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In reply to the discussion: Is dressage a form of animal cruelty? [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)45. Dressage moves are natural actions a horse does in the wild
Dressage training teaches the horse how to do them on cue and with a rider's direction.
The training can be cruel when the trainer/rider is cruel, just like in life. But the actual sport isn't cruel.
I don't have a lot to add to the already excellent comments made by so many others on this thread.
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Why not? They were sued (and settled) for selling a horse that was pumped so full of drugs...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jun 2012
#23
Just curious - does this take a special breed of horse or can any riding horse learn to do that?
jwirr
Jun 2012
#14
Ahhhh, so that explains why so many Appys are batshit crazy like Egyptian Arabians......
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#52
Thank you for the info. I have always loved horses but had not known much about this sport.
jwirr
Jun 2012
#55
One of great-grandfathers had a farm in KS at the turn of the 20th century and died
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#53
My dressage cats object to the spurs. And, the dressage goldfish object to the saddles.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#21
They are a domesticated species, too far removed from wild living to be successful at it.
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#54