Hempfling — Coming Together

This is the next video I rented from Horseflix.

I found it OK. Not too much that was surprising. I knew he was a fan of the picadero so I thought there might be something of use in the video regarding straightness. (The authors of Straightening the Crooked Horse advocate for the use of the picadero, a square training pen that is 11 meters across.) But the video is more about using body language to communicate with the horse. All of that is cool just not what I was hoping for.

Part of the video is [more...]

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Book/Video Reviews, Horsemanship | Leave a comment

Everything counts

Every day I am reminded again and again how every little thing counts to the horse. Horses want to get along with us. They are watching us closely for signs of meaning behind the things that we do. Right or wrong doesn’t enter into it. In fact, it is safe to go by the assumption that the horse is always Right. When I say that I mean we can be sure that from their point of view their actions make complete sense based on what we did. So, if we want a change in [more...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: For Skeptics, Horsemanship | One comment