If Horses Could Speak: How Incorrect Modern Riding Negatively Affects Horses' Health

This is an excellent follow up to the book: Tug A War. The video gives examples of diagrammatic visuals for how muscles work in coordination with specific movements within the horses skeletal frame. I am a visual learner. Therefore, the video has fine-tuned my ability to discern good from bad riding. I am amazed at how many famous, world class competitive riders, are doing it all wrong for crowd pleasing purposes at the expense of the well being of their horses. I cannot believe how the current international judges are rewarding these riders for the leg moving health compromised performance horses.Thank you to the author for being brave enough to take the stance of telling us the truth in spite of going against all of the competitive riders who use horses as a means to an end. These beautiful animals give us so much and they do not deserve to be exploited and broken for the sake of our arrogance and greed.Bravo again to this author!

This video gives an amazing look inside how a horse is put together and how it moves. Only by understanding the musculoskeletal system and how it functions, as well as how our aids and training methods work to affect this movement, can we learn to train with 'helping the horse do its job' in mind.Dr. H has put together a phenomenal video that gives information in great depth, but also makes the knowledge accessible to all and easy to understand, even for someone not well-versed in dressage terminology of the specialized language of equine anatomy.Regardless of your own niche in the wide realm of horsemanship, this DVD can help you understand movement and the effects of our interventions on the horse's movement.In addition to all that, the graphics and digital video of 'real' horses give a clear picture of what is 'correct' and helpful to the horse, as well as what may give the appearance of 'correct' but is detrimental in the long run.

but I suppose getting from German to English was a bit of a hurdle. I understood his presentation, but had lots more questions. Good intro for someone wondering about the physiology of the horse and how our riding/training affects them.

This is a must see for any horse rider - in fact you should not get on a horse until you see this DVD. As a owner / breeder of the world famous Lipizzaner breed I adopted the classical ways of training early on in my life and will stand by them till my last breath.I gave up competing many years ago because I couldn't stand watching some of the poor - cruel and lack of horsemanship at modern dressage events. I would recommend all riders and owners of these majestic animals read the book and watch this DVD.

Ive had the book for years and have used it as my base for everything I know about horses and training. I finally decided to get the DVD because i enjoyed the book so much. It is by far the best investment I have ever made. The dvd and book go great together but if you have to choose one go with the DVD. This is not a training method...this is proven facts based on veterinary science and how horses are designed to be ridden. EVERY RIDER AND HORSEMAN NEEDS THIS BOOK. If you never purchase another horse book/dvd in your life get this. It will change everything you think you know. Amazing and beyond words. It truly is a revolution that the horse world very much needs!

The gentlemen interviewed throughout the film show extensive knowledge. The film shows how the horse should and should not move and human error in using too much hand.I would have liked to see more of what the rider should do. How the rider should act and ride to motivate the horse to move efficiently and comfortably. There was a lot of veterinary, historian and professional theoretical points of view. It would have been nice to see more practical examples (there was only one example of a young chestnut being ridden) of how a horse should be ridden, taught, dealt with, etc.Overall, I learned from it but would have liked to learn more.

I had seen it in one of my horsemanship classes and had to buy it. I've been distributing it to my "horse buddies". This is produced by individuals who have vast experience with dressage horses and are very concerned about their treatment. It's all about rich people winning and caring nothing about the horses' welfare. Wish all judges had to be required to view it.

I believe I am the second person to report that it only plays for three minutes. The Amazon customer rep was quite nice about returning it . I think this is a defective product.

I read the book and watched the video. I also bought another one for a friend. It's important information.

Beautiful book for anyone truly interested in putting horses first not yourself.

Gives every horseman an awareness of how rider position, training methods and spectator perspective negatively impacts the horse. A wake-up​ call for all to return to the natural, classical style of riding.

This should be compulsory reading for every horse rider. If you don't understand what he's saying then you're not ready to ride a horse.

A welcome addition to my equine resource library.