Longing

Having the right equipment for lunging is always a good place to start. For example, if you're practicing lunging with a tie-in, you need to make sure you're doing it correctly. Clamps are often used as a tool to get the horse in the right position, but if used incorrectly, they, like many other pieces of equipment, can do more harm than good. The common mistake is over-tightening them, leaving the horse with no room to work and causing it to pull itself into the mouth with every step it takes.  

Once the horse has become good in the lunge, you can expand and start training with two lines. In Monty Roberts' jargon, this is called longe lining, which Monty Roberts uses when starting young horses. In long lining you have a long rope (such as Monty Roberts Long Lines) in each bit ring or ring of the Dually halter; the lines are passed through the stirrup and down behind the horse. Through this training method, the horse gets used to the feel of the reins and steering via the reins - this way the horse already knows the impact of the reins when you get on its back.