RE: lunging young horses AND hay

2002-07-02 Thread Cynthia Madden
This message is from: Cynthia Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fjords are slow maturers, I would not recommend lunging them at this time or for another year or even two. You might try longlining them or doing some type of TTeam or Parelli, etc. type ground work with them if you want to get them doing

Re: lunging young horses

2002-07-02 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sharon I have heard some horror tales about lunging young horses before they have their bone growth. I wonder though if short sessions on a long line, no tight circles, could hurt. But beware of boring them as it is not an exciting thing

Re: lunging young horses

2002-07-01 Thread Jim and Tamara Hooper
This message is from: Jim and Tamara Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] A great solution to lunging young horses is the round pen. My husband built me a round pen with about a 48' diameter and my two Fjords responded very quickly and were soon ridden. The round pen is a good way to lunge since it keeps

lunging young horses

2002-07-01 Thread sharon knipe
This message is from: sharon knipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have recently acquired 2 - 11 month old fillies and we are wondering when we could start lunging them. They seem very interested in the work we are doing with the 2 year old and would like to start the young ones as soon as it is wise to