Grooming your horse, the Laura Bechtolsheimer way

Laura Bechtolsheimer and her groom Carole Levitt, at Lauras Gloucestershire yard. This isnt any ordinary grooming demo or any ordinary horse! Laura and her head groom Carole demonstrate the Bechtolsheimer method of grooming on her team ride, Mistral Hojris. For those that havent experienced the time-honoured tradition of banging (otherwise known as strapping), this video is a must!

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[horseherovideo]

I think it's the famous british stiff upper lip niriton. Banging has long been used to help the horses build muscle & improve circulation. Most horses enjoy it & it's similar to human massage techniques. No, it's not what horses do in the wild but then neither is it "natural" for horses to be stabled & ridden!

[Newbpwng]

ur horse looks perfectly groomed before u even groomed

[Horseylover118]

To anyone saying banging is cruel and hurting the horse...you are clearly wrong. If anyone has seen the way Alf reacts to applause in the arena you will know that he is a nervous horse...if he was at all affected by this banging then he would show that he was scared.

He is perfectly relaxed, happy and extremely well cared for!!

Definitely not an 'abused' horse.

[olivermarkandmurphy]

@anotherblonde You sound like an ignorant interior designer. Stick to watching HGTV and you and the rest of moronic designers can build your own stall then lock yourselfs in it.

[olivermarkandmurphy]

@anotherblonde Why were you even watching this video? You obviously do not ride or have been around many barns! Alf has 8ft. of shavings in his stall as well as warming lights above

[ponigurlami]

@XxmarquixX i think everyone should be against rollkur mainly because its cruel but also illegal im believe but mainly cruel!

[hannahbananaroxsox]

Strapping is really old school, but some people still do it. It's not painful - you just let your arm fall you never actually hit them in this process. It makes the horses tense and release their own muscles

[hannahbananaroxsox]

@anotherblonde They are turned out - this horse is currently in its stable.

Obviously you're too stupid to think about the aspect that this horse may need box rest for injury, may be going to a competition tomorrow, may be in whilst a fence is being repaired, it could be ridden within the next couple of hours

[Foxhunter49]

What a pity that Carole doesn't use the correct hand for grooming with! Left hand left side, right hand right side!

[ninilein1505]

Obviously Laura lives the dream! but hell I´d be happy If I had Caroles job!!

seems like the best job in the world! I really learned a lot from this!

Laura is suuuch a great rider its good to see how well she and her employees care for her horses! :)

[anotherblonde]

It is time the design of horse stabling was looked at! Square boxes, steel bars and little natural light is more akin to prison and very un feng shui! And to see this poor horse locked down in shavings and not turned out to graze is heart breaking - put yourself in their position, would you like it?

[DramaQueen19191919]

God I would love to work for Laura xxx

[multidressagequeen]

holy that stall is big i would love to be that horse!!!!