No comments about The Riding Handbook: The Complete Guide to Safe and Exciting Horseback Riding.

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2 comments about Understanding EPM, Revised Edition: Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (Horse Health Care Library).

1. I bought this book a month ago. I had to put my horse down in early June because she had EPM. I had a general idea of EPM and what it did but wanted more information. This book was really useful and easy to understand, yet it provided a lot of insight into EPM and what is going on to try and prevent it and even creating a vaccine. This was a great book and a good reference for in the future.



2. After my horse was diagnosed with EPM, I read everything about the disease I could get my hands on. I found this book extremely helpful and would recommend it to anyone dealing with this disease.

5 comments about From the Horse's Mouth.

1. This beautiful book exposes so many of the abuses that Tennessee Walker showhorses suffer along the way to winning ribbons and trophies for greedy owners. It is a shame on the industry that these abuses STILL occur today. Offenders have even made a science out of covering up their transgressions and only get what amounts to a slap on the hand for getting caught. This book not only makes you despise the abuse but also respect and admire the proud history of this fantastic breed. The gentle horse who is the narrator in the book does everything he can to please people despite the awful way he is treated, and this is so typical of Tennessee Walking Horses. I think anyone who enjoys this breed or even anyone who loves horses at all should read this book. It is touching. I hope it helps turn the industry towards sound, naturally gaited horses.



2. Anyone who reads this book and is not motivated to change the Walking Horse training methods has no soul. The horrors that Walking Horses are put through in the name of beauty are absolutely and without a doubt the most cruel and unhumane practices on the face of the earth. If people would just appreciate the horses' natural ability and gait it would be a much more enjoyable association.



3. Every horse lover should read this book. It is so heartbreakingly true it will bring you to tears many times as you read. Someday this abuse has to be stopped. I love the way the book is written, with the horses telling the story. A very powerful book.Thank you, Mr Davis for writing this book. So many people choose not to see what is happening to these beautiful and naturally unique horses.



4. My family is just getting into the Walking Horse industry, and I felt this book was a good way to find out some of the history of the breed.
   
   I was very upset of find out that these animals are treated in such a manner. It almost makes me embarressed to say that I want to be a owner and breeder of these fine animals.
   
   All I can say, is that now that I know what is actually happening, I can try to do all I can to promote sound horses and help in the fight to get this to come to end someday.
   
   More people need to read this book, and maybe someday there will be enough of a push to make all this torture end.



5. I showed pleasure Tennessee Walking horses for years and a padded horse on one occasion. I saw most all of the things mentioned in this book done to these wonderful horses, with perhaps one exception. Although I never sored any of my own personal horses, due to the fact I love them too much and a blue ribbon isn't that important to me, I was shown how to do it and encouraged to do it and did show horses which were sore (although I was not their owner but was riding them for their owner). I cared to much about my animals to sore them and was very interested in reading this book when I found out about it. It is pretty painful to read but it is very honest in describing what does happen to these wonderful horses. Unfortunately today the plantation pleasure horses are going through as much as the padded horses, only minus the pads. If only they could talk and Mr. Davis has done a really nice job giving them their due. I hope this book will enlighten many, but at the same time will not turn anyone away from this breed because it is a wonderful breed to own, ride and show; and all these things can be done successfully without abusing the horses. Funny how the characters in this book really remind me of some of the exact big time walking horse trainers and showmen I know of.

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1 comments about The Manual of Horsemanship/the Official Manual of the Pony Club.

1. There are several editions of this book, I believe, but no matter which one you get, I guarantee that you will continue to look to it for reference. I consider it a better single resource than any of the USPC books. It covers a very wide variety of topics and gives plenty of information about them. The insides of the cover (front and back, at least on mine) have conformation and common injuries/faults, which are wonderful for a quick review.

1 comments about AZ of Horse Behavior & Training.

1. This book has a short 20 page introduction to horse behavior and language, and from there it continues in encyclopedia style, with lots of horse related items described in alphabetical order. Usually I don't like this type of book at all and avoid it, but this one was an exception. First, it is down to the point, no word is wasted! Yet it is very easy to read and understand. The other thing I liked very much is WHAT it says is very horsefriendly ("natural horsemanship" oriented), sounds very sensible and logical. There is a wealth of information for a very broad range of horse topics.
   Of course, due to the nature (i.e. the form) of the book no one subject is treated very extensively. This means it is good only to get an overview over horsemanship related topics - but at this it is REALLY good!

1 comments about Riding a Horse (The Practical Handbook Series).

1. I was very lucky to choose this title amongst many others. It's just what I needed, that is, a good and complete reference book to check my 9-year-old daughter's riding classes progress. Now I know what riding a horse is all about. No wonder! I've got some 540 photographs including step-by-step sequences showing what to do and what NOT to do, as the author points out the common faults very often. Equal and full attention is given to getting jumping abilities and the mastering of the several gaits.A panorama of all competition (jumping and non-jumping) sports as well as leisure games on horse-back is displayed on double pages, many of them completely new to me! You may think this paperback book is like any other paperback! Not true. This book is bound to last a lifetime thanks to the spectacular strong cover and perfect binding (I'm a bookworm, so I can tell when I see a superb edition like this) Just one small shortcoming: in order to keep the book reasonably thin with so many pictures and so exhaustively explained, the types are unusually small.