If you have owned a horse for more than 6 months then you probably have seen some sort of weird or bizarre training method or device used on a horse by a horse trainer. I remember about 30 years ago one well known horse magazine did a front page article on training horses using a crane! I think it was called sky hook training or something like that. I thought that the horse industry had progressed beyond that type of off the wall training but no, it is still around.
Someone else has taken the time to document the cruel devices and methods used to train harness horses and dressage horses in Europe.
How to locate the horse trainer from hell
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If you are looking for a horse trainer and don't know who to avoid then just look them up here. Look under your location (if no location then just suggest one under any of the posts as a comment and I will add it ASAP) for horse trainers from hell and look at the comments. See if the horse trainer you are thinking about taking lessons from or sending your horse to has a tale from hell. If you have experienced a horse trainer from hell either a professional or amateur then let off some steam here and let the rest of the horse world know about them. Don't forget to name names. Please read this first before posting If the trainer in question disputes the claims they find on here then they are very welcome to post a comment too. Tell only the truth. Comments are only moderated to screen out ads for websites or "buy this or that" spam and for not staying on topic. General comments should be made under the "General Blog Posts" category.