round pen

He describes his training method, which employs a round pen 50 feet in diameter.

Most modern round pens, however, are intended for domesticated horses who do not fear humans.

Behaviour of horses in the "round pen technique"

The round pen, sometimes called a bullpen is a round enclosure used for horse training.

More experienced horses may be ridden in a round pen in situations where control or focus are particularly desired.

In the yard beyond, Roland could see several round pens he assumed were for livestock as these were made of wood.

The round pen has historic roots dating to the tradition of Spanish horsemanship and probably even earlier antecedents.

Most round pens are located outdoors, but due to their relatively small size can easily be enclosed by a roof or a tension fabric building.

The horses watched from the round pen in the big pasture, locked away from this sudden change in the scenery.

Methods include the use of leading and suppling exercises, and training the horse on the longe line or loose in a round pen.

Preferably, this should be ridden or driven work, as round pen or longeing exercise places uneven stress on the joint.

In the field of natural horsemanship, it is a common practice to work a horse loose in a round pen 40 to 70 feet in diameter.

The round pen allows greater interaction between horse and handler and more control over the horse because it cannot fully avoid its human handler.

On a recent sunny afternoon at Flag Is Up, visitors watched Mr. Roberts enter the round pen to meet a slight, jittery appaloosa.

I removed a plywood splinter wedged between the oak frame of the stirrup and its leather lining - the result of a collision in a Colorado round pen.

Today the round pen is used in Europe for some forms of classical dressage training and in the Americas as a common tool of western riding training methodology that is particularly popular with the natural horsemanship movement.

Round pens made of portable panels are sometimes set up within a larger riding arena allowing one horse to be worked in the round pen while others may still ride along the rail of the larger area.

Meeting Halfway Mr. Reis, who recently wrote about the method in the magazine, Horse Illustrated, advised that trainers should use a round pen, which keeps the horse close but gives it a sense of being free, since the animal can run in circles.

Traditional round pens have closely spaced rails that allow foot room for a human to climb out of the pen, but also give the fence great strength and also discourage the animal from seeking escape due to the near-solid appearance of closely spaced rails.