How to lure a horse

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Part 2 of 4: Getting Started Lunging
Part 3 of 4: How to Properly Use Lines and Whip to Steer Your Horse
Part 4 of 4: How to Stop a Horse
Tips
Warnings
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1 Take your horse to an arena or fenced in. In general, to work with a horse, you will need a circle of about 14-15 square meters. This will be enough for a trot, but such a limited area will deprive the horse of the freedom and desire to escape.

If you don't have a round arena, try laying out bales of hay in a circle.

2 If you want to protect your horse's legs from injury, wrap them with special bandages or put on boots. Longing gives the horse physical activity. To protect the animal from injury, you can wrap the pastern and metatarsus with special athletic bandages or put on a pair of legs. When using bandages, start wrapping the legs with a bandage from above directly under the wrist or metatarsal joints, gradually go down to the fetal joint (bandage it only ⅔ so as not to hinder movement), and then return up again. The bandage should be tight, but not too tight. When you rise from the fetlock joint back up, secure the bandage with Velcro.

Bandages help protect the horse's pasterns and paws from injury if he stumbles while lining. They also help prevent injuries resulting from improper gait, which young horses are prone to.
Sports boots can be used instead of bandages if desired.

3 Wear a cavesson on your horse, if you have one. A cavesson is a special type of halter that allows you to control the horse on the line without causing any discomfort. It is necessary to put on the cavesson tight enough so that it does not slip on the animal's head. In addition, it should be positioned above the soft and sensitive areas of the nose so that the horse can breathe normally.

You can find a cavesson and a cord to it in a specialized equestrian equipment store.

Advice: if the horse has a bridle, the cavesson can be worn over it.

4 Clip the cord to the center ring of the cavesson. The cord is a special long rein that is attached to the cavesson.Usually the cord is made of lightweight woven material for ease of handling. You will be using the line to drive the horse in a wide circle, so it must be long enough to allow the horse to reach the fence of your arena.

If you do not have a special cord, use a strong rope or woven tape about 8.5 m long.

5 Clip the line to the bridle if you don't have a cavesson. The special cavesson allows for a convenient cord attachment, but even if you don't have one, you can still lug. Just put the bridle down on the horse and attach the line to the inner ring of the bridle (which is not entirely correct, but acceptable).

Never clip the line to the tensile, as it can put quite painful pressure on your mouth.

6 Fold over the excess cord length and hold this skein in your hand. When preparing to work on the line, take the time to neatly accordion fold the line. This will keep it from tangling, and it will be easier for you to hold it.

Never wrap the cord in rings around your arm. If the horse twitches, the line can be pulled tight on your arm, causing you serious injury.

Part 2 of 4: Getting Started Lunging

1 Position yourself in the center of the arena with the line and whip in hand. When you are ready to start longeing, lead the horse into the arena and stand right in the center. Hold the excess line and whip in the hand closest to the horse's rump, with your other hand controlling the line by pulling or loosening it. Your position in relation to the horse should form an isosceles triangle, the base of which is the body of the animal, and the sides are the line and whip.
- For example, if you want to ride a horse in a circle to the left, hold the excess line and whip in your right hand and control the line with your left hand.
- Hold the whip with the end behind the horse and lower it down when not using. Also try to keep the whip steady, as it will be less effective if you constantly swing or click it.
- Try to keep your face constantly facing the middle of the horse's body, as staring into the face will stress the horse.
2 Give the horse a command to walk. Any word or sound can be used as a command, only in this case it is necessary to be consistent. For example, if you click to get the horse to walk, this is the sound you should always use.
- Use a distinct tone of voice for all commands and try to use them as little as possible. If you keep talking, the horse will start to ignore your voice.
Common Horse Commands: you can say horses "Stop!"to stop it immediately, use the command "Lynx!" for the transition from stride to trot at a medium pace and smacking his lips for the transition to light gallop.
3 Walk the horse at a walk, loosening the line tension. Allow the line to sag a little, but do not let it drag along the ground so that the horse does not get entangled in it. Keep your elbows soft, as if providing elasticity to the cord. If you hold the line too tight, the horse will resist you.
- Let the horse walk 3-4 laps.
- You can stand in one place and constantly turn after the horse, or you can walk with it in a small inner circle.
4 Go to a trot for about 15 minutes. When the horse has walked 3-4 laps at a pace, it is time to pick up speed and start trotting. Give the horse the command to go to trot and start turning after it yourself at the appropriate speed so as not to get entangled in the line. If necessary, use a whip during the session to adjust the horse's speed.
- Most of the longeing should be trotting.
- If the horse is already quite experienced in the work with the line, or if he showed himself successfully in the lesson, at the very end you can go to a canter for a few minutes.
- If the horse gets worried or starts to limp, the lesson can be finished earlier.

Part 3 of 4: How to Properly Use Lines and Whip to Steer Your Horse

1 Pull the line forward slightly to accelerate the horse. Extend your arm so that you can pull the line in the direction the horse is moving, rather than straight forward in relation to the horse. At the same time, raise the whip and keep it close to the horse's rump. This should encourage the horse to accelerate slightly. Once she does, lower the whip.
- You can also use a voice command or smacking sounds to tell the horse what you want from it.
2 Point the whip at the horse's shoulder to keep it from reducing the radius of the circle. During longeing, it is important not to allow the horse to enter the center of the circle. This not only interferes with the main purpose of the exercise, but also leads to sagging of the cord, in which the animal can become entangled. To prevent the horse from reducing the radius of the circle along which it is moving, point the whip to its shoulder or even lightly touch it on the shoulder. This should prompt the animal to return to the desired radius of movement.
- In this case, it is not necessary to use the command.
3 Wave or flick the whip only when necessary. The whip is a simple training aid that allows the horse to be steered while maintaining sufficient distance so that the horse cannot kick you. In situations where the horse deliberately disobeys, you can wave or snap the whip, but only when necessary. If you swing the whip too often, the horse will ignore it.
- Never use a whip to lash or scare a horse. Because of this, she will lose confidence in you, and you will only aggravate her behavioral problems.
4 If the horse is not obeying, maintain the line tension. The horse should try to figure out what to do to relieve the pressure. When the horse is doing what you need to do, loosen the line to relieve pressure. This will help her understand what you expect from her and will tend to behave appropriately in the future.
- Do not jerk the line abruptly. Otherwise, you can injure the horse or cause it to kick, potentially causing injury to you.

Part 4 of 4: How to Stop a Horse

1 Move the horse back to a step, and then stop it without pulling it into a circle. After 15 minutes of trotting in a circle, command the horse to slow down to a step. However, do not pull on the line to avoid pulling the horse into the center of the circle. Instead, have the horse come to a full stop at full radius.
- Get your horse out of the arena before releasing the line. If you lead the horse to the center of the circle for this, it will begin to turn inward every time it moves from trot to walk.
2 To slow the horse down, pull the line slightly backwards. If the horse starts to move too fast, hold the line so that it applies light backward pressure to the horse. The whip should be lowered further from the horse.
- Use the command "Step!" while pulling on the line to slow the horse down.
Advice: keeping the whip too close to the horse will resist stopping. The horse thinks that if it moves faster, it will be able to get away from the whip.
3 Place the whip in front of the horse to stop it after slowing down. As soon as you pull the line back and the horse moves into stride while maintaining the line pressure, place the whip in front of the horse. This will let the horse know that you want to stop it.
- Wait until the horse slows down before placing the whip in front of it. Otherwise, she may be frightened, especially if she herself is afraid of the whip.The horse can rears up and become entangled in the line, which is dangerous for him and for you.
- Try to give the command “Stop!” At the same time as the horse stops.
4 Line your horse for 20 minutes 2-3 times a week. Lunging provides excellent physical activity and helps to consolidate training. While there are no strict guidelines for how often these activities are performed, it is a good idea to do them 2-3 times a week, especially if you don't have the opportunity to ride every day. This will keep your horse in good physical shape and strengthen your relationship with him as you will spend quality time with him by giving him directions.
- You can also lure your horse just before riding, especially if you haven't ridden it for a while. This will refresh the horse's basic knowledge and set him up to work with you before getting into the saddle.
- If the horse has been out of physical activity for a period of time, start longeing 1-2 times a week and gradually increase the number of exercises once the horse is more comfortable.

Tips

Limit your horse activities to about 20 minutes to keep the horse alert.
Longeing is great for getting the horse ready to work with you just before riding. In addition, it provides excellent physical activity during periods when you do not have the opportunity to ride a lot.
It is a good idea to wear gloves for these activities to protect them from rubbing against the line, especially when working with a young horse.