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suyents
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 United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 09:15:39 AM
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Hi Eveyone,
Having recently been asked to do some teaching i was thinking about which riding books have really made a positive impression, and that started me thinking that perhaps we should all share that thought with each other..You know, the book or books that you feel "everyone" should read!! And lets keep this horse related!!
So, the two i wish every rider would look at are "Centred Riding" by Sally Swift and "Horse, Follow CLosely" by Gawani Pony Boy.
What are yours'??
(And no, i'm not on comission!)
suyen.
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Deboniks
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England
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Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 09:46:03 AM
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Mine has to be
True Horsemanship Through Feel~ Bill Dorrance & Leslie Desmond
Natural Horsemanship ~ Pat Parelli
Inside Your Horses Mind~ Lesley Skipper
True Unity ~ Tom Dorrance
To Name a few!
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SueB
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 10:10:21 AM
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Horse Breeding by Peter Rossdale........this is an excellent book if you are starting out breeding your own horses, very, very helpfull.
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Feeding Your Horse by Diana R Tuke.......a bit old fashioned now, what with the new feeds out there, but a bible for anyone learning all about feed and how it works.
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Horsemanship by Waldemar Seunig......covers everything in training horse and rider.
I have a masses more, but these are my favorites. |
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Libby Frost
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 10:52:50 AM
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| we swear on this Ron and Val Males breeding book because it had lots of pictures in it,and you know what its like when your stressed and wound up because your horse has just e.g foaled and you need to know what the meconion looks like etc etc (sorry no idea how to spell it) a picture is more valuable than a thouseand words. Another book im fond of is called The complete book of inhand showing by Alex Fell,probably because both Taretta and myself are featured in it in a photo as an illustration,which is very nice!!! |
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pat ww
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 11:15:48 AM
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After years without horses I picked up Lucy Rees 'riding the true techniques', as I was not too impressed with the standards at the local riding schools and wanted a different perspective to help my kids.
I like the approach, she goes through the horses balance, how it moves and how you as the rider have to be in balance with your horse. it does not attempt to be rocket science, very short chapters very well illustrated.
I would say it lays a good foundation from which to understand and build on.
And although there are shortcomings anc controversy I enjoyed the Monty Roberts book, as so many people (non Arab strangely enough!) who treat horses as a challenge to be MASTERED and MADE to comply, with punishment for non co-operation that it came as a breath of fresh air that not every one was like that. |
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SueB
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Posted - 25 Jan 2004 : 12:18:34 PM
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The Peter Rossdale book on breeding has many photo's in, and they show every stage of birth including some good shots of waxing up...
plus he covers mares fertility problems, and good photo's of mares with discharges etc...and what to look out for.
I agree with Libby, when first starting off on the breeding bug, you do need to see photo's, it helps much more.
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