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Post by sometime on Sept 16, 2012 15:28:40 GMT
do you use the keepers to keep it tidy or do you leave it hanging. I know the keepers mean you get a small amount of poll pressure but I am not sure whether they are in common usage. We use a french link full cheek snaffle on my baby so was wondering if I should also be using keepers
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Post by judyh on Sept 16, 2012 15:32:42 GMT
Keepers hold the bit in the mouth so that the mouthpiece is always horizontal across the tongue.
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Post by GinaGeo on Sept 16, 2012 21:47:45 GMT
I've always been led to believe the use of keepers to be the correct way of using the bit. But not to create poll pressure - just to hold the mouthpiece as judyhems decribes to stabilise the contact.
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Post by dunconnie on Sept 17, 2012 12:07:17 GMT
do you use the keepers to keep it tidy or do you leave it hanging. I know the keepers mean you get a small amount of poll pressure but I am not sure whether they are in common usage. We use a french link full cheek snaffle on my baby so was wondering if I should also be using keepers If you're using a full cheek you won't need the keepers, but with the fulmer design you will. |
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Post by sometime on Sept 17, 2012 15:21:25 GMT
Great that is what I thought. The reason I asked was I have seen so many photos with fulmer cheek pieces and no keepers that I wondered if they were necessary.
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Post by flo1 on Sept 17, 2012 18:59:18 GMT
I always use keepers with fulmers and full cheek snaffles as the keepers also serve as a safety measure.
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