louisechivers55 Did you move with her when she took off with the dually? I notice Monty tends to use a long lunge rope and an enclosed round pen when he is working with flighty horses so if they do take off they don't go far. Have you tried join-up with a successful follow up with this mare? Ideally you need to somehow get her into the round pen so that you can work with her there. Will she lead with another horse? If so then perhaps you can try leading them both into the round pen. Failing being able to safely take her out of her paddock then you will need to do the initial training there. Firstly I would put the dually headstall on her and then chase her away in the paddock until she settles and her initial flight energy is passed. You may even be able to get a successful join up in the paddock. Once she has settled then clip a long lead rope onto a discipline ring on the halter and quietly start getting her used to the dually. Wear gloves and the long lead rope will allow you to move with her if she tries to take off - keep the contact. Once she has understood that she can't escape from you then move in closer and start to discipline her with the dually. Remember adrenalin down, and lots of praise and rubs for correct respnses. Try to keep this first dually training lesson fairly low key and not to harsh with the dsicipline - just some leading, circling, backing up and then release her. It may take a couple of paddock lessons before you can lead her to the round pen. Once you can lead her to the round pen then everything can be stepped up. I would definitely not tie her up to something strong with the dually. If she pulls back to take off she is likely to panic, may injure herself, could injure you and if she really stresses out she will probably break the dually which is not made for this and take off anyway. Then you will have a real problem to fix. There are some specially made collars for such tying that someone else on forum my be able to give you more details on. I have never used one of these collars. If this horse has been broken then you really shouldn't need to tie her like this. Working with the dually and join -up, follow up, should be sufficient to correct this problem.

Monty has a video out, it's called "You and Your Wild Horse" that I think would help. In part of the video he would chase the horse everytime it turned its back and stop when it turned towards him and walk back and forth (in an arc shape one way in the arc was slightly closer to the horse then the other). He would repeat until the horse walked up to him. That along with join up and follow up.

Hi louise,
I have a theroy about this. If the horse wants to move, let him. The screct is to have a long line. At least 30 feet.
When the horse goes to move away from you let him, give him his lead.
This is the total opposite to what he is use to and will blow his mind. "What this person is letting me have my way, why?"
You are not letting him have his own way you are stil in control. If he starts to move away from you let him go then slowly reel him in, a little at a time.
Approach him like you are walking in oil, slowly and purposely coiling the line as you approach. Keep the line loose, not tight.
Horses can feel pressure from a line and they will fight it everytime. It then becomes a habit. And remember you can never win a fight with a horse.
This will take the pressure off him and he will want to be with you knowing that you are not trying to contol every little movement he makes.
Keep your cool and take this time as if it were a game. He will eventually tire of this bahaviour and realize he is not gaining anything by it.
Hope this helps. It worked with me and my little wild mare,
Ronda

One of the video's on horse and country the "Horse Essentials" with Kelly Marks, shows Kelly working with a large horse that's afraid of tractors and takes off when he see's one. She shows how using a 30 foot long line allows you to be able to gain control of a run away horse. The long line gives you the upper hand and the dually schools the horse when it runs away. Watch this video I think it would help you to deal with this mare. It sounds like some dually work before leaving the paddock so she respects it would be in order also.
Good luck,

my advice (besides getting gloves and doing lots of dually work to get her to lead properly and well) would be to get long lines (30 foot lines would be good) so that when the mare tries to tear away you have an advantage and are easily be able to hold onto her, and with a sharp tug, even turn her around and get her back under control.
Definitely do not tie her to anything! Thats the worst thing you can do with a horse, because if they freak out about something and try to get away but then realize they're stuck, they can panic even more and hurt themselves or break something! The worst would be if they panicked and broke the thing they were tied to and then ran off with that dangling behind them :/ This is why whenever you're tying a horse up (to groom or tack up or shower, etc) first make sure they can stand still on their own, then make sure you always use knots in the lead ropes that can be very easily undone so that in case of emergency one quick tug can free the horse!
Oh and to continue from what kleinne said: here is the URL to that great video where you see how Kelly Marks gains control of the horse when he tries to run away from the tractor using the long line: http://www.horseandcountry.tv/episode/monty-and-kelly-horsemanship-essentials-fear-tractors

Good luck!
Linda

You guys are great! Such great suggestions. I'm going to give it a go this Saturday and have asked the owner to video (only fair!) I'll let you know how it goes. And for sure, I won't tie her to anything.