|
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Equestrian & animal sports
Safe riding is correct riding. That's Jan Dawson's motto, and it's
the philosophy behind her book, Teaching Safe Horsemanship.
Dawson's goal is to provide both English and Western riding
instructors with an effective and safe teaching program. She
explains how to assess a horse's particular characteristics in
order to weed out potentially dangerous animals. She also offers
guidelines for assessing instructors and students, including what
makes a good instructor and what attitudes can get in the way of
learning proper horsemanship. Since 80 percent of all accidents
involve falls due to loss of balance, Dawson identifies the
techniques that ensure that a horse and rider are in proper
balance. Finally, since she is a lawyer as well as a riding
instructor, Dawson includes a chapter on securing useful liability
forms, what insurance coverage does and does not do, and how to
handle accidents and lawsuits. Dawson and her husband teach the
only equine law course taught at a law school in the United States.
Give your horse a gorgeous look! Charni Lewis provides step-by-step
instructions for 30 mane and tail braids for both casual outings
and specialized events of all riding styles. Full-color photographs
and detailed illustrations bring every twist and turn to life,
while also clearly demonstrating proper hand positioning. Get
inspired and experiment with a Scalloped mane braid or a
Four-Strand Weave for the tail. Not only will your horse look
great, the time you spend braiding will help develop that special
bond between you and your horse.
What can be done with a horse that's hard to bridle, won't stand
for a new farrier, or kicks while being ridden? Why would a sweet
horse suddenly turn mean? How can an owner calm a horse that
becomes a nervous wreck at shows? And what should be done if a
gelding attacks a mare?
Anyone who has spent much time around horses knows that horses can
be shy, frightened, anxious, uncooperative, and even aggressive.
But that does not mean that the horse owner should accept unwanted
behavior. In The Horse Behavior Problem Solver, equine behavior
expert Jessica Jahiel offers proven solutions to common horse
behavior problems.
Jahiel explains how a horse thinks, how it learns, and why it acts
the way it does. She identifies the types of bad habits that are
the result of the horse being mishandled by humans. And she helps
owners and riders understand that what may look like bad behavior
to a human is actually, from the horse's point of view, a perfectly
reasonable response. The trick is for the human to realize which
behaviors are instinctive and which are learned. At the same time,
people need to learn what can be done to prevent bad habits from
forming and how to discourage or eliminate a horse's existing
patterns of unwanted behavior.
For this eminently readable handbook, Jahiel has adopted a
friendly question-and-answer format. Each question includes a
detailed real-life case study. The author then identifies the
source of the trouble and offers the owner or rider practical,
proven techniques that can help solve the problem.
This book is truly comprehensive. First, Jahiel explains how to
establish a healthy human-horse relationship. Then, she moves on to
the problems, ranging from horses that don't like to be groomed or
handled, to horses that regard a visit from the vet as a traumatic
experience. And because the situations presented in this book are
common to all horses and horselovers, Jahiel's advice is applicable
to every breed of horse, and to Western as well as English riders.
|
Love to Race
(Paperback)
Amber Sawyer; Illustrated by Tami Joe DeLisle
|
R377
R327
Discovery Miles 3 270
Save R50 (13%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
|
|