Re: Training Question

On Dec 1, 7:59=A0am, JC Dill <jcdill.li...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I would use reversing before sending him to a wall. =A0If he doesn't
want
> to stop or doesn't understand you are telling him to stop, he may try to
> keep going by turning. =A0If you are going left, and try to head him to
> the wall and he tries to turn left to keep going, you could get run
> over. =A0If he tries to turn right, you end up with the line around his
> body or neck.

1.  Don't do groundwork like lunging with a horse who does not already
totally respect your space.
2.  I'm unclear how you reverse a horse who won't stop on the lunge...
To safely reverse, he needs to stop first, or at least execute a
rollback, which I'm guessing he doesn't know how to do on the lunge
since his lunging skills are the subject of this post, and which does
still contain a stopping element.
3.  If one is in danger of being ran over while stopping a horse at a
wall while on the lunge, one is surely in danger of being run over
while reversing said horse, especially since reversing without first
getting a nice quiet whoa invites turning into the handler's space...
4.  Just 'cause it bears repeating, don't lunge a horse who still
doesn't know how to respect your space.  Work on that first.  I'm sure
Emily is beyond this step - at least I haven't heard any evidence of
impending run-overs.  :-)

I've stopped maybe 40 super zoomy on the lunge line horses by using
half circles with walls as barriers, and I've never come close to
being run over... YMMV.


cindi