Horses category: 2325 books
by Bodworth C.
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
A detailed guide to breeding your own horses. Contents include: Breeding your own horse - The possibilities in amateur horse breeding - Breeding and care of mares - Foaling and aftercare etc. Originally published in 1930s. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive....
by Ralph Galeano
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Hackamore horsemen have been around a long time. The Spanish Vaqueros were using them to train colts 400 years ago. Working a branding near Baird, Texas, I watched young horses in manila hackamores being schooled to work cattle. It puts a soft handle on young horses. Here's a look at how to start a youngster in a rope hackamore.
Storey's Guide to Training Horses, 3rd Edition
Ground Work, Driving, Riding
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Storey’s Guide to Training Horses is a one-stop reference for every aspect of horse training, including a complete program for turning a shy and gangly foal into a calm, confident, well-balanced equine partner. Now with full-color photography, the third edition includes step-by-step guidance on...
Finding the Missed Path
The Art of Restarting Horses
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Horses are a lot like people,” says renowned horseman Mark Rashid. When there are gaps in understanding, confusion, and thus frustration, worry, and even anger are sure to follow.”
Horses often grow up with these gaps” in their training and education. When this happens, it can be...
by WM. J. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This is a comprehensive handbook for farriers, with a special focus on shoeing "trotting" and "pacing" horses. A timeless guide full of step-by-step instructions and handy tips, this volume will be of utility to modern equestrians and those with a practical interest in farriery. Contents include:...
Laminitis: An Equine Plague of Unconscionable Proportions
Healing and Protecting Your Horse Using Natural Principles & Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
From the Foreword: “This book provides a concise and useful guide for horse owners to take immediate and productive action against laminitis and keep it out of their horses’ lives once and for all . . . Nipping away at the edges of the [laminitis] plague, NHC continues to grow with adherents...
Horses and the Mystical Path
The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
On a trip to Scotland, the psychotherapist family team of Adele, Deborah, and Thomas McCormick — pioneers in the psychotherapeutic use of horses — discovered that early Celtic mysticism held important insights into an equestrian-partnered spirituality. The McCormicks show how to integrate this...
The American Mustang Guidebook
History, Behavior, and State-by-State Directions on Where to Best View America's Wild Horses
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2014
There are close to 40,000 wild mustangs in the United States.Some on islands, some on mountaintops, some on vast prairies, and some on land where oil-drilling rigs and logging trucks are constant visitors.Most of this land is public and under the management of the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), making...
Knack Leg and Hoof Care for Horses
A Complete Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Knack Leg and Hoof Care for Horses is a one-stop information source on how to keep a horse sound, happy, and pain-free through proper care of his (or her) feet and legs. Unlike cumbersome veterinary reference texts, this book focuses solely on hoof conditions and leg ailments, with the added bonus of...
Know Better to Do Better
Mistakes I Made with Horses (So You Don't Have To)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
With horses, we don't get a “do-over button,” as much as we'd sometimes like one. We have to live with the choices we make, even whenlooking backwe know there might have been a better way to communicate, a different way to teach a new lesson, or another means to reach the desired end. In this...
Book of Miniature Horses
A Guide to Selecting, Caring, and Training
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
As pets or show horses, for driving, therapy, or guide animals, Minis are ideal whether you have limited space or a larger property. The Book of Miniature Horses is full of information on finding and selecting Minis; their care, exercise, training, showing, and breeding; their use as therapy animals; and more.
All About Horses -2
All About Horses., #2
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Stories about cowboys and their horses, rescues, famous horse people, amazing feats, rags to riches tales, wartime heroes, champions, greats and near greats, legends and beloved favourites!
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Horses have been at the right hand of man for thousands of years. They have helped build empires and helped bring them down. Horses have carried the doctor swiftly to the door of a dying mother and galloped across the vast distances of the American West, bringing news to the settlers. Horses today...
The Horse Must Go On
A Sumatra Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Magical horses are surely talented, right? Then putting on a talent show should be fun and easy. Especially for Wind Dancers. But what happens when all but one of them can't dance?
Readers can really let their imaginations fly with this magical new series based on Breyer's beautifully-colored...