Would you believe it, Dorn Method for Horses!

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see a Dorn Therapist giving pelvis and leg corrections to a horse - that really was an experience I'll never forget!

I sometimes get asked by people whether Dorn can be used on Animals as well as us humans, so I decided to try to do a bit of research for myself. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything here in the UK, but after a quick search on the net I discovered a lovely lady who actually uses The Dorn Method to treat Horses, not far away from my home town in Bavaria.

Her name is Simone and her website can be found here (unfortunately all written in German): Dornmethode-pferde.de She has been treating horses using Dorn for quite some time now with a lot of success, and is therefore always very busy.

I contacted Simone asking whether she would be kind enough to meet with me, so I could learn more about what she does. To my delight she told me she was actually going to be treating a horse whilst I was on holiday visiting my parents nearby, and asked whether I'd like to come along. This was amazing luck and of course I said yes, I really wanted to see this!

We had a 20 minute drive to a farm where the horse was located. The horse itself was having walking difficulties and needed treatment on it's hind legs and pelvis. Although it was a horse, the Dorn treatment I watched being performed all looked very familiar, with checks and dynamic corrections being done. However of course the horse can't be told to swing a leg to provide dynamic assistance, so that was the job of the owner, who had to help by moving the legs of the horse whilst the therapist did the correcting.

The whole treatment took around 40 minutes, and included a lot of sweat and physical work. Afterwards on way back home, to show me some more horses Simone treated, we dropped off at a place called Walker Ranch. This was a western style ranch in Bavaria - now THAT was a whole other story: walker-ranch.de.