Re: Training Question

"Emily Brooks" <sunwiz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Lunging a horse who is stiff to the right, who wants to lean on the
right 
> shoulder and cut in (not dangerously), and then speeds up to stay
upright. 
> For my safety and his, what would you folks do to keep him out on the 
> circle?
>
> He was very fresh so I was not holding a lunge whip for most of this. He

> is not allowed to play on the line and I was having to hold him shorter 
> than I'd prefer for lunging in order to maintain control. Once some of
the 
> excess wore off, I used the whip pointed at his shoulder to hold him out

> and gave him a larger circle to work in.
>
> More experience with lunge-is-work wouldn't hurt, of course, but I
really 
> don't lunge much. No way was I getting on this one without though!
>
> I discussed the issue with my trainer. A gold star for the first to
match 
> his answer :-) but I bet there's more than one way to accomplish this 
> goal. I'm looking for other ideas.
>
> Emily - and Hoover (Who? Me? Fresh?)
>
>
Lunge in side reins. Tie the right side rein, high. Probably to the top 
centre ring on the circingle. Tie the left rein to the side ring.  The
right 
rein tied high will help get him off the inside shoulder. It should help.

Lynn......Ontario, Canada