The Art of Lunging........

I know a lot of people getting their horses to lunge is an extremely hard thing to do. I know with me and Betty it gets extremely difficult as well as trying to keep the situation in a somewhat practical matter. The materials that you will need to do this is a small and I mean very small round pen, a carrot stick, and any kind of rope halter, a lunge line, although when I work with Miss.Betty I like to use a Parelli or even a Clinton Anderson Halter. This helps. (Read previous article for me detail on this information!) Anyways, getting a horse to lunge that hasn't even been touched by a human hand is an extremely hard thing to learn and teach as well. Taking your horse in the round-pen stand in the middle with your horse not coming in the space of "your personal bubble" while stepping out with one foot take your hand with the lunge line in it and point to the direction that your horse to go in. Most horses if practiced this before will get the idea, however, a green horse who is new to the idea will take a little bit more time to get used to so repeating the first step, add an extra step, and then while pointing with the lunge line hand take your carrot stick and nudge your horse over while looking at their hindquarters (this will yield them in the direction that you want)

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