Why does your horse try to bite you when you saddle up? Why does he take off the moment your seat hits the saddle? When your beautiful animal bucks suddenly or gallops wildly, curls his lip or shakes his head--understand the reasons why and how to provide the practical care he needs! Get into the equine mind with the help of a horse therapist who was also the award-winning editor of a bestselling equestrian magazine. Whether your horse is in the field or barn; training, riding, or traveling; or even feeling ill, you'll feel confident interpreting every aspect of his behavior and motivations. The many fabulous color photographs vividly reveal horses' expressions close up, and show them socializing, raising their foals, "asking" you to stand still, reacting to their surroundings and company, and more. A Selection of the Equestrian Edge Book Club.

What is My Horse Thinking?: The Essential Guide to Understanding Your Horse

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bayley, Lesley

Pets & Animal Care

Hamlyn

A unique, practical guide to help you to understand life from your horse's point of view. The authors explain how to apply simple principles that will help you to achieve harmony with your horse on a day-to-day basis. Feature sections at the end of each chapter enable you to test your understanding of the concepts.

Think Like Your Horse: A Unique, Practical Guide to Help You Understand Life from Your Horse's Point of View

Peace, Michael

David&Charles

This sequel to Think Like Your Horse expands on its predecessor's concepts, yet delves further to help readers realize the full potential for both themselves and their horse. With a detailed problem solving section set up in a question-and-answer format, it's a quick and easy reference for teaching, riding, caring for and communicating with one's horse. 
This book also examines successful horse-and-rider partnerships in various disciplines detailing the reasons for their success, at the same time emphasizing the importance of the team behind a horse as well, including the veterinarian, farrier, chiropractor and trainer. Readers will also find a training blueprint so they are clear and more focused on the goals and objectives they wish to pursue with their horse. 
The Question &amp; Answer Guide to Understanding Your Horse is perfect for riders of every interest, whether hacking, eventing, showjumping, dressage or endurance riding. It's the one resource they need to make the most out of the horse's personality, skills and training. 
Michael Peace is a specialist trainer of young and problem horses. He works extensively with top horsemen all over the world, including Olympic show jumpers. Lesley Bayley has specialized in equestrian journalism for seventeen years, with thirteen books to her credit. Together, the authors previously collaborated on Think Like Your Horse.

The Q&a Guide to Understanding Your Horse

Guidance on how to perform a range of schooling exercises in a variety of disciplines. 
This comprehensive and visual guide gives novice and experienced horse riders alike all the basics needed to get the best from their horses. Excercises such as teaching the horse to flex properly when riding circles and how to change pace without resistance are shown in specially photographed step-by-step sequences. Trouble shooting panels tell readers what mistakes to watch out for and how to put them right. 
There are also gridwork exercises and advice on using polework to help readers vary a horse's lessons and improve a rider's own position. A final section on Western riding techniques will show how to perform the basic tests required in reining classes, or introduce new ideas to those wishing to cross-train their horses in this growing equestrian field.

The Photographic Guide to Schooling Your Horse: A Visual Guide to Training for Dressage Jumping Western Riding

Develop a deeper bond with your horse through a range of exercises and games from the ground and then enjoy the results--a more supple and obedient horse. Handling your horse correctly on the ground is paramount in achieving a calm, willing horse, both in-hand and under saddle, regardless of his age or ability. Groundwork Training takes an in-depth look at the modern and traditional techniques of training from the ground, allowing the reader to select a method that will work for them. Everything from equipment needed to the handler?s body language is explained, so the reader is fully briefed before introducing their new skills to their horse.

Groundwork Training For Your Horse

In this book, Lesley Bayley and Michael Peace have produced a unique, practical guide to help you to understand life from your horse?s point of view. The authors explain how to apply simple principles that will help you to achieve harmony with your horse on a day to day basis. The authors explain how to overcome the difficulties that many have when trying to see the world from an equine perspective, paving the way for the development of mutual respect. Taking readers beyond the concept of ?joining-up? with their horse, this book shows how to work with your horse each day, taking into account his specific needs. Whilst ideal for training the young horse, the authors also show how common behavioural problems in older horses can be worked on effectively. Self-assessment checklists at the end of each chapter enable you to test your understanding of the concepts as you go. All a better relationship with your horse requires is for you to keep an open mind and let the horse be your teacher. Let Think Like Your Horse show you how.

Think Like Your Horse: The Key to Successful Horse Training

Improve your jumping technique with this uniquely visual guide--the ultimate photographic guide for novice and experienced riders alike. 
Starting with preliminary training over ground poles Lesley Bayley and John Bowen take you through all stages of jumping training, including revising the basics such as a safe jumping position, advice on using polework with many gridwork exercises before moving on to the more complex work of jumping grids, courses and cross-country jumping. 
Over 250 color photographs illustrate from many different angles the points being made by the authors. The use of aerial shots and dynamically-sequenced photos give the book a unique edge--follow the jumps as they are being ridden, from the side and from a bird's-eye perspective.

The Photographic Guide To Jumping

BOWEN, John

-Written by a bestselling author and top equine trainer 
-Introduces a unique approach to creating the horse you can utterly rely on 
-200 color photographs illustrate the techniques and show what commonly goes wrong 
The ability to take a horse anywhere and have the confidence to expect good behavior is the goal of every horse owner and rider. While this may be easy to achieve in a familiar setting, it can be difficult when on the road or at the showground -- places where good behavior from a horse is a must for safety reasons. 
In this guide, celebrated trainer Michael Peace, who's worked with the Metropolitan Police to train unflappable horses, shares a training approach that combines practical advice with an intuitive understanding of equine behavior. His non-confrontational approach can be applied to any horse and easily followed every rider.

The 100% Horse: How to create the go-anywhere, do-anything horse

*A proven title with more than 15,000 copies sold in hardcover *Features the training advice all riders need to work better with their horses *Includes the expertise of top Olympic and Western riding experts Riders never stop the quest to improve their technical skills, and this highly visual book shows them exactly how to push their own abilities--and those of their horses. There's advice on everything from flat work, polework and jumping to lateral work and Western riding. Readers will also find guidance for improving the suppleness, obedience and athleticism of horses. This is a one-stop resource for more rewarding time in the saddle!

The Photographic Guide to Schooling Your Horse

*New in paperback--over 12,000 copies sold in hardback, with a number of foreign language editions *Written in collaboration with some of the most highly qualified and respected horse trainers today Designed to help develop a bond between the horse and the trainer Groundwork Training for Your Horse will lead riders and equines to greater trust and better relationships. With step-by-step guides on how to improve a horse's suppleness, obedience, and education from the groundwork level, this guide teaches trainers how to tune in to the subtle body language of a horse, and to communicate with the animals in much clearer ways.

Groundwork Training for Your Horse: Develop a Deeper Bond with Your Horse Through a Range of Exercises and Games

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