We can all hope they'll listen! At least lunge her till she's a little tired...
I'd lunge her for a couple weeks, but then that's one of the precautions I take instead of wearing a helmet ;~D
LOL...
I told her to make sure the horse was lunging good before climbing on, but to ease minds...Heather wears a helmet:)
I always make sure a horse responds well lunging before getting on one. I don't necessarily lunge one till they are tired, but if thats what it takes I do. I just want them responding to voice commands, stay at the sped I set, and stay calm. If they do all that right off the bat, I stop and get on.
Becky
I agree with Hair. Lungeing for a couple of weeks will take the edge off a bit and get her used to working again instead of overloading her with a rider. Plus it might get her to mellow out a bit before Heather climbs aboard. Sometimes I'd have to lunge my horse until he was tired just so he wouldn't throw me. But it all worked out in the end, and we both respected eachother for it as well. :-)