Farma
Well-Known Member
Does anyone find a need to actually crack the whip while lunging? I saw this for the first time in years today (whilst sat on a youngster in the same arena 
).
How do you use yours??
).How do you use yours??
Using lunge whips...
- Thread starter Farma
- Start date
Nightmare before Christmas
Well-Known Member
Does anyone find a need to actually crack the whip while lunging? I saw this for the first time in years today (whilst sat on a youngster in the same arena
How do you use yours??
I will crack and flick mine to get them listening. Only have to do it once or twice and they learn. I am lazy though. I click for everything. Two clicks in trot and three+ clicks is canter! Woah is slow! Seems the foreign ones cant cope with words so clicks work well!
mandwhy
Well-Known Member
Yes, my horse is seemingly so desensitised to big sticks that she sees absolutely no reason to even look at a thing being waved around or wafted in her peripherals, it needs to make a noise and even then she's not really bothered. Have a small pony with whom I don't think I'd ever lift it more than a few inches off the ground and not too suddenly either!
sandi_84
Well-Known Member
Yes sometimes when the horses want to just pootle along with their minds elsewhere and are not listening to my voice, clicks or brrrrps and wiggling it isn't working I sometimes give it a little flick to make some extra noise to wake them up and push them on 
Orchardbeck
Well-Known Member
Mine is also desensitised to sticks etc so I usually have to to get her listening - once she is listening she responds much better to a flick.
I prefer doing that (rightly or wrongly!) to touching her with it - have you ever caught yourself with the end of a lunge whip - ouchhh!
I prefer doing that (rightly or wrongly!) to touching her with it - have you ever caught yourself with the end of a lunge whip - ouchhh!