Longe Your Horse • Buddy Sour
Tips to longe your horse effectively; fix buddy sour behavior.

Bud (left) discusses reasons to longe your horse. Brad (right) covers buddy-sour behavior. Jennifer Paulson

This week on Horse&Rider OnDemand: 

When you longe your horse, you might be tempted to space out and go through the motions. Bud Lyon encourages you to pay attention and offers tips for an effective longeing session. A buddy sour or barn sour horse is a problem. Brad Barkemeyer explains the behavior and his steps to bust it so you and your horse can enjoy your rides rather than deal with anxiety.

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