Out-of-Control Trail Horse
…maintaining your own safety. If your horse tries to bolt on the trail, dismount and put him to work longeing for respect. This gets him using the thinking side of…
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Get The Most Out Of Your Early Training Dollar
As a 3-year-old, this filly is conversant in longeing, wearing a surcingle, bridle and sidereins, and is ready to work under saddle. Sarting a horse under saddle can be expensive,…
Creative Groundwork for Your Horse
Looking for a training approach that’s pure fun? Try longeing over obstacles. Build on my longeing for respect skills to keep your horse happily engaged as you further his training….
March “Ask Horse Journal” Letters
…on longeing. Once the horse is responsive to all basic longeing commands, I teach my horse the emergency halt. This means giving the halt command and letting the longe line…
Prepare to Longe for Respect with Clinton Anderson
…turn and stop. These are the first steps in Clinton’s longeing for respect, an exercise that will boost your horse’s responsiveness and respectfulness. The groundwork prerequisites for longeing for respect…
Ask Horse Journal: 05/99
…saddle. He needs to be able to take those longeing aids and make the connection from that to the saddle. When you’re longeing the horse, your whip is your “leg…
Groundwork with Your Dressage Horse
…of experience longeing and using long reins, and you need to be experienced too if you are going to try it. Longeing and long-rein work releases the horse from the…
Longe Whip Techniques
…to improve my longeing technique. Fly fishing improved my whip technique while longeing my horse. For example, when I got a pop of sound, my fishing coach said it was…
How-to Check a Spook with Lynn Palm
…trot, and lope/canter him in both directions. Photo by Daniel Deweese The length of warm-up depends on your individual horse. Palm recommends at least 10 to 15 minutes of longeing…
Keep Your Horse Happy
…You can make free-longeing an even more productive training opportunity by putting on a longeing surcingle and attaching side reins. This will help the horse develop the muscles in his…