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Hello everybody! I have a tiny little problem with my recently bought Hispanoarabian mare, I hope I'm writing it in the correct thread... Every time I lunge her, as long as it's to her good side, which is right, she works perfectly. We change the side and that's when the problem appears... In...

So, in the past I've free lunged my mare with a lunge whip and she'd do pretty well (being responsive, coming in when asked of her then licking and chewing), although I've noticed that she tends to pin her ears when asked to go out, change direction, plus bucks and kicks up her heels a lot -...

Hello! So just a little background. I take lessons regularly (hunter/jumper) and I leased a horse for a few months and I was asked by a few owners who saw me working with the leased horse (he was a mess!) to work with their out of shape horses. One of the horses I work with is a 17 year old...

So this is a new issue for my horse and I'm not sure why he is doing this or how to fix the problem. I have a 15 yr old TB gelding and a miniature mare that cannot be separated. They are at their happiest when they are working together so I always free longe them together in the indoor arena. My...

Or is it lunge...? Well, however it's spelled, I need some advice. I'm currently working with a 4 year old Thoroughbred mare at my local Humane Society (I volunteer there). She needs some basic groundwork training, and it would just be good for her to know this stuff so perhaps someone would...

Hey everyone - I have a 13 yr old percheron/POA/icelandic horse cross (yes, strange I know!) named Harry Houdini, just under 14hh, who has been a pasture ornament for the last 2 years. I have had him for about a month, and while he has made huge improvements in his attitude towards me (as well...