Amazing or unatural?

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I was just browising youtube and i came across this video. I dont know anything about this form of horsemanship, i would love to know how its done! But i cant decide wether its stunning... or a bit odd? I know nothing about it.. so cant really comment!
What do you guys think?
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Looks pretty amazing to me! None of the moves seem unnatural (no more so than dressage and jumping) and the horses look very happy.

The little one is so funny - I was amazed it could trot at the start with that belly. Love the bit where he just walks off as well instead of doing the trick
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Didn't watch it all... But I loved it what I did watch!

Horses seemed happy and it's horses for courses when it comes to what your 'thing' is that makes us all want to be around horses.

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Nothing new, stunt horses have been around for some time, but very nice, pitty the shettie is that overweight!! But love em especially egbert, the friesian????
 
Why would it be odd? Some of the moves are well practiced ones like leg-yielding, rein back, spanish walk, and the ones that are less 'common' are similar to what we teach horses anyway. Why is it less odd to teach a horse to lift one leg at a time to have its hooves picked out?

Training keeps their brains active and they both look very well looked after.
 
egburt is stunning!!!!

although i must say i do think it can be a little silly to teach a horse to rear whether it be to command or not as i think it may encourage them to do when they arent supposed to....

hats off to her tho for having that connection with her horses

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I can never understand why people teach horses to rear on command. What happens if the horse has to be sold on? Or if someone makes the same gesture by accident?

Shettie is cute though.
 
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I can never understand why people teach horses to rear on command. What happens if the horse has to be sold on? Or if someone makes the same gesture by accident?


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It doesn't seem to work like that. They seem to be able to tell the difference between a casual gesture and a given visual cue. It maybe that she is also giving a verbal cue that can't be heard on the video because of the soundtrack.
 
Lucy can do tricks she can say please (she looks away from me and whickers) I tought her that to stop her snatching things from my hand , She can bow (lift her left leg and touch her knee with her nose), lift up the other leg, Give me a kiss, give me a cuddle (rest her head on my shoulder then i put my arms over her poll), She loose schools and will change the rein on comand and also jump a jump with no runout tunnel on command and she can pick up a ball in her mouth and put it in a bucket.
I find it fun and a good way to bond by teaching her tricks it isn't much different to teaching my dog tricks except lucy is way bigger than charlie! I do agree that teaching a horse to rear is dangourous A friend of mine bought an ex circus pony and if you touched the cantel it would buck and if you touched the pommel it would rear. She could never let anyone else ride it incase they had an axident.
 
The horses look happy and healthy and she obviously has a good bond with them, the little shettie is really quite cute! They seem happy to be 'working' like that, no sign of them being forced into it or anything
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