Showing posts with label lunging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lunging. Show all posts

Monday, January 20, 2014

Fire Breathing Dragon

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Cool windy evening + fresh horse who hasn't been legitimately worked in two weeks = Yep. And for what it's worth I did end up riding the beast. Cheers! Em...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A note about lunging

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A commenter on my previous entry "Bucked Off" made a very valid point cautioning against using lunging as a crutch.  I absolutely 100% agree with her.  I have since been thinking about the merits of lunging and thought I'd jot some of them down. Often times, yes, people lean on it as a crutch, not willing to take a little step of faith and trust their horse to behave.  Especially if it's a solid, quiet horse who has been there done that... Granted, there are people who do have confidence struggles, and I'm not trying to downplay that, but... sometimes, to get to that next level of competitence and confidence, sometimes you have to step blindly. That said (and yes, that was a bit of a soapbox rant), there are many reasons to lunge a horse, of which my top three reasons are: Before...

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Half-halts and the Lunge Line

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I had a bit of a light bulb moment the other day while lunging Callie. It finally truly dawned on me how important half-halts and leg are while lunging a horse. You may be thinking, "whaaaa? but I'm not riding, leg? are you crazy?" I might be lol, but just because you aren't riding your horse doesn't mean you can have your leg on. Most people think of  lunging as a quick and easy way to exercise their horse, slap some side reins on, throw them at the end of a line, and voila, I can build fitness, exercise them, and help improve their balance. Right? Wrong. Only if done correctly. The horse may have side reins on, may have a bit in their mouth and saddle on their back, but if they are just carrening around on their forehand, unbalanced, hindend disengaged, they are doing more harm...