Locket is going to be 4 in August and we plan to start training him. He is a good size so should be suitable as kids riding pony like our other adults and i plan to long rein him this summer, doing some short walks with the kids on with aim this winter he'll start his training as a lead rein pony.
Now he has a relatively bad undershot jaw, when i was spoke to my vet a year or so ago it was said he would need to ride bitless due to his jaw.
But having looked there are so many different types! All my others are ridden bitted, they may have started bitless in just a lunge cavasson, then reins hook through bit to cavasson, then to both bit & cavasson before finally going all on bit pressure... which is normally as they start to do more off lead rein and need the extra control.
But Locket won't be getting bitted so i need something that will give us some control. He's got a habit of going round dragging his nose on the floor, even canters round the field playing with his head down (how he doesn't trip over his own nose i don't know! lol) so something that would help lift his head up would be good as well... as needs steering from side of face no underneath jaw as he can be quite strong when he wants to when leading in a normal head collar (just typical excited youngster learning something new)
I'm in the UK but i think i need to look outside of the UK for something as not a lot of choice over here in mini size! lol
Now he has a relatively bad undershot jaw, when i was spoke to my vet a year or so ago it was said he would need to ride bitless due to his jaw.
But having looked there are so many different types! All my others are ridden bitted, they may have started bitless in just a lunge cavasson, then reins hook through bit to cavasson, then to both bit & cavasson before finally going all on bit pressure... which is normally as they start to do more off lead rein and need the extra control.
But Locket won't be getting bitted so i need something that will give us some control. He's got a habit of going round dragging his nose on the floor, even canters round the field playing with his head down (how he doesn't trip over his own nose i don't know! lol) so something that would help lift his head up would be good as well... as needs steering from side of face no underneath jaw as he can be quite strong when he wants to when leading in a normal head collar (just typical excited youngster learning something new)
I'm in the UK but i think i need to look outside of the UK for something as not a lot of choice over here in mini size! lol