Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling Interview

No, it isn’t going away and that is a good thing.  On Sunday, the folks at DressageDisgrace.com hosted a teleseminar with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling to talk about the history of rollkur and how it has lead to the death of the spirit of the horse.   This was a live event but it was recorded so if you want to listen just go to the DressageDisgrace.com site.

While there you can sign up to get updates on what is happening with regard to the rollkur issue.  Speaking of what is happening, the FEI recently made a Statement on horse welfare.  Read it [more...]

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...]