Lunging....what do you use?

noodle_ said:
ditto slinky...

if shes pissing me off then roller and sides (on bridle)

if im in a nice mood (meaning i cba...) then headcollar and lunge whip and stand in the middle and shout :D
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gee sounds like a power/ego trip, i tend to use my brain switch it on, and lunge accordingly, i dont need gadgets to get a nice tune out of horses
 
Rhino, interesting. Never seen that before.
And my not really lunging comment was a tongue in cheek ;-)
 
Paris1 said:
Rhino, interesting. Never seen that before.
And my not really lunging comment was a tongue in cheek ;-)
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Fair enough :D You do see a lot of people chasing their horses around in circles thinking they are lunging, but I know a few horses who will work beautifully in just a headcollar and no whip :)
 
Paris 1- I lunge daughters pony with mainly just a headcollar (but do have a whip) its because;
- her tiny head won't fit any cavesson without spending a fortune, so headcollar adjusted for tight fit
- only lunge from the bit myself if I need to correct something, not as a rule.
- at not yet 5 she's only just at the point that side reins are of any benefit, so about 4 mins each rein in them from a max 20 min session.
- she'll work lovely long & low without any need of anything else
- at this stage of her schooling, nice swinging loose paces with her chin almost on the floor are what I want, & I can achieve that in just a headcollar.
Will be building up the side reins over the summer, & half the time daughter rides her while I lunge so we do have some rein contact on the lunge on occasion. But she was originally started with just a headcollar last year.
Not sure about anyone else, but that's how I work (rather than just exercise) with just a headcollar.
 
littlelegs said:
Paris 1- I lunge daughters pony with mainly just a headcollar (but do have a whip) its because;
- her tiny head won't fit any cavesson without spending a fortune, so headcollar adjusted for tight fit
- only lunge from the bit myself if I need to correct something, not as a rule.
- at not yet 5 she's only just at the point that side reins are of any benefit, so about 4 mins each rein in them from a max 20 min session.
- she'll work lovely long & low without any need of anything else
- at this stage of her schooling, nice swinging loose paces with her chin almost on the floor are what I want, & I can achieve that in just a headcollar.
Will be building up the side reins over the summer, & half the time daughter rides her while I lunge so we do have some rein contact on the lunge on occasion. But she was originally started with just a headcollar last year.
Not sure about anyone else, but that's how I work (rather than just exercise) with just a headcollar.
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My welsh section A has a tiny head. I find dinky rugs cavesson fits her fine
http://www.tackandturnout.co.uk/epa.../Products/DELUNCAV/SubProducts/deluncav-mi-bk
 
I have always been taught that lungeing in a head collar or just a cavesson is only going to exercise the horse, to be able to work a horse forward into a contact as you would during riding there has to be some kind of contact there, I.e side reins etc.

Having said that I do lunge my boy in just a cavesson as he has just recently been backed so not worrying about working into a contact just yet. I lunge him to get rid of excitable behaviour and to get him listening to me.

How ever I prefer a chambon over side reins, they are pretty useless in my opinion
 
Thanks for that. I did try the small pony version a friend had, but she's very dainty & it was ridiculously huge. Has a miniature size bridle, small pony size drowns her. Not sure how I missed the mini size, dinky is great for her stuff normally.
 
Trotondressage pretty much same page as me, though as some have said their horses do work, I've never witnessed a horse work without a bridle on the linger, and I mean work, but I don't disbelieve what others are saying.
I do disagree about side reins, I think they ate a most valuable piece of equipment. And I do not like the chambon.
 
Paris1, how does it make a difference on whether its a bridle or cavesson you lunge from? Or do you mean in terms of without a contact to the bit (which I kind of get where your coming from if its the latter)
Fwiw I think both side reins & a chambon are of benefit when used correctly.
 
I means I generally lunge to work a horse into a contact but that the side reins.
I like to have my line attached to the bit ring. It's a personal preference.
 
I usually only use cavesson and lunge line but i only usually lunge when I don't have much time after work so its more for the exercise than technique.
Lol at the spinning office chair don't think yo would like it though!
 
I agree Paris1 I haven't witnessed a horse properly working on the lunge without something to work into. How ever, like you I'm not disbelieving others!

I love lungeing, it has real benefits what ever the level of the horse is and adds variety into a horses regime. I also lunge twice weekly. Its good to know we have different opinions in side reins :) I do use them occasionally, but only to start a horses education with working into a contact, once they are happy with it I move on to a chambon to get them working long and low. But agree side reins are essential to start initial process.

Lungeing is a lost art and in my opinion people do not spend enough time having lessons doing it. Watching a professional lunge makes it looks easy and as we know lungeing compentantly isn't. My biggest bug bears include those who attach side reins on tacking up and then walk horse to arena whilst in side reins, having a droopy line which touches floor and not positioning whip properly, I could go on!
 
Interesting to hear a different view on side reins. I normally do long & low with either nothing or long enough side reins to allow the horse to stretch down. My main use for side reins though is from the point they are ready to start lifting at the front rather than just long & low. Do agree I dislike any gadget fitted before warming up though.
 
My horse can go long and low ridden and in side reins. I used a pessoa to engage the quarters, he's very lazy. But went back to side reins.
Ive had hours and hours of instruction and practice lunging. I'm sure I have souch more to learn. I get a real buzz off improving a horse on the lunge.
 
I like to work horses at any level at least once a week in a long and low outline to help stretch and work there top line. I use to lunge/chambon for this and ask for a higher head carriage/ lifting of forehand whilist riding. I guess that's why I prefer the chambon, I never feel I get the same out of side reins as to getting the lift from the forehand and engagement of hind quarters the contact is just not the same as a riders hand
 
I normally do long & low as the warming up either lunged or ridden. For a green horse the long & low is all or the greater part of a session, ridden or lunged, gradually decreasing till its mainly the warm up as the horse improves. Like chambons in particular for reschooling as well as long & low. My 23yr old makes it quite clear she still enjoys a session in one. Current favourite gadget for contact is my daughter, much easier to sit her on with a pair of reins, result is side reins that function like a ridden contact lol.
 
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