Feugo: Developing Working Trot On The Lunge
Will Faerber works with Feugo to bring him into a higher level frame in the working trot on the lunge.
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I really appreciated this video right now! 🙂
I’ve been lunging my horses the “art2ride way” for a while now and they are all att different stages. So far I had the side reins on the side to fully stretch them. I have horses in the age between 3 and 12. I have some questions regarding how to know when it is time to ask for more and if I’m maybe doing some things wrong.
Unfortunately your knowledge is nowhere to be found in Sweden as far as I know so I will shoot my questions here. I absolutely understand if you don’t have time to answer:
My very young horses that are not broken (well one of them spent a month with a “proffessional” rider this spring and unfortunately he/she did a lot of damage during that short period of time). When I began to work the horses this way when lunging, I stopped as soon as they stretched the way I wanted them to. The time they can maintain the stretch has increased rapidly and now I might stretch the for about 10 minutes in the walk and 10 in the trot. No canter yet. They really stretch nicely now and get very low (maybe too low..?). But, they still want to go really slow when they stretch, just like it is really hard work for them to engage their back, stomach and hind legs. I have not felt I want to rush them because they still work really nice. How slow is okay? Is it better to chase them forward if they loose momentum? Both of my youngest horses (3 yr) are a little irregular in their hind leg movements (they have one obvious weeker side). Is that normal and am I doing the right thing just keep working them there and seeing them get better and stronger and more even as the time goes?
How do I know when is it ok to introduce canter? I haven’t even done that with my older horses yet.
When is it ok to ask them to start to come up a little as you show in this video? One of my horses have been a real “turtle” and is now as long and low as Fuego is here from the beginning but she is not as strong as he is and also slows down quite a bit when she really stretches but then she has a beautiful huge back swing.
I know it is hard to answer my questions since I don’t have a video to show you yet. But the main questions are: How do you know when it is time to raise the head and neck al little bit? How do you know it is time to canter (if at all)? Is it ok to let the beginner horses go really slow?
Can anyone send you a video for critique at any time? Does it have to be 30 minutes long? My horses don´t last 30 minutes on the lunge yet… 🙂 Could I make a video with short sequencies including more than one horse to get a short critique on where I stand with every horse. Are all the videos that you recieve and critique made official or can I ask for them to be private?
Sorry for a lot of questions. I’m just so fascinated by your work and the results I had with my own horses in this short period of time (couple of months). Thank you! 🙂
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Kali says:
My very young horses that are not broken (well one of them spent a month with a “proffessional” rider this spring and unfortunately he/she did a lot of damage during that short period of time). When I began to work the horses this way when lunging, I stopped as soon as they stretched the way I wanted them to. The time they can maintain the stretch has increased rapidly and now I might stretch the for about 10 minutes in the walk and 10 in the trot. No canter yet. They really stretch nicely now and get very low (maybe too low..?). But, they still want to go really slow when they stretch, just like it is really hard work for them to engage their back, stomach and hind legs. I have not felt I want to rush them because they still work really nice. How slow is okay? Is it better to chase them forward if they loose momentum? Both of my youngest horses (3 yr) are a little irregular in their hind leg movements (they have one obvious weeker side). Is that normal and am I doing the right thing just keep working them there and seeing them get better and stronger and more even as the time goes?
Horses until they are working over their backs are uneven behind to at least some degree. Be sure that you can see that the front and back legs are swinging on the same plane, on the diagonal pairs.
How do I know when is it ok to introduce canter? I haven’t even done that with my older horses yet.
Just try it. If the horse can canter balanced than you are good, but is the horse is unbalanced or inverted with it’s head up in the air, than the horse is not ready to canter yet. Some horses actually canter better than the trot.
When is it ok to ask them to start to come up a little as you show in this video? One of my horses have been a real “turtle” and is now as long and low as Fuego is here from the beginning but she is not as strong as he is and also slows down quite a bit when she really stretches but then she has a beautiful huge back swing.
It’s okay to ask them as soon as you can get them to stretch all the way down. Then you can start coming back up, just simply let down if you feel the horse losing it’s back.
Can anyone send you a video for critique at any time? Does it have to be 30 minutes long? My horses don´t last 30 minutes on the lunge yet… 🙂 Could I make a video with short sequencies including more than one horse to get a short critique on where I stand with every horse. Are all the videos that you recieve and critique made official or can I ask for them to be private?
Anyone can send in a video. The cost is $50 for up to 30 minutes of footage, but it can be less (most people’s are shorter). One horse per video please. It is totally up to you whether you want them private or public. We have clients that do both.
I really appreciated this video right now! 🙂
I’ve been lunging my horses the “art2ride way” for a while now and they are all att different stages. So far I had the side reins on the side to fully stretch them. I have horses in the age between 3 and 12. I have some questions regarding how to know when it is time to ask for more and if I’m maybe doing some things wrong.
Unfortunately your knowledge is nowhere to be found in Sweden as far as I know so I will shoot my questions here. I absolutely understand if you don’t have time to answer:
My very young horses that are not broken (well one of them spent a month with a “proffessional” rider this spring and unfortunately he/she did a lot of damage during that short period of time). When I began to work the horses this way when lunging, I stopped as soon as they stretched the way I wanted them to. The time they can maintain the stretch has increased rapidly and now I might stretch the for about 10 minutes in the walk and 10 in the trot. No canter yet. They really stretch nicely now and get very low (maybe too low..?). But, they still want to go really slow when they stretch, just like it is really hard work for them to engage their back, stomach and hind legs. I have not felt I want to rush them because they still work really nice. How slow is okay? Is it better to chase them forward if they loose momentum? Both of my youngest horses (3 yr) are a little irregular in their hind leg movements (they have one obvious weeker side). Is that normal and am I doing the right thing just keep working them there and seeing them get better and stronger and more even as the time goes?
How do I know when is it ok to introduce canter? I haven’t even done that with my older horses yet.
When is it ok to ask them to start to come up a little as you show in this video? One of my horses have been a real “turtle” and is now as long and low as Fuego is here from the beginning but she is not as strong as he is and also slows down quite a bit when she really stretches but then she has a beautiful huge back swing.
I know it is hard to answer my questions since I don’t have a video to show you yet. But the main questions are: How do you know when it is time to raise the head and neck al little bit? How do you know it is time to canter (if at all)? Is it ok to let the beginner horses go really slow?
Can anyone send you a video for critique at any time? Does it have to be 30 minutes long? My horses don´t last 30 minutes on the lunge yet… 🙂 Could I make a video with short sequencies including more than one horse to get a short critique on where I stand with every horse. Are all the videos that you recieve and critique made official or can I ask for them to be private?
Sorry for a lot of questions. I’m just so fascinated by your work and the results I had with my own horses in this short period of time (couple of months). Thank you! 🙂
My very young horses that are not broken (well one of them spent a month with a “proffessional” rider this spring and unfortunately he/she did a lot of damage during that short period of time). When I began to work the horses this way when lunging, I stopped as soon as they stretched the way I wanted them to. The time they can maintain the stretch has increased rapidly and now I might stretch the for about 10 minutes in the walk and 10 in the trot. No canter yet. They really stretch nicely now and get very low (maybe too low..?). But, they still want to go really slow when they stretch, just like it is really hard work for them to engage their back, stomach and hind legs. I have not felt I want to rush them because they still work really nice. How slow is okay? Is it better to chase them forward if they loose momentum? Both of my youngest horses (3 yr) are a little irregular in their hind leg movements (they have one obvious weeker side). Is that normal and am I doing the right thing just keep working them there and seeing them get better and stronger and more even as the time goes?
Horses until they are working over their backs are uneven behind to at least some degree. Be sure that you can see that the front and back legs are swinging on the same plane, on the diagonal pairs.
How do I know when is it ok to introduce canter? I haven’t even done that with my older horses yet.
Just try it. If the horse can canter balanced than you are good, but is the horse is unbalanced or inverted with it’s head up in the air, than the horse is not ready to canter yet. Some horses actually canter better than the trot.
When is it ok to ask them to start to come up a little as you show in this video? One of my horses have been a real “turtle” and is now as long and low as Fuego is here from the beginning but she is not as strong as he is and also slows down quite a bit when she really stretches but then she has a beautiful huge back swing.
It’s okay to ask them as soon as you can get them to stretch all the way down. Then you can start coming back up, just simply let down if you feel the horse losing it’s back.
Can anyone send you a video for critique at any time? Does it have to be 30 minutes long? My horses don´t last 30 minutes on the lunge yet… 🙂 Could I make a video with short sequencies including more than one horse to get a short critique on where I stand with every horse. Are all the videos that you recieve and critique made official or can I ask for them to be private?
Anyone can send in a video. The cost is $50 for up to 30 minutes of footage, but it can be less (most people’s are shorter). One horse per video please. It is totally up to you whether you want them private or public. We have clients that do both.