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RE: [RC] [RC] round pen - Mcgann, BarbaraChris, Ed's right. Put a lunge line on him. No reason to do loose round penning until he will do everything you ask him (walk, trot, reverse, stop, etc) on the line. You CAN get a loose horse to stay out and slow down, but it takes a lot of reversing him, body language and experience. Like any other training method, a really experienced person doing it is a thing of beauty, but too many times, people see someone else do it and they go home and try it without understanding the principles or even what they are trying to acheive and they end up just mindlessly chasing the horse! Besides Ed's method, another way to get your horse to lunge quietly is: Put the lunge line on him. Turn him so he is parallel to you and you are standing at his hip. Rub him with the lunge whip all over. Get the line situated in your hand so that you have about 5-6 feet loose hanging between you and the horse. Then TAP him right over the hip bone and say walk. You might have to tap 2,3,4 times, repeating the command; you might have to tap a little harder if he doesn't move forward, but the key is to immediately stop tapping if he even takes one step forward. Praise him. Wait a second or two, then do it again. This time he should take a few more steps. Don't pull up on his head. If he moves off, you can go with him or bend him in a short circle around you. Do this over and over; he will soon be walking in a small circle around you on command. Then you can ask him to move a little further away by letting the rope slip through your hands as he starts and waving the whip gently to ask him to get away from you. Very quickly he will be going in a large circle around you. When you ask him to stop, give him some consistent signal (I slump my shoulders and bend over just a bit), say whoa, and then tug on the rope. Try not to tug very hard as that will turn him into you. You want him to just stop where he is, and then you very quickly walk to him and praise him alot!! Barb McGann -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christina McCarthy Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:58 AM To: bobmorris@xxxxxxxx; jlthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] round pen How do you get a horse to just walk in the round pen? My horse immediately turns and walks to me and the only way to get him to go forward around the pen is using the whip to the point he is galloping madly around the ring (I didn't do this). Someone was helping me with this dilemma and I was shocked at the amount on force she used to get him on the rail. I was very surprised also how upset he became; when I round penned him he did the circles and turned when I wanted him to and then he came to me. It was gently done. Anyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Chris & JJ(very shook up) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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