IN A WHISPER DVD - colt starting - horse training challenge Craig Cameron Josh Lyons Pat Parelli

This was one of the great horse training videos I've seen and I really enjoyed it. The editing at the end, for the contest, could have been better, the voice over made it sound like some things had taken place off camera, but it didn't really look like that. If they did, the editor should have shown the entire contest.I did have to object to the constant reference to training methods that are "new." At one point, the narrator said these were techniques that had developed in the last 25 years. I started in horses in 1950, and I've broken more horses than I can count, and until about a decade ago I didn't know anyone WASN'T useing these techniques ~ I was taught them, and using them by the time I was 10. They date back for centuries.These men were great to watch, and the entire idea was good. I liked the split screen and I COMPLETELY agreed with the winner. (I thought Pat Parelli came off an egotistical poor third by comparison to the other two.) I 100% embrace the methods and am glad they are popularized, but let's stop calling them NEW. These guys didn't INVENT these techniques, they MARKETED them.

IN A WHISPER training challenge - EXCELLANT DVD - very interesting and information packed. An insightful & entertaining 2 hour training challenge featuring 3 of the best clinicians in the world; Craig Cameron Josh Lyons and Pat Parelli.Fantastic DVD I watched it and was very interested in it and am not into horses but had to watch all of this DVD. THE ABSOLUTE BEST.My daughter was convinced that Josh Lyons was the best ever after this DVD and now will become a horse handler, breeder and hopefully buy her own stock one day soon. She is 17 and admires horses and after this DVD has become convinced to follow in Josh Lyons foot steps.The desciption is exact and the profile of the trainers and horses does entice you to see the complete DVD in one go.FANSTASTIC, EASY WATCHING, GREAT COLOUR AND EASY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. A MUST BUY PRODUCT HERE. THE BEST EVER. A person that likes to learn visually this is the one for you if you want to learn about what to do with your horse and how to understand the horse.The packaging of this item and delivery is impecible so is the communication with amazon a great company.

I'm not much of a horse person- maybe get out for a ride with my family 2x or 3x per year- but when my wife started to watch this DVD it captured the attention of our entire family! I looked at the 'In A Whisper' training challenge from the point of having watched my wife & daughter start & train a couple of our horses- the guys in this training challenge are quick and they know what they're doing! It was a pleasure to watch these trainers start their horses and bring them to the point of being able to ride in a way that would seem impossible in just a matter of a couple of hours. My wife & daughter- the horse people in our family- have watched this DVD over & over and get a little more from it each time. It was educational for them, but yet it was entertaining for the rest of our family- which I consider quite a feat! The 'In A Whisper' training challenge will be something any horse enthusiast, whether it's someone like myself or a horse person like my wife & daughter, will enjoy!

A great DVD with huge amounts of information, it was great to see all three trainers at the same time and be able to judge for ourseves how we thought each was going.the comentators were a bit annoying and there were times when I wished they'd just shut up for a while, in fact after the first couple of times watching I did turn the sound off and let the picture tell a thousand words.I do find it hard to understand how Craig Cameron didn't win the challenge as he was the only one of the three to coplete allthe obsticles and then walked trotted and cantered(loped)bridle less all this on a horse that had only 2.5 hours of handling.all three trainers did a great job and I think the greatness comes into being when we are able to watch this DVD years later and learn from all three men. congratulations to all.

This is a good dvd for anyone who is thinking of doing any training or even just riders, because every time you get on a horse you are training it. You can't just ride. I think that the best way to train is through natural horsemanship. These are some of the best in the business and you quickly get a feel for how they do things. Josh Lyons' father John is the first one I ever saw and is still one of my favorites. I've never really watched Pat Parelli, because every time his show comes on it seems to be his wife teaching something about english riding, which isn't my thing. They should call it the Linda Parelli show. The other that I like as much as John Lyons is Clinton Anderson who isn't on this dvd, but this gives you an idea of who's methods you might like best so that you can look into them.

Setting aside "favorites" among clinicians and debates about training, and speaking only to the format of the video, this was a definite disappointment. The pace of the training is (of necessity) so quick that the "split screen" format is next-to-useless and too out-of-sync to really compare "apples & apples". The narrative was not organized explanation, it was the random and loosely applicable commentary of show announcers. And Truth is, the basics behind the methods of all three of these good gentlemen are quite similar and the "results" of this "contest" were really determined by the individual natures of the horses chosen just as one will find in "real world" training. So this video, though it makes the important point of needing to adjust method to fit the "student", is not something that allows much useful comparison of different popular methods. I would have liked to have been at the "challenge" in person but the video just doesn't cut it. As indicated in the review title, expect to watch this video once and then be hoping you can trade it to someone for something else.