Comments - GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES with William Micklem - Barnmice Equestrian Social Community2024-03-29T07:48:41Zhttp://www.barnmice.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1773158%3ABlogPost%3A232368&xn_auth=noSome but fewer,,,everything i…tag:www.barnmice.com,2010-05-23:1773158:Comment:2331472010-05-23T06:16:50.868ZWilliam Micklemhttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/williammicklem
Some but fewer,,,everything is so much easier for the horse IF you lunge well...no weight on the back and everything is more obvious and simple for your horse. If you are a top lightweight rider this may not be the case but otherwise lungeing is a wonderful way round all sorts of challenges and establishes all the basics....for example it is so much easier to for the horse to understand about basic communication and forwardness on the lunge. Yesterday I had a student who is a middle level…
Some but fewer,,,everything is so much easier for the horse IF you lunge well...no weight on the back and everything is more obvious and simple for your horse. If you are a top lightweight rider this may not be the case but otherwise lungeing is a wonderful way round all sorts of challenges and establishes all the basics....for example it is so much easier to for the horse to understand about basic communication and forwardness on the lunge. Yesterday I had a student who is a middle level rider...we could have been waiting for weeks to get him to a level to put his horse between the aids. However one lunge session did this and then he both felt what he was aiming for and was able to maintain this way of going under saddle for a while.... with the horse being more comfortable with the rider going in this manner. The rider will be able to learn to lunge well himself and will have a option to use when I am not there. Horse and rider are happy....buy yes there is a requirement to lunge well. William Do you not have similar probl…tag:www.barnmice.com,2010-05-23:1773158:Comment:2331232010-05-23T02:47:28.694Z4XChestnuthttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/4XChestnut
Do you not have similar problems when teaching a horse to longe? Accepting lower quality work while the horse's longeing improves and the communication issues are being sorted out?
Do you not have similar problems when teaching a horse to longe? Accepting lower quality work while the horse's longeing improves and the communication issues are being sorted out?