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I found the Myler book to be extremely useful too to help you select the right bit the first time.  It is a good investment before you spend $100.00 on the bit itself.  I too have had extreme luck with the Mylers, but with my two different horses, too very different Mylers worked.  I keep thinking I just need to sell bits, but offer a trial program. I would love to try bits before I buy... since I have a box full of them.  Must say, I stopped adding to the box once I bought the Myler Book.

 

Jennifer

PS At the AERC convention a couple years ago, one of the Mylers was a guest speaker.  I went up as a volunteer for one of his demos.  He put a standard snaffle across my arm and pulled fairly gently on the bit as a rider would.   My arm was bruised for a week, and I don't bruise.  It opened my eyes that a snaffle is not necessarily as kind as everyone thinks.

 

 

DreamWeaver <nvrider@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> >I have a mare with a shallow mouth. She can get her tongue over most 
> >shanked bits. A regular snaffle is not quite enough on the trail. I was 
> >wondering about the Myler bits but wasn't too crazy about spending over 
> >$100 on a bit. Suggestions please.
>
> Hi Debby -- I have had to work thru that same issue this year too. I was 
> using a bit that worked on my horse, but after 3 day rides his mouth was 
> getting sore around the corners of the lips. I had borrowed and tried 
> several bits on him and a lot of them just didn't fit. I ended up getting 
> a Myler bit from Sportack and it worked very well for all 5 days of Cold 
> Springs. It's a low ported kimberwick, narrow. I think it did cost almost 
> $100, but it was well worth it to finally find something that the horse was 
> happy in, can eat in while on the trail,
>  and doesn't make him sore or 
> uncomfortable after 5 days. On the second day after lunch I did rub some 
> hair off of his chin with the chain, so I wrapped it in vetwrap and solved 
> that problem. Probably looks weird, but hey---it works! The bit is 
> probably about a 1/4 to 1/2" bigger than his mouth, but again--it works so 
> I'm not changing a thing! He needs the little extra space so that when he 
> grabs bites to eat on the trail he can chew without the bit rubbing or 
> causing him to get sore anywhere. I've tried riding him in all sorts of 
> things, a S-hack, a vosal, tons of various bits. I definitely cannot ride 
> him in some of that stuff, even on the last day after lunch on a multiday 
> he pulls and wants to go too fast. But in this myler bit, he rates well 
> and I can do that with a loose rein. I can't stand to ride a horse that 
> pulls, especially for multiple days.
>
> This is a photo of the 
> bit:
>  http://www.sportack.com/images/P3-KIM23435.jpg I think I may take 
> the chain off and replace it with biothane.
>
> Karen
> in Nv
>
>
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> Riding alone is when you teach a horse all the "tools" and "cues" he needs
> to handle the trail, to hold a speed, deal with hills, etc. It's also where
> you develop the "bond" that causes him to "defer" to you before losing his
> cool.
> ~ Jim Holland
>
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