Work on the Lunge Line – Part 18 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 18 Lunging for Vaulting – the first exercises We will assume here that you have trained your horse on the lunge in all basic gaits and …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 17 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 17 Warm-up phase: A minimum of 10 minutes (more if your horse comes straight from the stall) must be allowed to warm up the muscles and …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 16 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 16 More Patterns, more games: Let us recall at this point that we don’t belong to those people, who lunge a horse to get him …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Blog 15: Mobilisation exercises, patterns and games for balancing the horse
March 17, 2013Work on the Lunge Line – Part 15 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 15 Gymnastic exercises: We saw in the last Blog (point 7) that a horse balancing himself on a curved line at liberty turns by stretching …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 14 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 14 We shortly recapitulate up to here: Hopefully we agree on the fact that lunging means more than simply getting your horse tired and burning off …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 13 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 13 Overview over auxiliary reins: Running side-reins are passed under the surcingle under the belly of the horse and split on the chest into two reins, …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 12 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 12 Auxiliary Reins: Up to now, with our playful preparation, our horse has learned the concept of the circle and seeking the contact to the …
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Work on the Lunge Line – Part 11 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 11 Some practice on the rope: Before we get to the tricky topic of side-reins, we want to practice our communication with the horse on the …
Work on the Lunge Line – Part 10 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 10 In the meantime a question has reached me what it really is that we are training here. I therefore will repeat once again the goal …
Working on the Lunge Line – Part 9 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 9 The lunge line: Since we established earlier that a lunge line is not needed (at least with our kind of training) to prevent the horse …
Working on the Lunge Line – Part 8 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 8 The Bridle: We use a bridle (of correct size for our horse’s mouth), because it has a bit attached. When putting on the bridle you have …
Working on the Lunge Line – Part 7 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 7 Whip aids – continued: Demanding a faster gait: This has nothing to do with chasing the horse! Transitions on the lunge line should happen as …
Work on the Lunge Line – Part 6 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 6 The Lungeing Whip: Especially with young horses the whip must be introduced gently: the horse should not fear the whip. For this it is very …
Work on the Lunge Line – Part 05 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 05 This Blog is my first attempt to include some short video clips for clarification of aids – here of the voice aids and body language I …
Work on the lunge line – Part 4 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 4 The book* refers to “From Leading to Liberty” Body language: As long as you live and breathe you move, and your horse reads and interprets …
Work on the lunge line – Part 3 Arbeit an der Longe – Teil 3 Voice commands – continued: The three important Cs ! Clear: Clear means that ONE word means ONE thing, and forever only that same one. That …
Work on the Lunge line – Part 2 Arbeiten an der Longe – Teil 2 How to start: In most books about lunging, the list of equipment starts with the advice to use sturdy shoes and gloves for the protection of …
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Work on the lunge line – Blog 01: Introduction: Arbeit an der Longe – Blog 01: Einleitung: With this new series I would like to entice you to understand the sense of work on the lunge line a …
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