How to Think Like a Horse

Subtitle:
Essential Insights for Understanding Equine Behavior and Building an Effective Partnership with Your Horse
Author:
Cherry Hill
Format:
Softcover

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How to Think Like a Horse

Short description

Believes that every greater human/horse relationship benefits from a greater human understanding of what motivates horses, how they experience the world, what makes them happy, and what worries them. The author presents simple training methods that draw from the insights and information presented.

Long description

Ask someone who works with horses how best to communicate with a balky colt and she will tell you that horses do not respond to human cajoling. To be successful the human must understand and work with, not against, the horse's instincts, needs, and fears. When a trainer resorts to human teaching methods - reasoning, begging, bribing, even hugging and kissing - the horse will be confused and unable to respond appropriately. But if horses are treated respectfully with methods they understand, everyone involved - animal and human - will be happier, safer, and more productive. Horse trainer and instructor, Cherry Hill believes that every greater human/horse relationship benefits from a greater human understanding of what motivates horses, how they experience the world, what makes them happy, and what worries them. Journey through the equine mind with Hill as she explores all that makes a horse tick. How do his basic needs dictate his behaviour and mood? What touches and tastes appeal to his senses? How does his fight or fight instinct dictate his response to sudden movements? Hill offers interactive experiments - fun for both horse and human - that bear out her findings on horse behaviour. And her final chapter presents simple training methods that draw from the insights and information presented throughout the book.

Product details

Publisher:
Storey Books
ISBN:
9781580178358
Publication date:
July 2006
Length:
254mm
Width:
190mm
Thickness:
18mm
Weight:
522g
Pages:
176
Illustrations:
colour photographs & illustrations throughout
Illustrated:
Illustrated

Review

Any horse owner, from beginner to advanced, will find information of value in this book. The author's tone is authoritative without being condescending, and the layout makes it easy to grasp nuggets of knowledge even at a glance.

Horse & Rider , March 2007

If more of us read this book, there might be a lot less whip-cracking, bolting, and biting in our daily lives. BOTTOM LINE: Your horse suggests you pick this one up.

Horseman 's Yankee Pedlar , January 2007

Hill first guides the reader through the physical, mental, evolutionary and social processes that lead to common equine behavioral traits. She then relates how that knowledge can be applied practically and routinely at the barn to create an effective partnership between horse and human In short, a multitude of considerations ultimately affect how well a human communicates with his or her horse when mastering new skills and Hill capably addresses them all with insights she's gained from her lifetime of equestrian experience.

Western Horseman , January 2007

Each chapter is packed with specific, sensible, and useful information on every aspect of the horse from the physical to the mental and from the emotional to the social.

America 's Bridle and Bit , August 2006

Packed with fascinating facts, it draws you in to the horse's world before you know it.

Knight Equestrian Books

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