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how do you teach a horse to lounge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Missyclare" data-source="post: 142095" data-attributes="member: 568"><p>Lots of good advice here. When lungeing, you're teaching them to drive from the hip. John Lyons definitely has given the right advice and it should have worked (pressure and release for reward) I have a feeling that you quit too soon and that's why it didn't work for you. Remember, that the horse should be calmer when done than when you started and you must keep the yourself safe. How is she with the leading lessons? Walk, trot, ho, back, turning? Reviewing these things will go a long way to graduate to lungeing and the horse moving out on his own. Always remember to work both sides. The hip bone should be your target area. This is the target that other horses use when getting another horse to move. Stand just behind the girth and tap the hip bone with the whip lightly and consistantly until the horse steps forward. Look at the hip bone, focus on it and keep tapping. As soon as she does, stop and reward. The sooner you stop and reward, the sooner the horse will understand that she did the right thing. If she doesn't move, then just keep tapping him and bugging him until she does. It's all about giving a cue and to keep on giving the cue while the horse explores all his options, then finally doing the right thing. You have to learn to wait for it, then release promptly at that magic moment when she does the right thing. I think you started out doing the right thing, just a little more patience and focus and you'll have it. This is the right way to go about anything that you try to teach. Carry on and good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Missyclare, post: 142095, member: 568"] Lots of good advice here. When lungeing, you're teaching them to drive from the hip. John Lyons definitely has given the right advice and it should have worked (pressure and release for reward) I have a feeling that you quit too soon and that's why it didn't work for you. Remember, that the horse should be calmer when done than when you started and you must keep the yourself safe. How is she with the leading lessons? Walk, trot, ho, back, turning? Reviewing these things will go a long way to graduate to lungeing and the horse moving out on his own. Always remember to work both sides. The hip bone should be your target area. This is the target that other horses use when getting another horse to move. Stand just behind the girth and tap the hip bone with the whip lightly and consistantly until the horse steps forward. Look at the hip bone, focus on it and keep tapping. As soon as she does, stop and reward. The sooner you stop and reward, the sooner the horse will understand that she did the right thing. If she doesn't move, then just keep tapping him and bugging him until she does. It's all about giving a cue and to keep on giving the cue while the horse explores all his options, then finally doing the right thing. You have to learn to wait for it, then release promptly at that magic moment when she does the right thing. I think you started out doing the right thing, just a little more patience and focus and you'll have it. This is the right way to go about anything that you try to teach. Carry on and good luck! [/QUOTE]
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