>>>> I was copying what I saw Pat doing in a video--his horse only went around him once or twice while mine seems to think I wanted continuous circles.
Then perhaps your horses were taught to lunge at some earlier point in their training? Honestly, many times it's easier to teach than to re-teach. Tivar obviously had the "on a treadmill" mentality about lunging, and he thought he had to turn into a zombie and trot in circles for who knows how long. I wanted to be able to see him move when there was no one around but me sometimes, so I needed for him to do some sort of circling, but it broke my heart to see him zone-out. I wanted him "with me", not an unwilling, mindless participant. That's why I prefer to think "circling game" rather than "lunging" although the two are obviously similar in nature. If the horse has a treadmill-mentality about lunging, that can take a little re-thinking to overcome...but you're a creative person! >>>> . I saw this on the video that I received with my Savvy Times -- Pat does the 7 games with a horse that has never done any games. Yep, the totally untrained or unexposed ones are often (usually?) easier than the ones who've already gotten a particular mindset...but stick with it - I've never seen it take more than two days! ;) Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
