Free lunging success!

A bit far away but he looked so handsome

Today I decided to just have some fun with Charlie. So I brought him into the indoor and let him loose while I proceeded to gather every random object I could find: barrels, tarps, a few mismatched poles, a giant ball....then I started free lunging.

At first I had to coax him over the tarp with a lunge line

Guess that wasn't so bad

Charlie was all discombobulated over this jump

He was excited but listening and I had him doing inside and outside turns, going over the tarp and even jumping a tiny jump! For my first time free lunging him it wasn't bad at all and we both had a ton of fun :) Props to anyone, though, who is able to direct a free-lunging horse and successfully videotape him at the same time....the video below was my third attempt and (still!) as soon as I pressed "record" on my phone I started to lose my solid cues and connection to Charlie and he immediately picked up on it and got choppy. I need a GoPro!