Natural Horsemanship Explained

The horse is a highly intelligent species capable of exceptional communication with the human being, but only if the human has learned HOW to communicate. This book begins explaining why Natural Horsemanship works, including some concepts never before published. Then we examine different schools of thought within the horse world, and finally the significance of horses in the 21st century.

The author reveals the secrets of behavioural psychology that create the bond that some people attribute to specially-talented horse whisperers. However, any rider can create this relationship by following the steps to natural horsemanship outlined by the master of the art.

An eye-opening game-changer of a book that sheds new light on how horses learn, think, perceive, and perform, and explains how to work with the horse’s brain instead of against it. In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles. Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual interaction between equine and human brains. When we understand the function of both, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours. By meeting horses halfway, we achieve many goals. We improve performance. We save valuable training time. We develop much deeper bonds with our horses. We handle them with insight and kindness instead of force or command. We comprehend their misbehavior in ways that allow solutions. We reduce the human mistakes we often make while working with them. Instead of working against the horse’s brain, expecting him to function in unnatural and counterproductive ways, this book provides the information needed to ride with the horse’s brain. Each principle is applied to real everyday issues in the arena or on the trail, often illustrated with true stories from the author’s horse training experience. Horse Brain, Human Brain offers revolutionary ideas that should be considered by anyone who works with horses.

Nowadays, unfortunately, very few people have the opportunity to learn horse training from scratch, so dealing with a young, untrained horse is often difficult. This guidebook offers professionals and amateurs a solid and comprehensible "roadmap" on how to train their own young horse and what to consider. In the book you will find the following contents, among others: - Personal requirements - Anatomy of horses - Training of the young horse - Basics of groundwork - Equipment for young horse training - With over 20 illustrations! But how exactly do you manage to turn your young horse into the happy and at the same time calm leisure partner you desire? This is a typical question that often comes up and will be answered in detail with many different chapters in the book. For this reason, you will learn in this guide how a young horse is normally taken into work. Not only will the typical procedure be explained to you, but you will also be given the necessary knowledge to be able to react if something doesn't go right the first time. The more than 20 pictures will help you to put the knowledge into practice. All according to the motto: horse training simply explained. We wish you a lot of fun while reading!

Now see a different perspective as Horse himself speaks from the ages, and inspires you with a deeper understanding of Horseness and purpose with you. See here what discovery there is regarding health in us, and mind games we play with you, our dearest opponent in Gamehood. We delight in our transactions and we delight in this presentation of our words regarding so many subjects we have longed for you to understand. I never mince words when given the opportunity to use them, so prepare for directness of Horse, honesty to a degree unchallenged in creatures, and benevolence in understanding as you have longed to know and be reassured about in your doings with us in history. And we are content now. Read a little and let it soak, for this is horses desire when you interact with us. It will deepen as it sits with you and will take you to the level of appreciation and understanding that your heart and soul desires with us. Dante

Concise, easy-to-read book explains why and how horses behave the way they do. It describes methods by which behavior problems can be PREVENTED, and methods which can be used to correct existing problems. Dr. Miller explains how every horse inherits ten character traits that influence its behavior. These ten traits are embedded deep within the horse's DNA and shared, without exception, by every horse that was ever born. Understanding these 10 traits is essential to optimum communication with the horse, and is the reason the current revolution in natural horsemanship is so successful. If you understand how your horse thinks, you can control its behavior. You can teach your horse to: - ignore the "spooky" stuff - stand quietly while tied - accept routine veterinary and farrier work - come when called - overcome "barn sour" or "herd bound" behavior - load into a trailer calmly and willingly - respect you as a leader - yield its head, neck, feet and hindquarters - respond positively whether at a show, on the trail or in the stable In addition, Dr. Miller, who is the originator of imprint training of newborn foals, also includes an in depth discussion of this method in the book. Are you unwittingly teaching your horse how to misbehave? Find out from the expert on equine behavior!

The horse- and rider-training handbook of an internationally renowned master horseman.

Presents convincing evidence that there is a genetic factor in some people that leads them to make horses a central theme in their lives, and that this genetic factor is also linked to artistic talent.