lunging technique

there's a lunging technique i always forget the name of but can do it perfectly and it killing me to keep forgetting the name it where you lunge your horse around the pen till it drops its head and chews i would like it if someone can remind me what the name is thanx

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Permalink Reply by Barbara F. on November 7, 2008 at 7:33pm

Are you thinking of round-penning? If you post this in Coaches Corner, there are lots of coaches there, so one of them will probably know the name, if that's not it.

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Permalink Reply by Laurie J Blake on November 9, 2008 at 11:27pm

I'm not sure, I don't really know the technique, but wonder if that's what "joining up" is?

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Permalink Reply by kassie on February 24, 2009 at 2:24pm

that's what I was think of thank you so much

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Pannell on November 13, 2008 at 5:35pm

Hi Kassie, I think you are talking about liberty work. I'm assuming you are doing this without a lunge rein? Cheers Geoffrey

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Gordon on February 24, 2009 at 2:48pm

I learned that from the Horse Whisperer, that was how he broke the horses in the round pen, they ran around him and he pushed them, lightly, until the began,
1 twitching the ears
2 dropping the head
3 licking
it showed him they gave him their respect.
then he turned his back and they joined-up by walking towards him.