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Okay, so I just want to start out by saying that he CAME that way. I've owned this horse since the day he was born and he has NEVER been afraid or nervous of anything.
So the problem is, he won't lunge. He'll go around once or twice after I lead him, and then let the line out, but then he just stops and faces me - and no, I'm not too far ahead of him and telling him to stop. I've tried having someone else lead him on a rope, while I held the line, and it goes the same way... one or two circles later, he stops and faces me, maybe walks toward me a bit. If you tap him with the whip, he ignores it, and every once in a while it just starts to annoy him and he'll kick at it. Crack the whip behind him, and he'll take a step or two, then stop ... and ignore any further cracks of the whip.
Same thing happens in the round pen.
Help?
So the problem is, he won't lunge. He'll go around once or twice after I lead him, and then let the line out, but then he just stops and faces me - and no, I'm not too far ahead of him and telling him to stop. I've tried having someone else lead him on a rope, while I held the line, and it goes the same way... one or two circles later, he stops and faces me, maybe walks toward me a bit. If you tap him with the whip, he ignores it, and every once in a while it just starts to annoy him and he'll kick at it. Crack the whip behind him, and he'll take a step or two, then stop ... and ignore any further cracks of the whip.
Same thing happens in the round pen.
Help?