I'm not sure I'm going to manage to explain this clearly but here goes. This morning my RI got me to take the horse I've started to share into the round pen. She is lovely, but very green and quite nervous. As I've never lunged my RI thought it would be easier for me to learn to school her in the round pen using a lunge whip. It all went fine, I really enjoyed it, and Flicka walked, trotted, cantered and halted with my voice commands (not always immediately its true). The only thing my ri said I did wrong was the way I got her to turn. I followed my RI's instructions, getting Flicka to halt on the outside of the round pen then I walked up to her and stood by her head and asked her to turn. But afterwards my RI said I was standing too close to her bum and would have been in the danger zone had she kicked out. I think I must have stayed still as she turned so that by time she moved I was standing near her bum, although I'm not really sure what I did...
I'll ask RI again tomorrow but does anyone have tips on how I should have done it?
I'll ask RI again tomorrow but does anyone have tips on how I should have done it?