Taking Care of Your Horse: Essential Skills and Professional Tips

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Synopsis If you understand how a horse thinks, feels, and physically functions¿and why it does these things¿and treat a horse according to its true nature, then you will have a horse that's content, well-mannered, friendly, easy to ride and handle, and free from bad habits. Riding is a fun activity enjoyed by many, but looking after a horse is a serious matter. Taking Care of your Horse is an all-inclusive guide to caring for your equine. It is divided into five chapters that cover all the practical details of horse ownership, and delve into the psyche of this most majestic of creatures. There is invaluable hands-on advice on choosing a horse, stabling it in the most equine-friendly manner, feeding and grooming, treating minor ailments, and riding your horse in a way that will give both you and your mount the maximum pleasure. The emphasis of the book is on developing horse communication skills and combining these with a practical knowledge of horsemanship in order to build the ultimate horse and owner partnership. For every piece of advice you're offered¿whether on feeding and diet and winter turnout regimes, or how to greet a strange horse, therapeutic massage, dealing with "vices", or basic riding techniques¿you're always given the reasons why this suits the horse. And if it suits the horse, that will always pay dividends in your relationship with these extraordinary animals.


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If you understand how a horse thinks, feels, and physically functions—and why it does these things—and treat a horse according to its true nature, then you will have a horse that's content, well-mannered, friendly, easy to ride and handle, and free from bad habits.

Riding is a fun activity enjoyed by many, but looking after a horse is a serious matter. Taking Care of your Horse is an all-inclusive guide to caring for your equine. It is divided into five chapters that cover all the practical details of horse ownership, and delve into the psyche of this most majestic of creatures. There is invaluable hands-on advice on choosing a horse, stabling it in the most equine-friendly manner, feeding and grooming, treating minor ailments, and riding your horse in a way that will give both you and your mount the maximum pleasure. The emphasis of the book is on developing horse communication skills and combining these with a practical knowledge of horsemanship in order to build the ultimate horse and owner partnership.

For every piece of advice you're offered—whether on feeding and diet and winter turnout regimes, or how to greet a strange horse, therapeutic massage, dealing with "vices", or basic riding techniques—you're always given the reasons why this suits the horse. And if it suits the horse, that will always pay dividends in your relationship with these extraordinary animals.

Peter Brookesmith first sat on a horse when he was three, but he did not learn to ride until his late twenties. His real interest in horses was kindled when he found himself living on a Welsh farm, surrounded by them, and began to learn about their nature at first hand. Peter still lives in Wales, with his wife and step-daughter, a cat, and several horses.

Peter has written an eclectic series of books on such subjects as art, UFOs, firearms and plagues, diseases and parasites, and has contributed to Mitchell Beazley's encyclopedic The Life of Horses. This is his first full-length book on equines.

Technical contributor Lizzie Hopkinson trains dressage horses and has ridden for Great Britain as a member of the Young Riders'dressage team. She works in film production.


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