Spinning 'round in circles, in circles......

Graceful Landin · 11-22-2008, 12:19 PM

ok....
i'm trying to teach my mum about horses and where is the best place to start? groundwork!!!

so i got my horse on a lunge line and showed her the basics, then i let her have a go. but when he started walking around (in circles of course!) my mum started to get really dizzy!

i told her to focus on him and not on the spinning scenery but no improvment. she started wobbling and i was scared that she was going to tip over so that was the end of that.....
so i have never had a problem as long as i focus on the horse. so how do dizzy people do ground work?!?!?

*BaRrEL_BaBE* · 11-22-2008, 12:24 PM

LOL!!!! Your mom should definately steer clear of reining.

Graceful Landin · 11-22-2008, 12:33 PM

lol i agree!!!!

bnwalker2 · 11-22-2008, 12:35 PM

I have trouble with getting dizzy too, I can only spin in so many circles, lol. I just do lots of direction changes with the horse. When I start to feel like I'm about to get dizzy, I ask the horse to go the other way for awhile.

moonpi11 · 11-22-2008, 12:39 PM

Spins are the best part of reining, IMHO... lol!! The first time I sat a spin on a reiner.. um... I almost puked! That is a serious vertigo check, but then you learn how to not get dizzy and all is good. Maybe your mom should learn how to sit on a horse in a straight line first...

Graceful Landin · 11-22-2008, 12:40 PM

hahah lol thanks guys......

Kitari · 11-22-2008, 12:42 PM

If she starts to get dizzy she should focus on a solid object away from the horse for a few seconds, then go back to the horse who is still moving.

Appysrule · 11-22-2008, 03:17 PM

I gather your mom is standing on the ground and not sitting on the horse. Simple, when I lunge my gelding, I stand still and send him and he walks around me. I don't move. LOL

11-22-2008, 12:19 PM	#1
Graceful Landin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: In the dirt Posts: 438 Images: 1	Spinning 'round in circles, in circles...... ok.... i'm trying to teach my mum about horses and where is the best place to start? groundwork!!! so i got my horse on a lunge line and showed her the basics, then i let her have a go. but when he started walking around (in circles of course!) my mum started to get really dizzy! i told her to focus on him and not on the spinning scenery but no improvment. she started wobbling and i was scared that she was going to tip over so that was the end of that..... so i have never had a problem as long as i focus on the horse. so how do dizzy people do ground work?!?!? __________________ "To Feel the wind of freedom, one only has to ride on the back of a horse to spread their wings and fly." -Melinda Meyers

11-22-2008, 12:24 PM	#2
BaRrEL_BaBE Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 4,209 Images: 82 Blog Entries: 4	LOL!!!! Your mom should definately steer clear of reining. __________________ (¯`•.¸DoN't l00k BacK¸.•´¯) My_Facebook ::RIP T.H.P* you are so very missed:*:

11-22-2008, 12:33 PM	#3
Graceful Landin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: In the dirt Posts: 438 Images: 1	lol i agree!!!! __________________ "To Feel the wind of freedom, one only has to ride on the back of a horse to spread their wings and fly." -Melinda Meyers

11-22-2008, 12:35 PM	#4
bnwalker2 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sunman, Indiana Posts: 7,403 Images: 84	I have trouble with getting dizzy too, I can only spin in so many circles, lol. I just do lots of direction changes with the horse. When I start to feel like I'm about to get dizzy, I ask the horse to go the other way for awhile. __________________ ~Britni~ and: Halo - 5/19/09 - Quarter Horse filly Nacera - 4/22/89 Arabian mare Vega - 5/28/09 - Arabian filly Rain - 4/25/05 - Appaloosa mare I Have Been Gobbled by Thom Turkey!!!

11-22-2008, 12:39 PM	#5
moonpi11 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 132 Images: 2	Spins are the best part of reining, IMHO... lol!! The first time I sat a spin on a reiner.. um... I almost puked! That is a serious vertigo check, but then you learn how to not get dizzy and all is good. Maybe your mom should learn how to sit on a horse in a straight line first... __________________ Vice President R.E.I.N.S.: Rescuing Equines In Need of Safety I have been snowballed 2 times!!!

11-22-2008, 12:40 PM	#6
Graceful Landin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: In the dirt Posts: 438 Images: 1	hahah lol thanks guys...... __________________ "To Feel the wind of freedom, one only has to ride on the back of a horse to spread their wings and fly." -Melinda Meyers

11-22-2008, 12:42 PM	#7
Kitari Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pine Level Al. Posts: 2,350 Blog Entries: 7	If she starts to get dizzy she should focus on a solid object away from the horse for a few seconds, then go back to the horse who is still moving. __________________ *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heroes in a half shell. Turtle power!* I am Pro-Slaughter Poco's Poco and Annabella Red

11-22-2008, 03:17 PM	#8
Appysrule Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In Cyberspace... Posts: 1,575 Images: 14	I gather your mom is standing on the ground and not sitting on the horse. Simple, when I lunge my gelding, I stand still and send him and he walks around me. I don't move. LOL __________________ "To be loved by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe - for we have not deserved it".

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