how does a horse bit work? Does it go over the horses tongue?

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Yes, it goes over the horses tongue and out the sides of it's mouth. Pulling on the bit is how you tell the horse what you want it to do. It depends on how the horse is trained though.

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The horse bit goes into the horses mouth, and yes, over their tongue (though they can mess with them within their mouth). It pulls at their head from their mouth and causes them to go in the direction that you are pulling the reins. You can also use a nose bit, which is essentially the same thing, but instead of going withing Horse's mouth, it goes over Horse's nose and pulles that instead of their mouth. This is a Bit more comfortable for the horse (heh). Hope that helps.

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Yes.

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over the tongue. get some training on how to rein a horse properly, as an inexperienced rider can seriously damage a horse's mouth. the bit, depending upon what type is used, puts pressure on the roof of the mouth, tongue, and inner cheek area.

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depending on the bit it works in different ways. it puts pressure on the bars of their mouth, sides of their mouth, toungue, and chin. the reins controll the amount of pressure.

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yes it goes over a horses tongue. as you can imagin a untrained rider can hurt a horses mouth very easily. there are different kind of bits but the two most common are snaffle bits (used in western and english) and curb bits (can be used in english but normally just western) a snaffle is just two peices of medal jointed at the middle and hit the top of the horses mouth when you pull back. a curb has things called shanks that are on either side and has a chain under the chin. when you pull the the reins the chain under the chin tightens and it can be very harsh. there are a ton of different bits for different horses (every horse has a different mouth) but thoughs are the most common. statelinetack.com has a lot of bit you can look at and see how they work. email me if you have more questions.

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ok if you do not know how a bite works than you do not need to ride and you need a trainer to teach you. you can hurt a horses month wiht a bite if you do not know how to use it.. and i'm not trying to be mean.. the bite is very complicated and there are hundreds of bites you have to know the cheeks size and month size before you get one for your horse you have to know at displine you want to do, how you want them to hold the head are they soft monthed or hard, if he needs a sprial or a stright . a long shank or a short shank, english or western it is not all fun a games about a horse.. ok