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[RC] re: [RC] question - RockinVR - A. PerezMy 2 cents worth: I wouldn't say for sure what your horse experienced was a tie-up, could just be sore from lunging. Lunging and round-penning in a tight circles can be hard on young, uncoordinated horses, and should be done in small doses. In your position, I'd lunge at the walk and trot ONLY for a couple of weeks, lunging in as large a circle as possible, and keeping trotting sessions very short ( 2 - 3 circles at most at a time, totally no more than 1o or 15 minutes trotting per lunging session total). I'd alo try working on the lunge every other day. On alternate days try ground-driving or some other form of tarining, just not lots of circling. After 2 -3 weeks of this, gradually intrude cantering again, but only 2-3 circles in each direction. If transistions are what is being taught, there is no need to keep her cantering more than that. I am not crazy about using lunging as a form of exercise. It is hard on the legs to do enough to be effective excercise. If lunging is being used for training, keep it short, and focus on the training objective (such as transitions or responding to vocal cues), try to accomplish these at as slow a speed and with as few reps as possible. And look for other methods to achieve the desired result: ponying, ground-driving, etc... anything 'non-circular'. Lastly, if there is any possible way to give her daily turn-out, do so. The more the better. ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ============================================================ At the end of the day maybe the definition of endurance isn't the length of the ride but rather the spirit in which it is ridden. ~ Maryanne Stroud Gabani ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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