welshiewhiskers
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Does anyone use one of these bungees for riding which go around the poll and attach either to the girth or to the saddle?
what do you think of them?
what do you think of them?
Bungees
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sherlocksgirls
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They are good for lunging depending on what you are using it for and the way that you use it, but you shouldn't ride with them.
kerilli
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they're fine for lungeing, not for riding. it sounds as if maybe your horse won't work in an outline on the flat (and oh god, we've all been there!), and if so, then get teeth and back and saddle checked first, and then if pos get some lessons with a really good patient instructor who is happy to make sure that the basics are 100% before moving on, and to put in the time to teach you 'feel' if necessary, cos short cuts at this point always show up later, especially at the worst possible moment. *bitter experience face*
gadgets are not the answer. please please don't try draw reins either, they are the worst thing of all.
gadgets are not the answer. please please don't try draw reins either, they are the worst thing of all.
sallyellis
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Ok please dont shoot me down as I am just asking but why shouldnt you use them for riding in? I do on my mare, not to make her go in an outline but she can lean on the bit and I find if I ride her in one of these every now and again she finds she is just leaning on herself and it stops.
Daphnelia
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I've seen someone using them while riding. She didnt really know one end of the horse from the other though. I ride western so have no use for such things
only_me
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dont use a bungee at all!!!!
please dont - my pony came to me after being trained on the bungee and and as soon as we took it off, his head came right up - it was so bad that we had a friend look at him whose an fei trainer, and he thought that we would never get his head down let alone get him on the bit
after a year of solid work, we finally got him on the bit, and it involved basically doing breaking in work with him. he still can be inclined after a fence to throw his head up with a new rider he dosent trust, as it turns out he was jumped in a bungee because they wanted him to bascule for working hunter - please dont use them - they lost me a year on my pony.
please dont - my pony came to me after being trained on the bungee and and as soon as we took it off, his head came right up - it was so bad that we had a friend look at him whose an fei trainer, and he thought that we would never get his head down let alone get him on the bit
after a year of solid work, we finally got him on the bit, and it involved basically doing breaking in work with him. he still can be inclined after a fence to throw his head up with a new rider he dosent trust, as it turns out he was jumped in a bungee because they wanted him to bascule for working hunter - please dont use them - they lost me a year on my pony.
Dovorian
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There are many different types - ranging from the John Whittakre training aid elastic thingy to the Clayton Frederincks Lungee Bungee (but they also use it ridden), for me the jury is out, used judiciously and with a good rider/trainer I have to admit seeing some results but they are outnumbered by the nightmares! From personal experience the best thing was a Harbridge, with the horse also lunged in a Chambon.
samp
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I use one on my mare to help to get her rounder (as advised by dressage trainer) she goes a lot better and being a big horse I can then work more on her back end to get her forward in to a contact, like all gadgets there is a time and a place to use them
sleepingdragon10
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dont use a bungee at all!!!!
please dont - my pony came to me after being trained on the bungee and and as soon as we took it off, his head came right up - it was so bad that we had a friend look at him whose an fei trainer, and he thought that we would never get his head down let alone get him on the bit
after a year of solid work, we finally got him on the bit, and it involved basically doing breaking in work with him. he still can be inclined after a fence to throw his head up with a new rider he dosent trust, as it turns out he was jumped in a bungee because they wanted him to bascule for working hunter - please dont use them - they lost me a year on my pony.
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Sounds far more likely that it was incorrect usage of the bungee, rather than the bungee itself that was at fault.
dont use a bungee at all!!!!
please dont - my pony came to me after being trained on the bungee and and as soon as we took it off, his head came right up - it was so bad that we had a friend look at him whose an fei trainer, and he thought that we would never get his head down let alone get him on the bit
after a year of solid work, we finally got him on the bit, and it involved basically doing breaking in work with him. he still can be inclined after a fence to throw his head up with a new rider he dosent trust, as it turns out he was jumped in a bungee because they wanted him to bascule for working hunter - please dont use them - they lost me a year on my pony.
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Sounds far more likely that it was incorrect usage of the bungee, rather than the bungee itself that was at fault.