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ponies-R-gr8!!!
9th Sep 2007, 01:54 PM
Well yesterday was my first real day of working for my riding school. At lunch time, I took it on to myself that i would lunge Phoebe and do some groundwork with her. So, i did some groundwork first, led her around, did some standing still, worked on personal space etc, and then i lunged her. Now, i don't know whether she hasn't been lunged since before i went to Switzerland or not (which would have been.......about 4/5 months ago) but i warmed her up in walk and then asked her to trot, just by using my voice. She responded perfectly, so i worked on really getting her listening to me by lots of downwards and upwards transitions. She was working well until after about 5-10 minutes into the session, through the downwards transitions, she just kept turning into the center and looking at me, as if i had asked her to halt! I don't know whether it was me doing something wrong- could i have been using my voice a little too much? Or do you think it's something to do with her?

Any tips and advice welcome!:)
Flony_Pony
9th Sep 2007, 08:09 PM
It may just have been her saying 'have we finished yet?' and guessing that it was the end of the session.

Personally, i would send her back out and keep telling her to go forwards everytime she turned at me! Probably just practice and learning to understand each other. Also i lunge whip pointed at her shoulder should stop her turning in!

Good luck!
Joyscarer
9th Sep 2007, 08:16 PM
I would keep the energy up by standing at little further back towwards her quarters and using the whip to point at her side to stop her turning in. Turning in can be something that horses who do NH tend to do in order to 'join up'! :D
ponies-R-gr8!!!
9th Sep 2007, 09:02 PM
Thank you! I will try using a whip to keep her out but normally whenever i even pick the whip up she charges around like a lunatic because she's scared:rolleyes:

Thanks for your help:D
horse__obsessed
9th Sep 2007, 09:19 PM
Thank you! I will try using a whip to keep her out but normally whenever i even pick the whip up she charges around like a lunatic because she's scared:rolleyes:

Thanks for your help:D

Try holding the whip under your arm facing away from her

Or let her run with the whip low behind her until she calms down - that is prob what I would do but depends on horse - if it had bad history then obv wouldnt