was working properly in the hackamore, he was put into the two-rein outfit a
