Tarragon
Well-Known Member
How many of you use round pens and what for?
Having seen a round pen being used to get excess energy off a sharp horse it has got me wondering how different horses may react to it. The person was using quite strong body language to send the horse on and cantering round and kept it up for quite a while, at least 15 minutes. At the end the horse was far more biddable and less reactive, but it was also quite tired!
Note, I am not talking about join-up here.
Thinking about my own native ponies, I have a feeling that in some it could just make them cross and possibly even aggressive and in the more sensitive souls it might reduce them to a quivering wreck.
Having seen a round pen being used to get excess energy off a sharp horse it has got me wondering how different horses may react to it. The person was using quite strong body language to send the horse on and cantering round and kept it up for quite a while, at least 15 minutes. At the end the horse was far more biddable and less reactive, but it was also quite tired!
Note, I am not talking about join-up here.
Thinking about my own native ponies, I have a feeling that in some it could just make them cross and possibly even aggressive and in the more sensitive souls it might reduce them to a quivering wreck.