after 2o minutes or so i was starting blisters on the fingers of my left hand (lightweight grippy gloves, abrasive inside... not good!) and "rang a friend". 2o minutes or so after that Natasha rang me back and kindly offered to come over. she arrived 1/2 hour later, with her OH
what was i doing for all that time? standing, ensuring i was behind Monf in a driving position, cracking the whip mostly behind him and generally trying to get him to move.
what was he doing?
mostly, standing still. occasionally turn on forehand to face me, i got quicker and eventually was at least preventing that. couple of times, he even had his head on the floor .....
some time later, tash got him going....
the end result
1. don't use the normal technique for setting him away, but start off as if doing in hand, lead him straight from the bridle forward and look at and walk into his shoulder to move him away from me ... which is a technique i am going to have to learn, i'm going to go practice on Tash's horses tomorrow... i'm not getting my body language right and not getting my foot placement right, trying to go the wrong way .
2. we rather think he wasn't given very long on the lunge when he was first started - thinking being, if he was quiet, they would have just legged up on him asap rather than spending as long as we would on such things....
but one things for sure, there was no way we were leaving that arena tonight until he had lunged....
so he was eventually lunged by both Tash and Phillip, but i couldn't quite get it....
Tash was the only one who didn't end up with a bootful of arena, sensibly having her long boots on. lord only knows why i didn't! Phillip was only wearing shoes!
and i went to the chippy on the way home.... never mind cooking, I didn't have the energy left!
Uhm, who's getting the workout, Monfy or you? *S*
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are going to have to treat him like a beginner with the lungeing. It's going to take a bit of work.