Horse Training
Lunging A Horse: Part 1
Whether you spell it longeing, lungeing, or lunging, it’s one of the most valuable techniques you can do with your horse to teach them posture, speed and direction changes, and how to yield and move off pressure. This fundamental exercise may be most discussed training technique on horse websites all over the internet. As with any exercise that you do with a horse, when you start longeing, start leisurely, smooth, and gentle. Think juvenile horse, scant attention span, still developing knees, and short sessions (5 to 7 minutes). This isn’t to say an elderly horse would not benefit from lungeing, but generally speaking you are starting this with a younger horse.
First and foremost, the horse must recognise what is being expected of them and in time, both of you need to be on the same page while “communicating” with each other. Longeing is a means to begin building a trust with your horse and start training her to move and respond properly. It’s crucial to keep in mind that roundpen training can teach your horse a lot more than just running in circles. How? Well simply put, it teaches the horse that you are the boss by demonstrating that you can control the horse’s movement. In other words, it shows the horse who’s in charge. Additionally, it’s fantastic exercise for horses of any age.
The most basic brand of communication between you and your horse is body language. Over time, and with lots of patience, the horse learns to wait for your signals rather than run like a basket case around in tight little circles. Once commands are learned on the ground, it makes them easier for the horse to understand while you are mounted.
And why the circle? The circle teaches your horse to use his legs correctly, pick up his feet and place them properly. And, as soon as you accomplish the phase where you bit your horse, it teaches them to give to the bit. Of course you will have already done your prior ground-work with the horse to train them to give in the poll and drop their head to pressure. You will have conditioned them give to the bit sideways (to the left and right) and down, with the least amount of pressure. Again with horses, the least amount of pressure to get a response is the best (and this definitely depends on the horse) and in small learning increments.
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