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some peeps on my yard pay £40 per time for this and the horses apparantly tell the horse whisperer things:confused:.i think its poppy cock-but im a sceptic and never believed it.perhaps i should try it lol??
 
We once had a livery who used one of these people, after she left the owner came to us and told us that the horse had told her that she wasn't getting enough calories and needed more feed...i found it hard not to laugh :rolleyes:
 
I realy dont believe animals can talk to people :/ cause if they did our lives would be a hell of alot easier. ( and also thats why we keep animals cause they dont talk back (much)). :D

Dont get me wrong i talk (whats the point of whispering if the cant bl00dy hear you ;) ) to my cats every day and they always reply but for all i know they could be calling me a stupid feckin Btch. :D
 
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A girl I know had a horse whisperer because her very expensive "show jumper" started refusing a lot!! The horse whisperer went into the horses box and came out a bit later apparently he told her "he didn't like jumping"!

I thought it was very funny I personally think its a lot of rubbish!
 
Horses tell me all sorts of things - I just have to listen!! But I'm certainly not a 'horse communicator' or any other such cr*p! And - funnily enough - they never tell me they don't like their name, or that they prefer a green rug to a red rug etc etc etc. They WILL tell me when they're not getting enough food (SOMETIMES I believe them! :D), and they'll tell me if their saddle is pinching, or if they have a sore back, or that they don't trust the bit! They'll even tell me that they're a bit frightened and confused about coming to a new yard, or if they've always got away with barging out of the stable before! Or that the person who started backing them cocked the job up big-time!

They'll tell you all the important things - you just have to listen!
 
JanetGeorge said:
Horses tell me all sorts of things - I just have to listen!! But I'm certainly not a 'horse communicator' or any other such cr*p! And - funnily enough - they never tell me they don't like their name, or that they prefer a green rug to a red rug etc etc etc. They WILL tell me when they're not getting enough food (SOMETIMES I believe them! :D), and they'll tell me if their saddle is pinching, or if they have a sore back, or that they don't trust the bit! They'll even tell me that they're a bit frightened and confused about coming to a new yard, or if they've always got away with barging out of the stable before! Or that the person who started backing them cocked the job up big-time!

They'll tell you all the important things - you just have to listen!
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This and Look, they show you so much by stance and expression its how they communicate in the herd.

If I needed to pay someone to come and 'listen' to my horses concerns because I was incapable of hearing or seeing there is a problem or that they are happy, then I probably shouldn't be keeping them. (It doesn't mean that I know the answer, but I can see they need help)
 
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These so call 'animal communicators' are like clairvoyants. I am sure that there are some that can communicate with animals but like most clairvoyants they get by on their trade by watching the reactions of the owner/person being read.

Agreed that these communicators will come out with a lot of tosh and then some but most of it is what the owner wants to hear.

The sort of people who use communicators are the sort of people that cannot solve a horse's problem with common sense and want a reason for an animals reaction to what a true horseman would solve in a couple of sessions working with that animal.

I would rather listen to my animals than to whisper to them!

Having said this I have, in well over 50 years with horses, known one true man who I would call a magician with all animals. he could do anything he wanted with horses and dogs without resorting to round pens and carrot sticks.
he only had to walk into a field and the horses would be all around him and follow him around as if they were tied to him.

I watched him once with a New Forest pony foal at foot, first making a fuss of her and them getting her to lie down just by pulling on her mane gently. He fussed her on the ground and then when she stood up he got onto her and cantered her in a circle. This was a feral pony and although not frightened of people had had little to do with them. When he went to make a fuss of the foal the mare pushed the foal away wanting his attention for herself and when we drove off the mare cantered after the car.

He never professed to talk to the animals but he certainly had a way with him.

As for Monty Roberts - he is never a Horse Whisperer and he does not understand horses. I think there are some good points about his methods.
I saw him working a very nappy horse that had been bought as a show jumper and was refusing to jump and had become exceedingly nappy. MT ended up putting a visor on so the horse could only see the ground to stop it rearing. It worked and the horse was actually going around in the round pen and he told the owner to keep the visor on, take it off and jump a fence and if the horse refused to put it on again.
I do not proclaim myself to be a whisperer of any sorts but the thing I did see was that A) the horse was very miserable and B) he was a big warmblood with feet of a 13.2 pony. C) the horse was not moving from the shoulders at all.
I spoke to the owners and suggested they had him X-rayed and sure enough the poor beast had navicular. As he was lame on both front legs the owners never realised he was a cripple.

So, sorry, MR might whisper to horses but he sure as heck does not listen to them.
 
I'm loving these replies.

One came to our yard and everyone was raving about him.

I was standing there thinking they had all lost the plot but didn't like to say anything.

Perhaps I'm just getting old and no longer open to new ideas.
 
forestfantasy said:
We once had a livery who used one of these people, after she left the owner came to us and told us that the horse had told her that she wasn't getting enough calories and needed more feed...i found it hard not to laugh :rolleyes:
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haha NOW im a believer ;) This is absolutely what my mare would be telling people :D fat bloater.
 
Oh dear I may rock the boat now ;)
While I am Sceptical about this subject and I know there are alot of con artists out there I do believe there are some who can comunicate with animals. (go on laugh at me all you want ;) )
The comunicater doesn't talk to the animal in the same way we would have a conversation. They will see images and have feelings.
Now I know you are realy going to laugh but I had a reading done on the horrid one. The lady didn't come out to see him and we didn't even speak on the phone. I sent her an email with a couple of veigly worded questions and a photo of his head. She then emailed me back his reading and I have to say it was spot on. I think she was worried cos some of it seemed prity strange and wouldn't be right for most horses but for Herbs it was correct :) She even described the way I ride him :o
I didn't go into the reading blind. I had checked her out first by getting a friend to have her horse done first.
My friends horse is compleatly diffrent to Herbs, her reading was spot on to.
The comunicator didn't know that we knew eachother.
I havn't posted Herbies reading as I know it will probably get ripped appart. But there are con artists everywhere.
I've known physios fill owners heads with compleat utter bull just so they can make money, and equine dentists, farriers, saddlers, tackshop owners and even vets :eek: There are some I trust and some I wouldn't EVER let near my ponies :rolleyes: and they all charge a heck of alot more than the AC I used :p Lets face it alot of people out there are out to make a quick buck.

Ok now i've said my piece i'll get back in my corner and sit quietly now you all probably think i've lost the plot. ;) :p :D :D
 
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