Naughty 3 year old ID x TB

Boodles said:
I think we're talking about the same thing? I put a fairly long post on page 2 of this thread about it - good to know I'm not the only 'bore' who writes alot LOL!!!!
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ha ha yeah I think so! I've taught it to my last three horses, including a sharp TB and it is without doubt the most effective technique there is, no force at all. I teach mine to yield from a pointed look at their quarters!
 
Absolutely :-) . Nothing better than a horse trying to get away from you and finding that the more effort they put into it, the quicker they wind up coming to a stop! The look on their face when they realise what's happened is priceless sometimes! Brilliant way to begin to get them on side, so much more interactive than just chasing them around a circle with a stick and trying to hang on - it's only natural for them to pull against a rope and try to go in a straight line to get away from the situation, whether it's through fear or naughtiness or control-freak-ness!

And as my smallest area to work them in is a 4 acre field and my largest is an 11 acre one, it is certainly not that we are sneaky and barricade them in to a small area initially!
 
Boodles said:
so much more interactive than just chasing them around a circle with a stick and trying to hang on - it's only natural for them to pull against a rope and try to go in a straight line to get away from the situation, whether it's through fear or naughtiness or control-freak-ness!
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Erm, if this is your experience of lunging, it's very different to mine :).
 
Yes, of course that's literally what I meant... LOL

But actually, alot of youngsters can see it as that I find - and some older horses too! Rope circling is brilliant for stopping the horse leaning on the lunge line as a prop too. And no, not all horses do that, but many do...

I do lunge from time to time if the horse will benefit from it, but I use the 'rope circling' method more often than not :-) .

I was very dubious of the method at first, and thought 'what a load of rubbish'! But having experimented with it, I find it invaluable now :-) .
 
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