Clutter Circle For Relaxed Circling - July 2025
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In this video Karen coaches a trainer with a beautiful young horse who has anxiety about lunging. When out on a circle he would go faster and faster with increasing tension to the point that she avoided doing circling on line. She came to me to help problem-solve. My goal was to find a way to approach it where the problem didn’t even show up. This shows just how effective this strategy is. (Don’t be fooled by the lack of drama)
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