Who looks exceptionally smart and grown up in her bridle and bit!!This is what Bailarina will be modelling should we crack the calm happy loading and travelling and get out to some shows before the end of the Autumn.....and I think you'll agree she looks rather gorgeous!
I've been practising the over the ears like a bridle job using her headcollar pretty much since day one so she is used to the feeling, but this is first try with a bit and apart from the usual baby chomping and crunching on it, she gave it her usual...oh yeah, whatever. Opened her mouth to accept the bit with no hesitation (now there's a surprise lol ;-) )
I always start them with the bit fairly low in their mouths so they can pick it up and hold it to show me where it's most comfortable for them and then I adjust it accordingly so we don't have any tongue over the bit shenanigans!
She was a lot more settled in the stable full stop today, glad of something to think about whilst she was in there!
I'll swap her to a work bridle next time, but keep the baby bit in until she's actually being asked to relax her jaw in her inhand work, which we are quite a way off yet. But she'll start wearing a bridle under her headcollar occasionally when we go out for our little wanders from now on.
Next step is a roller :-o
She really is so beautiful, I cna't stop gazing at that second photo in particular! And so shiny, a picture of health!
ReplyDeleteLooking *really* bothered about that bridle and bit *lol*