Today and lunging exercises!

Hey guys, so we got so caught up in our session, that I didn't take any videos and it doesn't help I forgot my phone in the RTV, so lol anyways, today was really good day for ground work, and boy did we go at it, we did ground work for about an hour and then let the horses have a short break while Roni and I warmed up, then we went back out and did more ground work for another hr and a half, so what exactly do we do during our ground work? We work on pivoting (good for showmanship classes), we work on backing, its really fun because the horses can now back up as fast as I can run forward your not yanking on their face, but Jack is the amazing backing horse, I PROMISE to take a video tomorrow, but we can back up doing circles and weaving in and out, and its AWESOME! He can't back up as quickly when hes turning, but he can still go pretty quick! Chuck isn't as fast, but he is still pretty good! Chuck is the amazing lunger, he is going very far, like I said earlier, I have been watching the Down Under Horsemanship show where Clinton Anderson retrains a OTTB and have started that with Chuck. He is doing amazing, I am finding out that he has a new respect for me, he had it before, but not at this level. So heres a few exercises to do with you and your horse!

I will be doing a video of your guy's choice on 3 of these tomorrow, so vote on what ones you want to see!

1.  Teach your horse to yield its hindquarters (this is a major roll in all ground work and you can immediatly get your horses attention on you when you do this)
2. Start working on lunging (work on your send-off and your stops, you stop by yielding the HQs
3. Start working on your backing (back your horse up as much as you can it will really help him trust you and respect you)
4.  Work on half circle lunging (this is where you only lunge in a half circle, it make your horse pay attention and you have to really control your horses feet and have clear ques)
5. Work on half circle lunging by an object (Clinton uses a gate, or area wall, but you can use many things, today I used a grain bin, use this step to desentize your horse)
6. leading at strange angles (gets your horse used to you being in a different spot and you still leading and controling them)
7. walking test (this is a good one walk normally then adjust your speed and try to make your horse walk the speed your walking, it may be harder then you think)
8. spiral lunging (this helps your horse get more flexiable and bend easier)
9. working on flexing and bending (it helps your horse get more flexiable, and helps you train for in the saddle, this is also the beginning of a one rein stop)
10. spin around (you may need a helper to make your horse stand still, but you get a long lead rope and wrap it around your horse, and if you have done the proper ground work your horse will yield to pressure and "untangle" himself by turning