Below are a few examples of mouth features. Different face and head features affect the response a horse has to a bit and or training.
The Inventing of the "Robart Pinchless Bits"
How did you Think of That? I get that question more than any other question. Then people follow up with questions concerning their horse.
When I would transfer a bosel horse to a snaffle I noticed problems arising. When a horse has a nice head set and quite mouth along with good forward motion and it loses these qualities when switched to a bridal it was very frustrating. I began looking at the snaffles. I began studying what the bit was doing in the mouth at every moment and every movement. I studied all the various mouth types, thick tongue thin tongues short mouths, thick lips and all the many others.
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HAS LEARNED FROM TRAINING HORSES TO WHATS BEHIND THE EQUIPMENT WE USE.. Dave currently trains and continues to improve horse equipment today.
MY HORSE'S MOUTH
Does your horse have short to Med. lip with big muzzle?
These horses tend to not have a lot of room in their mouth. They can go either way very sensitive or to not sensitive.
Does your horse have small muzzle ,long lip and long face?
These horses may have a longer tongue and bit the corner of inner lip-this causes them to push down into the bit. Often pulling the reins from your hand. Snaffle bits do not work as well as a shank type bit .
Does your horse have a long lip and big muzzle?
These horses may have a thick tongue and not very sensitive in the mouth.
Does your horse have short lip and small muzzle?
These horses tend to be sensitive in the mouth
Does your horse have short lip, big tongue and Roman nose?
How the Pinchless is different from the Conventional Bits
Thru the years of experience of trainers and training thousands of horses. Dave Robart can help explain to you how a simple piece of equipment can help elimate problems and greatly improve other performance. The pinchless elimates pinching to the inside of the mouth teaching the horse to stay calm. Unlike the conventional bit that can tend to pinch in the center of the rings or if using a bearing type bit can tend to pinch the horse at the edges of the bearings. The precision bit now allows the ported type bits not to be so binding in the horse’s mouth when using like a covential bit can sometimes do. By using the precision bit you can now be more precise in your cues when using the bit.
The reason the pinchless and precision have such a great effect in a horses mouth is that all internal parts of the bit are hidden from the horse and there is no bulk on the outside of the bit making it more comfortable for the horse. . The pinchless snaffle and the precision bit are the first bits in a hundred years to change in the mouthpiece and still look like a conventional bit.
What the pinchless and the precision can help eliminate.
*Head Tossing *Biting on the shanks
*Gapping *Pulling reins out of your hands
*Excessive mouth movement *Dropping shoulders
*Putting tongue over the bit *Giving you bad stops
*Heavy on the four hand *Not wanting to back
*Pushing thru the bridle *High headed
How to pick the right bit for your horse. The rule of thumb is that you are using a bit right now that is doing almost everything that you want, except for the bad habits that you feel in the bit. So when searching for a Robart Bit try to find the bit that is closest to what you are using now. So you do not completely change the bit feeling in the horse’s mouth.
