What I'd Teach Your Horse

By Keith Hosman
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Published: Sep. 25, 2012
Words: 55,369 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301819744

Short description

If you broke your horse to saddle and rode it for the first time today, this book is where you'd start tomorrow. Likewise, if you have an older horse that needs re-training, you'd start here. This book is a roadmap to building the foundation every horse needs, regardless of age, breed or background, regardless the type of riding for which it will eventually be used.

Extended description

Question: "I just bought a horse. What do I do now?"
Answer: "Buy my book, 'What I'd Teach Your Horse.'"

If I had a dollar for every email I get asking "what to do" to make a riding horse out of the mare Uncle Emo just traded for the old RV - or how to retrain a horse that's grown rusty - or some version on either theme, I'd be the world's first gazillionaire. With the publication of this book then, I'm hoping to grab that distinction. (Read more) Question: "I just bought a horse. What do I do now?"
Answer: "Buy my book, 'What I'd Teach Your Horse.'"

If I had a dollar for every email I get asking "what to do" to make a riding horse out of the mare Uncle Emo just traded for the old RV - or how to retrain a horse that's grown rusty - or some version on either theme, I'd be the world's first gazillionaire. With the publication of this book then, I'm hoping to grab that distinction.

If you broke your horse to saddle and rode it for the first time yesterday, this book (page 1) is where you'd start tomorrow. If you have an older horse and you've taught him everything you know and he still don't know nothin', this book is where you'd start, (page 1). It's a roadmap to building the foundation every horse needs, regardless of age, breed or background, regardless of what you've got ultimately planned for that horse.

Afterwards, when your horse knows this book back to front, go train for barrels, roping, eventing, jumping or dressage. But today, basics are basics.

Section I is the stuff your horse needs to know. Section II is the stuff (the theory) you need to know. Practice the first handful of chapters in order, as written. Beyond that, you should feel free to mix and match depending on your needs or abilities. Some chapters are dependent upon others - but in those cases, I've spelled out necessary prerequisites.

Contents:

SECTION I
BASICALLY TRAINING YOUR HORSE

- Hip Control
- Classic Serpentine
- Train Your Horse to Travel Straight
- Shoulder Control
- How to Fix Leaning Shoulders
- Serpentine: Indirect to Direct
- Speed Control
- Speeding Up Slow or Balky Horses
- Slowing Your Horse, Part I: Move the Hip
- Slow Down, Part II: Wherein We Train the Brain
- Teach Your Horse to Lower Its Head While Standing
- Backing Up
- Simple Steps to Power Steering
- Leg Yielding Without Your Legs
- Softening
- Getting Leads
- Haunches In
- Neck Reining How-To

SECTION II
TEACHING YOU, THE THEORY BEHIND THE PRACTICE

- The First Thing I Do
- What You're Feeling For
- Learning
- How to Pick Up Your Reins Like a Pro
- When You Get On, Do This First
- Training Magic: Release on the Thought
- Reins Tell Direction, Legs Tell Speed
- Talking Horse
- See Yourself Leading When Riding
- Perfect the First Time
- 6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Training
- Rider Checklists
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