Tips please with youngster

[BlackSheep]

What's the best way to introduce a youngster to lungeing?
I plan to do it in a head collar and have little experience with this sort of thing.
He's quite straightforward, in that he's a native pony and easy and quiet.
But he does need to do something as he's coming up 5, and the spring grass isn't far away!
Thanks

 

[kirstyl]

Hi!
Do you have an instructor that can help you? Lungeing is really an art in itself and you don't want a novice person with a novice horse - really bad combination! Why would you be lungeing in a headcollar? Have you bitted him yet? Please get yourself some help so he can continue being straighforward and you can enjoy him

 

[competitiondiva]

echo Kirstyl, what are your plans with regard to breaking him in??? Is there someone on the yard who can help or a friend or instructor who can come out there to help you? Or look into yards that offer this service? btw, lunging is better done in a proper lunge cavesson.

 

[native eventer]

I bitted mine in the stable was leading around in it and put a roller etc on. Began lunging in a bridle with a lunge line, mine was incredibly straight forward to lunge.. was a natural and then began long-reining once we got the basics in lunging with voice commands. Personally I would't start them off in a headcollar on the lunge as they can learn bad habits as you have got less control etc if they decide to run off or mess about.