Speak Your Horse's Language: Communicating with the Driving Horse

by Gloria Austin, Mary Chris Foxworthy

Overview

If you own a horse, you need this book. Speaking to your horse, in a way that the horse can understand creates a bond and allows drivers and riders to master horsemanship.

This book teaches horse communication and horse communication signals. These skills are vital to carriage driving. From this book, you will learn horse vocal communication, body language, and social positioning and how these affect how a horse drives and is driven. Understanding how horses communicate with each other allows you to predict driving situations. Mastering communication between the horse and humans makes you a better driver.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732080522
Publisher:	Equine Heritage Institute
Publication date:	04/20/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	169 MB
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Table of Contents

Forward. 4

HOW I LEARNED TO LISTEN TO HORSES. 5

Books I Have Written.. 30

Understanding the Horse’s Mind & Behavior. 32

CHOOSING A HORSE. 58

TALKING WITH  A HORSE. 84

TRANSLATING RIDING TO DRIVING. 105

TALKING WITH TACK. 127

Driving Styles. 143

The Harness. 151

THE CARRIAGE. 158

Type of Carriage. 161

COMMUNICATION WHILE DRIVING. 166

SAFETY. 178

Most Common Problems. 179

Problems. 184

Educate Yourself. 196