Please don't lunge your horse............

Agree. I like to see people lunging who walk further than the horse does.

I also like 'aaannd staaand..........staaand........staaaand........staaaandd.......STAAAND....' while horse careers around.
 
Brandy said:
Agree. I like to see people lunging who walk further than the horse does.

I also like 'aaannd staaand..........staaand........staaaand........staaaandd.......STAAAND....' while horse careers around.
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That was you in the hedge then was it? :D
 
Oh god, that reminds me, neighbour's teenage daughter "teaching" her yearling to lunge. 25 minutes on one rein only, the thing was leaping and bucking and had no idea where it was supposed to be, she decided to send it in very small circles and it began kicking out at her, when it went too fast she smacked it with the lunge whip and it fell over . . . you name it and she got it wrong. Luckily she doesn't seem to have tried that experiment again.
 
Yup thats me. :D

I have horses at opposite ends of the behaviour spectrum when lunging, one that careers round for a good 10 minutes before anything sensible can happen - no point trying to tell him to 'terrrOTT' or 'Staaand' until he's stopped bucking and farting.

The other is ridiculously obediant to voice commands, to the point where you can;t lunge him when anyone else is lunging as he will obey both the other person and me, which can be confusing. Easy to catch though, as whenever he decides he doesn;t want to be caught, all I have to do is 'aaand staaand'

job done!
 
Brandy said:
Yup thats me. :D

I have horses at opposite ends of the behaviour spectrum when lunging, one that careers round for a good 10 minutes before anything sensible can happen - no point trying to tell him to 'terrrOTT' or 'Staaand' until he's stopped bucking and farting.

The other is ridiculously obediant to voice commands, to the point where you can;t lunge him when anyone else is lunging as he will obey both the other person and me, which can be confusing. Easy to catch though, as whenever he decides he doesn;t want to be caught, all I have to do is 'aaand staaand'

job done!
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this made me laugh , love it lol!:)
 
I guess its also bad when one's horse refuses to respond to 'aaand waaaalk", but only "Oi, B@stard!!!". And when one has to keep saying "waaalk" at an interval of every 3 seconds to prevent unwanted acceleration...

Love the spinny chair idea, though. Will try that one out! :p
 
Nocturnal said:
I guess its also bad when one's horse refuses to respond to 'aaand waaaalk", but only "Oi, B@stard!!!". And when one has to keep saying "waaalk" at an interval of every 3 seconds to prevent unwanted acceleration...

Love the spinny chair idea, though. Will try that one out! :p
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Oi b@rstard works a treat too.

I've got vertigo so lunging never lasts long :eek:
 
Nocturnal said:
I guess its also bad when one's horse refuses to respond to 'aaand waaaalk", but only "Oi, B@stard!!!".
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LMAO :D

I have one horse here that had to be taught English, he was probably bi-lingual but would only respond if you spoke to him in French, another one doesn't understand spoken commands, only clicks, whistles and kissy noises, I sound like I'm doing a very bad imitation of a whale song when I do anything with him ;(

Many of them don't even know what a lunge line is, some instrument of torture presumably according to some reactions and "Duh?" expressions, they are used to going loose in the round pen, same result.
 
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Nocturnal said:
I guess its also bad when one's horse refuses to respond to 'aaand waaaalk", but only "Oi, B@stard!!!". And when one has to keep saying "waaalk" at an interval of every 3 seconds to prevent unwanted acceleration...

Love the spinny chair idea, though. Will try that one out! :p
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I have 2 that live in their own worlds, one that is related to Brandy's bucking farting loony :D He also has a knack of rolling from trot.... Another that drifts off in his own world and will continue doing what you asked him to the point of saying 'hellooooo earth to horse' or walking past with a haynet..... :p
 
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Oy...you lot....stop hanging over my gate laughing....you'll knacker the hinges...

One of mine uses lunging as an excuse to go around nose on floor grabbing mouthfuls of grass....

....least he don't go too fast.... or my labyrinthitis kicks in and I do fall over.

Ever got the spare lunge line wrapped around your leg.....or is that just me?:o
 
kerilli said:
might just try the swivelly chair idea next time I'm lunging with a hangover though... *straight to hell*
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Ugh why why why would you do that..... Lunging and hangover should never be in the same sentence- drinking and lunging however........ :D
 
Solo1 said:
But how else am I supposed to test out my new spinny chair?
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Snorts lemonade over key board...

Had to lunge at the vets for lameness check the other week - blasted beast kept launching into space when I tried to trot him up - had to pray to every god I could think of that he wouldn't do his usual impersonation of a fire breathing dragon. As it happened, he gave a demonstration in how to eat the grass under his feet whilst showing off in extended trot...
 
Lunging my friends horse is a bit like going skiing... perhaps I should combine with swivelly chair?
 
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