I have hesitated towrite about horse training videos simply because I really do not liketo rate or evaluate other peoples work, in some ways it is not fairbecause it is just my opinion and the truth for you may be to get thevideo and see for yourself. I decided to simply tell you about thevideos I own and how I valued them. for my own use Here is a list ofvideos I own:
FrankBell
Discover the Horse YouNever Knew - If I could own onlyone video this would be it, great all around video to help you withyour horse.
JohnBalkenbush
First Impressions yourColt's First Human Encounter - Ahorseman's guide to foal handling, now this is my personal favorite,for a lot of reasons; John is a friend of mine, Some of my horses arein the video, John sings the opening song "thingsthat Work"I like the song and he shares just that in this video Things that haveworked for John as a Montana horse rancher.
MikeBridges
Bridle CourseCalifornia Vaquero Style of Bridleing, Mike knows as much about bitsfor horses as anyone I have met so if you want to know all about horsebitting, this is a good place to start.
LarryTrocha
The Essence ofHorsetraining I have a lot ofLarry's tapes they are detailed and easy to listen to, I like them.
BuckBrannaman
HorsemanshipI have several of Buck's tapes they show what Buck can do, however howmuch you get out of them is questionable, or it could just be me?
PatParelli
Natural Horse-man-shipCourse Pat is ratherself-involved when he is not making time with the interviewer(aka theblonde lady) but if you get past all that he does some cool stuff, tryit with some horses and you could be dead, otherwise be my guest. Abetter bet is his cheap book in the Western Horseman. (update2006) Itried again purchased Harmony 2 tapes, next week they updated packageto new material I loose again on this deal but tapes are good.
WilHowe
From foundation tofinished training video series,Wil and his wife Beverly do a good job on these videos, you can get alot done with them, if you are a good rider, I'd caution these may notbe the best for starting out your horse training career with, Wil isprobably the best rider I personally have ever seen, so his stuff doesrequire some balls and experience.
John Lyons
I got his ground training manual and riding manual as well as thisriding the unbroke horse dvds, John does a very nice job onthese a definite two thumbs up and a big atta boy :- )even better than his previous horse training videos
