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1 comments about How to Keep Your Horse Healthy.

1. This is a very helpful book written in 1989 by a British vet for the horse owner emphasizing disease prevention, rather than treatment. Chapters include: Vaccines and how they work; horse's natural defences; avoiding respiratory disease; feeding for health; avoiding parasites; fitness for competition; horse foot care; and mental health. Each chapter includes very helpful information on the physiology of the horse and how it relates to illness. I found the chapter on respiratory illness particularly helpful in trying to understand why my horse has a cough, and what to do about it using proper stable management. It doesn't cover all health topics; for example, I wish he had covered lameness issues affecting joints, but his explanation of hoof and foot health issues is thorough. I gave the book four stars because it hasn't been updated, so it doesn't include recent illness issues such as West Nile Virus. I recommend this book to readers seeking more information on the physiology of what keeps a horse healthy, and horse owners trying to learn proper horsemanship.

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1 comments about Centred Riding.

1. I have struggled with this book for a long time. For myself it is not a book to learn from. There are so many metaphors and images that you are left confused and frustrated.
   
   However, often when I DO learn something (through some other avenue) I recognise the imagery, so it's not that it's not 'true' or valid just that I have no way of knowing what she's on about until AFTER I've felt it... one of those catch 22's!
   
   I know there are some, perhaps many people who absolutely swear by Sally Swift but do be warned that you need to have the right sort of mind or it will just drive you crazy.
   
   If you want to know if this book is for you try these ...
   
   Be a tree
   Imagine stubby legs that end at the knee
   Have hosepipes for arms and water gushes from them
   Imagine you are ice-cream, melting down you into your legs
   
   If this sounds like gobbledy gook, try this book knowing that it will probably drive you nuts. If you can immediately picture these things and feel what your body needs to do - BUY the book it will probably be the ultimate learning experience for you :)

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