THE ART OF SNAFFLE BIT TRAINING

Lesson 1.

Around 2,000 years ago, grandma drove her wagon to town to get supplies. When she notices that her horse is anxious about something along the road. She knows this because the horse was pointing its ears towards the object that was strange. So grandma with a very gentle touch of the rains first the right one then the left one sliding the bit around and the horses mouth. The horse starts to listen to what she is saying as they continue straightforward.

Lesson 2.

The rider is on a horse that has not been under saddle for very long. When all of a sudden the horses ears point over to the left as a patch of beautiful green grass shows up.

In order to keep the horse from dropping his head to eat the grass, the rider zigzags him. First gently (Not a sharp tug of the rain) The rider firmly applies pressure to the horses nose towards the right, holding the rain until the horses front feet start to step off to the right. The horse is now moving away from the grass. With an immediate release of the rain as a reward. A horse that has not been schooled on how to behave when being controlled with a sniffle bit (either being steered with long lines from the ground or a rider on top) the horse should not be allowed to go where he wants to go. The rider should not worry about what direction they are going in as much as making sure that the horse is not the leader.