Preparing Your Horse for Ground Driving

After confirming that I have a reliable halt, back, go and change of direction with a halter and lead rope, I move forward by introducing changes of direction in a bridle on the lunge line.

This is the first time I ever worked with Moon in a bridle and also the first time I ever lunged her.
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In the first part of the video I review some of my thoughts on safety, necessary equipment, and the key training steps to "test" before moving on to ground driving.

• I begin working changes of direction in the bridle around 2 mins and 30 seconds into the video.
• ​I begin working her on a bigger circle on the lunge around 3 mins 26 seconds into the video.​
• ​Around 9 minutes 30 seconds is where where I talk about transitioning gear from lunging to long lining
• About 12 minutes into the video is where I begin setting her up for ground driving by attaching the long lines and explaining how I get everything started.