Equus Lost?

In the 1980s, natural horsemanship emerged as a major shift in riding, training, and competing with horses. This approach rejects abusive techniques and bases methods on understanding free-roaming horse herds. Since then, equestrians across disciplines have adopted elements of natural horsemanship. Despite these improvements in human-equine interaction, Italian animal behaviorists Francesco de Giorgio and José de Giorgio-Schoorl question fundamental assumptions: What if much of what we know about horses is wrong? What if herd hierarchy is a myth? What if conditioning horse behavior in conventional ways limits their development potential? What if a better partnership is possible? The book challenges assumptions about leadership, dominance, and control. It presents an alternative view in which horses, when given the opportunity, are driven by inner motivation to explore and understand their surroundings, including their relationship with humans.