It was a nice evening so I figured why not go out and practice a lunging with Harley. Whew, he was full of it when we started, but after he worked himself all up, he figured out it was the same routine we've always done, and settled right down and worked great. I even did some of the exercises I learned from watching Clinton Anderson, spanking the ground on both sides and in front of the horse with the lunge whip, scratching him between the eyes with the end of it, tossing it up over his back. He tolerated it pretty good, better then I expected especially after are hyped up start on lunging. I'll try to do this every evening between now and when I have my saddle. Here's a few pictures of the exercise. You know it's a real trick IMO, to take pictures and lunge a horse all at the same time:)
The start. You can see his head way up in the air and the rope pulled tight.
Broke to a lope.
Other direction. Big stride:)
Tossing the rope over him. See those little black specks on him.
They're skitters:(, lots of them
Then lunging again. It really wasn't this dark, but it was getting there. He's much more controlled. Lower head, not straining the rope. Being the nice boy that he generally is:)
Becky