Long reining

michellev123

michellev123

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Hey

Another question. . . .

Any advice for longreining a youngester. . .

I have longreined (while ago now) and intend to have some more lessons before i start him. . .

But any advice about what to teach him. . . figure of eights? leading out etc. . .

Have began reading up on it but welcome any experiances, tips, advice, pics etc

Thanks so much!!!

Michelle
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Ok. Start by lunging with 2 reins and a roller. Then move onto long reigning in straight lines with a few large smooth turns. When this is established move it up a gear, making more turns, circles in different sizes, lots of change of direction etc. Once you have got your youngster performing nicely and happily, start taking him/her for short walks. Take someone with you to walk at the head if you need to. Also, don't forget to ask for lots of walk to halt to walk transitions as well. Good luck and enjoy.
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Mine took to it like a duck to water! He LOVES it, much more so than being led. He likes to think he's in front and therefore incharge
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It's pretty simple really. Get them used to wearing a bit and roller. Then get them used to the ropes around them. After that borrow a friend and practise 'walk on' and 'halt' with some steering, in a safe enclosed space. I used a headcollar instead of his bit until he had got the idea, to save his mouth.

Once he's got the basics it's off you go. It's a brillaint way of teaching a horse to 'go first', esp those who are a bit clingy and nappy.

it's not rocket science and as long as you use some common sense there's not a huge amoun that can go wrong.

However at this age I don't use it as a subsitute for lunging and he's never working in a circle.

This is my boy all ready to set off. We were off to a friends yard for vacs so he took a picnic with him.
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