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Lessons from the round-yard.

July 21, 2009

At the ISES conference last week, two studies investigated aspects of  round yard training tested the assumptions and observations made by Monty Roberts in leading to development of  his ‘Join-up’ method.
Experiments performed in the round pen showed that untrained ponies responded with flight behaviour to the handler’s speed rather than either his body posture [...]

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Round pens versus square pens

July 9, 2009

Question:
Does anyone out there use square pens in horse training?
The trend these days seems to be the round pen – I thought I would explore this a little.
What are the benefits and downfalls of the two types of pen?
Square pens were (and often still are) used traditionally in New Zealand and probably Australia utilising pre-existing [...]

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