DVD Review:*** Chris Cox Series Part1 disk1

Horsemanship Part 1 Disk 1 ***


I've always thought Chris was a really good horseman.  After watching him at Road to the Horse, My opinion has not changed.  Now that I have watched one of his dvd's, My opinion is even higher!  This is a really thorough series.  12dvd's in all....in this series.  So if you are interested in him, I give him 2 thumbs up, and suggest anyone start at the beginning, so you know his method and terminology.  Especially considering, usually higher maneuvers are an involvement of a lower one, in any method, style or discipline.  But I just looked at his website, and he has a really cool widget that helps you to know which dvd has info on a certain subject.  Another 2 thumbs up.  Before I get into the meat of the content, let me say that if you are a parelli student this is a nice view into the way some others do things that are kind and for the horse.  I will say that the info covered in this dvd is well covered in parelli land, so it will only get 3*'s, as it is worth watching, but you wont die without it.  But, if you are not a parelli student, I would say this is an excellent place to learn about horsemanship and it gets 5*'s, because I suspect he is not going to leave anything out.  this is a full comprehensive series.
As to what is covered in this dvd:  He gives an awesome demonstration regarding catching a horse and Reading the horses intentions )body language) during such an endeavor.  I like his approach to the whole subject, and if you have a hard to catch horse.....this is a good place too look.  I....REALLY like his theory about having an invisible connection.  If you are a WHR fan, this is kinda the same theory with a different application.  And he also has a great approach to lowering the horses head.  I had seen it before, years ago, and have used it a time or two, but forgotten about it.  So I am happy to have the refresher.  Haltering also covered.

This is just as good as any a place to start teaching about horses, cuz I guess you can't do a whole lot, if you can never catch them.  You need to catch their mind, heart, then body.

Savvy On
Michelle