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Re: [RC] Spooking and punishment - Bette LamoreGreat post, BobI'm afraid that due to all these new training- pseudo Pat Pirelli offshoots and misapplications of these ideas, many horses today see the round pen as a place they are chased around--- hardly the use for which it was originally intended. Don't get me wrong, I have used a round pen to teach the horse to come to me and it has entailed making him move around until he does so-- but we also spend time in there walking and jogging and doing long-lines and riding under saddle and driving (a little gee and haw, too) so that he doesn't think it means a free-for-all. For me the round pen is the place I initially teach my horses what brakes are and the steering wheel-- it is a safe environment and I would never start my horses in long lines anywhere else-- too many variables and chances of getting into trouble-- but then we progress to trails as quickly as possible and ride in round pens and arenas when that is not an option (weather, time.. etc) Thank you for your post, Bob Bette bobmorris@xxxxxxxx wrote: I would ask, why is the use of a round pen definitely our of
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