Natural Horsemanship - horse isolation

[bycha]

Is there a branch of natural horsemanship which uses isolation as a way of control over horses? A 'natural' horsemanship yard locally seems to sometimes site a single horse in a paddock on its own as far as possible from both the yard and other horses. Their whinnies are ignored, and the people don't even seem to acknowledge the horse when they give it hay or poo-pick. This seems to continue for several days. I've never heard of this as a technique (possibly in a bullying horse?) and would be interested if anyone knows anything about it. It seems very cruel.

 

[amandap]

This practice is not in my book of NH but no doubt it happens under may types of 'control' horsemanship.

 

[HaffiesRock]

Thats horrible! At least not as bad as the one where they take the water away from the horse...

Someone on here once posted they would take water and friends away from a horse that wouldn't be caught! Thats so cruel. x

 

[TigerTail]

Never heard of it being an NH practise - i highly doubt it is - just someone thinking theyve hit on a brain wave of making horsieworsie wuv dem

 

[kirstykate]

Did you not know its the new naughty step

 

[Lucy_Ally]

Isolating new arrivals on the yard may be? Seems to go against everything 'natural' otherwise!

 

[Fransurrey]

It's not Mr Witherford is it? He used to subscribe to some 'interesting' ideas like this. Tying horses to telegraph poles was another.

 

[LittleBlackMule]

Nevzorov seems to think keeping his horses in isolation benefits them in some way... but then he also believes he can teach them to read Latin so I think we can draw our own conclusions from that...