what is lungeing?

Question

lungeing a horse and the equipment needed

Answer 1

In its simplest form, lunging is putting a horse on a long rope and letting him run circles around you, and then all you need is a long rope and the space to do it. It can be used for training, and the horse would ideally wear a bridle, a lunging cavesson, a lunging surcingle, and side reins. You want to wear gloves, and get a good cotton lunge line-- nylon can shred your gloves and your hands very badly. Lunging is a good way of letting a horse let off some steam without you having to ride through it, and it can be a good way of teaching him new things, or things you are having a hard time teaching him under saddle. Good Luck!!

Answer 2

The main reason to lunge a horse is to work out some of it's kinks and energies before riding it, e.g. if your horse gets antsy or quick when riding you can lunge it first to try and keep it calmer.

You get a lunge line, which is basically just this really long rope, and you loop it through the horses bridle (through one side of the bit, up around the ears, and through the other side of the bit) and use a lunge whip (hitting the ground near the horses flank, not hitting the horse) to get it to walk, trot, canter, etc. Just make sure to either unclip the reins or completely secure them because or else the horse can step through them and fall.

Answer 3

If lungeing is done correctly, it is not more strain on the joints than riding them. People have failed to mention long-reining, which is like carriage driving without a carriage, and that you don't have to go round and round in circles. You get them to change direction, back up, turn on the forehand, disengage the hindquarters, you can go straight ahead, do serpentines, figure of eights- heaps of stuff. It is a training aid, whether that is the purpose for you or not.

To lunge properly you need either a lunge roller or a saddle with the stirrups on, so the irons at just above the elbow, and tied down with baling twine or a stirrup leather, for the TWO reins to go through. Some people use side reins instead of two long reins, but I found that lessens your control, and doesn't stop counter-cantering (which is when damage to the joints and tendons occurs).
You also need a lungeing canvesson (basically a headstall with D rings attached), or you can use a bridle, though you have to be careful with a bridle, as there is alot more contact, and you can hurt them easier if you get something wrong.
Boots to protect the legs are also important, and there are also many other things you can buy and attach to help get certain movements from your horse.
Some people use a whip, but I find it unnecessary if the horse knows basic word cues like clucking, whooooo, walk, trot, stand.

Short version- lungeing is how you ride them without getting on their back- it can teach them many things like balance and yeilding, without having to worry about having a person on their back. It also helps the rider to see how the horses frame looks from the ground, and any movement problems that can arise, that you wouldn't notice while riding. You can also read their body language easier from the ground (in my opinion).

Please don't single rein lunge- in most cases horses don't balance themselves naturally on a small circle, and you need that second rein to guide their frame, to reduce uneven pressure on their legs.

Answer 4

when a line(lunge line) is attached to the horses' bridle or halter and they are exercised at all three gates without being ridden or turned completely loose. They basically go in a circle around you. They can also be "free lunged" in a small round pen, without a line.It is primarily done to get the "bucks"out or ease their excitement, if they feel a little too "fresh". Some people get lazy and do it instead of riding-I highly disagree with this because it is extremely hard on their legs-run around in a circle as fast as you can for half hour every day! I think you might end up with some knee and ankle problems right?Plus, I get 2 dizzy and barf when I do it anyway.

Answer 5

it's when you have a horse on the end of a rope (lunge line)
and a long whip. You get the horse to trot or gallop in a circle for exercise. You need a horse, a whip and a 20 to 30 ft rope and halter.

Answer 6

lunging is where you have a lunge rope and you have the horse at a pace going in a circle around you (your in the middle of the "circle").

well, if you want to do complex training with lunging you need more then one thing. but when i was learningh how to canter my equestrian instructur just hooked the lunge rope onto my horses bit and lunged us.
oh, and a whip may be usefull. but you don't whip the horse. if you let them see the whip then they will move faster. also, the rider may want a short whip, or even a dressage whip but you don't whip the horse!!!! with the rider's whip you just tickle their hindquters with it.

google some shops that have lunging equepment.

Answer 7

there are 2 different kinds of lungeing.....free lungeing and jusr regular lungeing.....regular lungeing is when the horse is connected to the end of a rope and it moving around a person in a circle...here many exercises and training mothods can take place....when free lungeing your in a large enclosed area and you are just driving the horse with body pressure to go faster or slower....this is mainly for exercize though head tieing and hobbleing can take place during this exercize.

Answer 8

when you lunge a horse, you hook a long rope to their halter, then you stand in the middle of an arena or something like that and with voice commands make them walk, trot, or canter around you in a circle, the horse is usually about 20 feet away from you, and you can make them halt or turn around and you just stand in the middle and turn your feet to always face the horse.

Answer 9

I think its making the horse stretch out. Iam only going by the word lunge.

Answer 10

that is sweet for horses to appreciate the thank you to lunge, as that is functional in checking for lameness issues, and different motives, whether that is not a very good form of exercising, somewhat for youthful (undeveloped) horses and for previous horses. Your using coach is sweet. pay attention to him/her.