It's a really shocking, unprofessional job. Which is good for anyone interested in the politics of horse welfare.Oh, good grief, H&H have (badly) photoshopped the mouth for their cover pic, haven't they.
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Thanks, I wondered about that but should be working, not chasing photos around the internet. The irony is the mouth they've covered up isn't nearly as damning as many seen in that competition, and yet their amateurish and probably unnecessary tampering makes it look like they are trying to cover something awful up (and people will certainly think that I'm sure)
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. The original and the H&H work experience trainee photoshopped version.
Because they're not looking.It's wild that some people are saying how beautiful the pic is, how do they not see
You are allowed to use a whip, you are not allowed to misuse one. There is a difference, and it is stated in the rules what the difference is.
I find it so sad when the feeling I get from Horse and Hound forum members who should be anti-bad riding and poor horse management is that they are not noticing the improvement that is happening at the rate of an express train. As someone who is involved with training of British Show jumping rules to competitors and I work with judges and show secretaries, the change in attitude is breathtaking. I used to feel I was the only one that saw horse being hit really hard when they stopped, or they were pulled about in the warm-up. But a few years later, this stuff is just a red-hot topic and my goodness the show centres and higher level officials are focused on it like you wouldn't believe. These rules for the treatment of horses are going to get stronger and stronger each year because this is the future. And if showjumping (and presumably all horse sports) are to have a future, then it will be based on a horse and rider partnership the like of which we have seldom seen before. Whips and spurs and the use of them are being tackled now, but bridles and bits are coming fast. When we introduced the padded baton, John Whitaker said that he didn't like it because he couldn't hit his horse hard enough for the horse to notice. I bet he wouldn't say that now. These attitudes need to change and they are, they really are.
Surely that describes the rider using a schooling whip in a carefully timed and judicious way, not someone on the ground walloping in an uncoordinated way with a lunge whip?
This is really good to hear.
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I must respectfully disagree. Mild pressure as a request to invite cooperation seems to me a reasonable way to communicate with an animal. Pressure has been demonised and yet we all expect certain behaviours of each other to make society function in a civilised manner. That is pressure. We teach our domestic animals safe behaviours which enable them to be our companions, that is pressure too. Objecting to that is tantamount to saying we should give up keeping any domestic animal. A precise touch with the tip of the whip to ask for a leg to be moved across for instance is what using a whip as an aid should be. There is no hitting. Very often it does not even need to actually make contact. Yes, it is pressure, but abuse it is not.
Just FYI, she has no formal training in anatomy and also is well known in her local area for neglecting horses. Take that information as you will.this video is on several sites showing the effect of over bending (rollkur) on the skeleton. It is the first post on this FB page and is a video of about 6 mins.
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From the horse’s POV, rewards with a carrot is -ve reinforcement, because you are putting pressure on them/ frustrating them by withholding the carrot until they respond correctly to the aid.
Overrstocked paddocks of broodmares and turned out horses with massively overgrown feet and limited feed primarily. A friend used to keep her horses on the same road.
No, it’s not.