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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 3004"><p>I'm glad you are on top of the safety issue.</p><p></p><p>Just sitting here thinking. You probably lunge her on a lunge rope or lead, right? If so, I think you will see a difference once she is worked loose in a round pen. At least, I hope you will.</p><p></p><p>We have, over the past couple of years, pretty well gotten out of the cattle busines. We are now "wasting" our money on a few horses. We've always had horses to ride for pleasure and to work cattle, but now have a couple of mares and more horses than two old folks need.</p><p></p><p>When I saw which direction our horse population was going, I insisted on buying a round pen. We actually had accumulate the round pen panel by panel - just bought the panels as we could afford to. We now have about a 25 foot diameter round pen, which is barely adequate, but workable. Two more panels and we'll have the size I want. The round pen has unbelievably simplified my life. If a horse is acting up just a bit, or isn't focused, I can put it in the pen for 10 minutes and life is so much nicer. Well worth the money & sweat to earn the money!!</p><p></p><p>I was talking with our horse trainer friends' 12 year old son about round pens the other day. I told him I sometimes have to remind my husband not to store hay or otherwise utilize the round pen for any reason other than working a horse. He laughed and said, "My mom won't let us put ANYTHING in the round pen, except a guest's horse for a short time. She wants it available to use whenever she needs it."</p><p></p><p>I hope you can get your round pen one of these days. You will love it! Meanwhile, it's worth it to do what we did for several years - load up the horse and drive to where there is a round pen available to use. Knowing how difficult it can be to not have a round pen, we have told all of our close horse owning friends they are welcome to use ours anytime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3004"] I'm glad you are on top of the safety issue. Just sitting here thinking. You probably lunge her on a lunge rope or lead, right? If so, I think you will see a difference once she is worked loose in a round pen. At least, I hope you will. We have, over the past couple of years, pretty well gotten out of the cattle busines. We are now "wasting" our money on a few horses. We've always had horses to ride for pleasure and to work cattle, but now have a couple of mares and more horses than two old folks need. When I saw which direction our horse population was going, I insisted on buying a round pen. We actually had accumulate the round pen panel by panel - just bought the panels as we could afford to. We now have about a 25 foot diameter round pen, which is barely adequate, but workable. Two more panels and we'll have the size I want. The round pen has unbelievably simplified my life. If a horse is acting up just a bit, or isn't focused, I can put it in the pen for 10 minutes and life is so much nicer. Well worth the money & sweat to earn the money!! I was talking with our horse trainer friends' 12 year old son about round pens the other day. I told him I sometimes have to remind my husband not to store hay or otherwise utilize the round pen for any reason other than working a horse. He laughed and said, "My mom won't let us put ANYTHING in the round pen, except a guest's horse for a short time. She wants it available to use whenever she needs it." I hope you can get your round pen one of these days. You will love it! Meanwhile, it's worth it to do what we did for several years - load up the horse and drive to where there is a round pen available to use. Knowing how difficult it can be to not have a round pen, we have told all of our close horse owning friends they are welcome to use ours anytime. [/QUOTE]
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