His most outspoken adversary and rival, Louis Seeger, in 1852 published "Herr Baucher und seine Künste - Ein ernstes Wort an Deutschlands Reiter", "Monsieur Baucher and his Methods". Seeger wrote that his impression of the horses was poor, that they lacked energy and impulsion with the hind legs dragging out behind them, especially at the trot, and the hind legs were stiff. He claimed that they were difficult to sit, dead to the leg, moved flat, and traveled on the forehand; that they could not take up even contact with the reins and had great difficulty bending the joints of their hind legs, swishing their tail in displeasure when asked; that they were stiff at the canter, including during the one-tempi flying changes (which were not practiced or believed to be possible before Baucher first trained them), and could not collect, having a canter more hopping than a jumping motion. He further claimed that the piaffe was incorrect, with stiff hind legs and the horses stepping sideways or backwards, the forelegs having little action since the horse was on the forehand, and the hind legs having most of the action. He said the passage was stiff, instead of elastic and springy, and Baucher had to use a great deal of leg, spur, and whip to keep the horse going (contrary to the correct way, where the rider appears to be doing nothing at all), and that horses would throw themselves around in the pirouette, instead of easily turning around.