Video of my horse lunging...have a giggle!

I am a fan and do use the pessoa but have to say it must surely get the award for the most awful, unhelpful instructions ever. I am not unintelligent (well I like to think so) but I did have to pay for a lesson on how to put it on properly and how to use it. I do prefer working it fairly loosely but I have very specific goals when using mine and I also have a young horse.
 
hehe I've been there *lunge lunge lunge ARGH, trip over own feet, faceplant into floor* fail :cool: It's safer not to bother!
 
RCP Equestrian said:
Hahaha! Can you do it for me :D

Must need a fresh set of eyes as I know i t off by heart!! Obviously oblivious to the errors....woopsies!
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That's something I charge for. One reason I spend so much time in front of a computer. Problem is, I find myself getting obsessive about correcting other people's prose. LMAO!
 
Tinypony said:
That's something I charge for. One reason I spend so much time in front of a computer. Problem is, I find myself getting obsessive about correcting other people's prose. LMAO!
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Darn it :p I will take some time to read through...will get my thinking cap on! I tend to just look at the pictures :D
 
Personally I too would burn the Pessoa, lunge and long-rein for schooling only. For any work to build muscle / top line hacking, hill work and transitions.
Lunging for fitness, IMO, causes more harm than good in the long run. You may get your results quicker but learn to enjoy the horse you have today rather than fixed on what you want him to become.
Beautiful horse though!
 
I actually admire you for having the guts to reply back to people on this thread. Fair enough if people want to have an opinion on your video but to try and completely rip you apart, business and all, is shocking!

I'm sure if we all uploaded videos of ourselves lunging and/or riding there would be plenty of criticisms for us all. I dread to think what you'd all have to say about me! :eek:

:rolleyes: Just try be a bit nicer to each other we're all into the same thing and despite mistakes being made sometimes, I think most of us love our horses.
If some of the posters spoke to people's faces they way they do on here, I can safely say they wouldn't have many friends left!

Good for you OP to have your own business up and running, good luck with it! It's great to see someone young with some get up and go! I hope it's a success for you x
 
Personally OP you couldn't have handled that better, you rose above it and still maintained your cheeriness which was nice to read! :D

Also you are going to try what some people have suggested (not me, I don't use pessoas because you need a bloody degree in engineering to put them on so I won't comment!!) so people have no need to complain. :D

As for the people who mentioned the loss of her horse, shame on you. I fail to see how that factors in at all other than to rub salt in the OP's wounds.
 
Actually, lunging, in it's free form i.e. just from the nose is an art form and really quite enjoyable :)

You can change a horse's body if you know what you are doing. It is hard though and gadgets and techniques exist to help achieve it but they tend to isolate specific muscle groups rather than work the body in harmony.

It can improve straightness, supple and strengthen in a relatively short time. It's learning the mechanics, the forces and the physics that take up a lot of learning. All this works best lunging from the very fore of the horse and not from the bit - there are very specific reasons for this! Not any that I will go into for now.

It's one of my passions actually and I hear so many people using it just to "let off steam" and I think, what a shame, it's a brilliant aid and lays the foundations for many things.

It's one of my favourite 'in-hand' lessons for a horse.... the dizzyness does cease after a short time! :)
 
Aww thank you all for your lovely comments :)

Had a "proud of myself" moment reading them :D but I do think its a waste of time just throwing a boomerang of remarks back and forth, gets no one anywhere!

And yes, me and my partner are only young so its hard to get taken seriously when setting up a business, but its going so well and we just want to go all the way! :) (not advertising HH :p)

Pessoa has now been destroyed though....never again after this!!! :D I'll post a lovely video of the Boo beast behaving next time, so not sure when that will be! :rolleyes:
 
I've been following this thread but didn't feel qualified to comment.

I would like to say though, OP, that your reaction is not the recognised correct HHO one. :mad:

No flouncing off, no telling us you're never coming back, swearing and exitting pram, chucking toys on way? :mad:






Poor show I call it. :p:D:D:D;)
 
FionaM12 said:
I've been following this thread but didn't feel qualified to comment.

I would like to say though, OP, that your reaction is not the recognised correct HHO one. :mad:

No flouncing off, no telling us you're never coming back, swearing and exitting pram, chucking toys on way? :mad:






Poor show I call it. :p:D:D:D;)
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Sorry!! I'm quite a disappointment :D
 
RCP Equestrian said:
Aww thank you all for your lovely comments :)

Had a "proud of myself" moment reading them :D but I do think its a waste of time just throwing a boomerang of remarks back and forth, gets no one anywhere!

And yes, me and my partner are only young so its hard to get taken seriously when setting up a business, but its going so well and we just want to go all the way! :) (not advertising HH :p)

Pessoa has now been destroyed though....never again after this!!! :D I'll post a lovely video of the Boo beast behaving next time, so not sure when that will be! :rolleyes:
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I think you've handled yourself far better than most on this thread ;)
 
When the horse is bucking and messing about shouldn't it be told not to, otherwise isn't OP encouraging incorrect behaviour? I don't want to get in to an argument but bucking is a vice and imo should be discouraged, even on the lunge. An initial "fling" may be acceptable but this goes beyond that.
 
Whoopit said:
I saw what started him off!!

Did you miss that spooky patch of fresh air just lurking near the arena rail?!! :D :D

Wish mine lunged at all, never as nicely as that - i'd take the bucking too!!
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Haha! I missed it tbh! How silly of me....I should know better that everything including the fresh air is out to kill him! :rolleyes: but thats his general outlook on life, everything is out to get him....should take some life skills from him really :D
 
lamlyn2012 said:
When the horse is bucking and messing about shouldn't it be told not to, otherwise isn't OP encouraging incorrect behaviour? I don't want to get in to an argument but bucking is a vice and imo should be discouraged, even on the lunge. An initial "fling" may be acceptable but this goes beyond that.
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That's one way of looking at it, and lots of people would agree.

Some horses quickly learn that bucking and plunging can earn them a break. Lots of people have trouble longeing their horse because they keep trying to correct the horse and/or slow/stop him when he rushes on or bucks, whereas if the horse is sent on (given that he is free and comfortable to do so) until he settles into the work then allowed a short break, he should be less likely to mess about consequently.
 
tallyho! said:
Actually, lunging, in it's free form i.e. just from the nose is an art form and really quite enjoyable :)

You can change a horse's body if you know what you are doing. It is hard though and gadgets and techniques exist to help achieve it but they tend to isolate specific muscle groups rather than work the body in harmony.

It can improve straightness, supple and strengthen in a relatively short time. It's learning the mechanics, the forces and the physics that take up a lot of learning. All this works best lunging from the very fore of the horse and not from the bit - there are very specific reasons for this! Not any that I will go into for now.

It's one of my passions actually and I hear so many people using it just to "let off steam" and I think, what a shame, it's a brilliant aid and lays the foundations for many things.

It's one of my favourite 'in-hand' lessons for a horse.... the dizzyness does cease after a short time! :)
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Sorry to hijack thread but Tallyho you seem to know what you are talking about, maybe you should start a thread on lunging because I for one am a complete failure at it with my Welsh Cob, my old mare lunges beautifully but I just can't get him going at all. Sorry OP for stealing your thread and as many have said well done for such a positive response to your critics and your willingness to learn from others who may have more experience with that attitude I am sure you and your partner will do well with your business.
 
Crugeran Celt said:
Sorry to hijack thread but Tallyho you seem to know what you are talking about, maybe you should start a thread on lunging because I for one am a complete failure at it with my Welsh Cob, my old mare lunges beautifully but I just can't get him going at all. Sorry OP for stealing your thread and as many have said well done for such a positive response to your critics and your willingness to learn from others who may have more experience with that attitude I am sure you and your partner will do well with your business.
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Don't worry thats fine :) this thread has gone here there ans everywhere anyway! Haha

Aw thank you :) good luck with getting your guy lunging! Its funny, I actually don't even like lunging haha
 
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