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THE COUNCIL
by
Elaine Pearsons
Making a horse work in
circles in a small corral is not
the most exciting phase of
training a horse. In face, it
can make you dizzy. It is an
excellent way to lay a good
foundation in the animal's
mind though, before he is
ever ridden. He learns
instant obedience right from
the start. It also supples his
body and builds muscle in
preparation for carrying your
weignt.
This part of ground train-
ing is called longeing. Fancy
equipment is not required to
teach a colt to longe and
drive.
My equipment consists of:
an oval 3/8 " thick, 8 wire
noseband, 101/2 inches long
and 5 3/4 inches wide at-
tached to a headstall where
the bit normally goes, with
friction tape wrapped thickly
each side of the headstall
strap where it attaches to the
nose band to keep it from
slipping forward or back-
ward; two webbed lines, one
19 feet long with rings sewn
in each end and one 15 feet
long with a ring in one end
and a double snap attached
to it; a long whip which is
mainly used as an extension
of the arm for guidance but
occasionally used to shape
up a fractious, disobedient
colt; and a good wood corral
approximately 60 feet square
or 60 feet in diameter.
The 19 foot line is used on
the horse's head. It is longer
than the other because a loop
at one end goes around the
horse's neck and the other
end goes through the nose-
band loop. The 15 foot line is
snapped to it to make a 34
foot longe line. When used
for driving, as we will dis-
cuss later, the 15 foot line is
snapped to the noseband
loop and you have 2 driving
lines approximately the
same length. •
Five words are used as
commands in longeing
"walk along", "trot", "can-
ter", "whoa", and "reverse
"Walk along" and "canter"
are used so the colt will not
confuse the words "walk"
and 'lope" with "whoa".
Many young trainers have
difficulty getting the colt to
start moving around in a
circle. Some trainers use an
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assistant to get the colt
moving. I prefer to work
alone with almost every part
of a colt's training so he
learns psychologically that I
am stronger than he and can
control him under every
circumstance alone.
Take the colt to the center
of the corral and let out
about 6 feet of line. Take the
whip in your right hand, the
longe line in your left and
form a V with the colt's body
extending across the open
end of the V. Start him circl-
ing left by urging him from
behind with the whip using
the "trot" command. I start
with this one because the
colt will usually be excited
enough once you have him
circling and will want to trot.
Some colts will want to
turn and face you, creating
much difficulty in getting
them to circle. But if you
persistantly get towards the
colt's rear and urge him
strongly, he'll finally get the
message and move out.
Make the colt circle
several times before letting
him stop so he understands
this is what he's suoposed to
August 31, 1977
do. Then tell him "whoa"
with a gentle voice and drop
the whip low. When he
stops, keep telling him
"whoa" as you approach
him and praise him for doing
right.
Next time we'll get into
more details of training and
problems connected with
longeing.
Tuesday was Senior's day
again and as usual there was
a nice dinner. Fifty three
dinners were served.
The co-ordinator asked for
volunteers for meal planning
for a three months period.
Wavah Des Marais volun-
teered and Retta LaPrell
Mary Edmunson also agreed
to help.
Due to the coming holiday
there will be no dinner
served on Tuesday the 8th of
September. The dinner will
be seved, however, on Wed-
nesday, September 7.
A talk on Nutrition and
meal planning was given by
Kip Cummings and it was
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We have been to the
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have the garden produce in
the cans for the winter. It's
been hsrd work but it will
taste good this winter when
the snow flies, I hope!
I would like to thank every
one that helped at the can-
nery and those who offered.
Take care, lets have no
more sickness. We will be
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day.
Your Reporter
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