Understanding the Horse's Back
Understanding the Horse's Back

Author: Sara Wyche

Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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This is a unique guide to understanding the horse's back--how it works, what can go wrong and why, how to recognize problems, and how to prevent them, making it an essential handbook for all owners and riders. Topics covered include the basic anatomy of the horse's back; sources and causes of problems; recognizing pain in the horse; professional diagnoses and therapies; orthodox and complementary treatments; rehabilitation and recovery; remedial exercise and training; and "back-friendly" riding and management.

Ten of the Best - Book 9
Ten of the Best - Book 9

Author: Sue Palmer

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781979589123

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The principle that underlies 'Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?', previous 'Book of the Month' in Horse magazine, is that your horse can only communicate pain or discomfort through his behaviour or performance. But how do you distinguish between the horse who is playing you up, the horse who doesn't understand what's being asked of him, and the horse who is genuinely uncomfortable? My experience is that many people assume misbehaviour initially, and it can be several months or even years down the line before the search for discomfort begins. By this time, the relationship between horse and rider is often damaged beyond repair, if they've even managed to stay together that long. Too many horses are passed from home to home because of difficult behaviour, when all they're trying to do is explain to their owners that they are hurting somewhere. The problem is blamed on the rider - you're too inexperienced, too nervous, you need to be tougher on him, you sit wonky, you just need to kick on, etc. The 'gadgets' come out to stop the horse from expressing the behaviour, or the more experienced rider rides him through the problem, but the horse continues to suffer.

Suffering in Silence
Suffering in Silence

Author: Jochen Schleese

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Published: 2014-09-15

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1570767289

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Humans and horses have been joined for thousands of years, and for much of that time, one thing has served as the primary point of physical contact between them: the saddle. However, for many horses and many riders, the saddle has been no less than a refined means of torture. Horses have long suffered from tree points impeding the movement of their shoulder blades; too narrow gullet channels damaging the muscles and nerves along the vertebrae; and too long panels putting harmful pressure on the reflex point in the loin area. Male riders saddle up despite riding-related pain and the potential for serious side effects, such as impotence, while female riders endure backache, slipped discs, and bladder infections, to name just a few common issues. We must ask ourselves: How much better could we ride and how much better could our horses perform if our saddles fit optimally? If they accommodated the horse’s unique conformation and natural asymmetry? If they were built for the differing anatomy of men and women? The answers to all these questions are right here, right now, in this book.

Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine
Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine

Author: Kim A. Sprayberry

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 1035

ISBN-13: 0323242162

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- ALL-NEW topics provide updates on infectious diseases, including herpesvirus, equine granulocytic anaplasmosis, and lawsonia infection and proliferative enteropathy; pain diagnosis and multimodal management; management of thoracic and airway trauma, imaging, endoscopy, and other diagnostic procedures for the acute abdomen; and neurologic injury. - 212 concise, NEW chapters include both a succinct guide to diagnosis of disorders and a detailed discussion of therapy. - NEW images demonstrate advances in various imaging techniques. - Thoroughly updated drug appendices, including all-new coverage of drug dosages for donkeys and mules, provide a handy, quick reference for the clinical setting.

Riding Home
Riding Home

Author: Tim Hayes

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1250033527

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Riding Home:The Power of Horses to Heal, Horse Nation's must read book of 2016, is the first and only book to scientifically and experientially explain why horses have the extraordinary ability to emotionally transform the lives of thousands of men, women and children, whether they are horse lovers, or suffering from deep psychological wounds. It is a book for anyone who wants to experience the joy, wonder, self-awareness and peace of mind that comes from creating a horse/human relationship, and it puts forth and clarifies the principles of today's Natural Horsemanship (or what was once referred to as "Horse Whispering") Everyone knows someone who needs help: a husband, a wife, a partner, a child, a friend, a troubled teenager, a war veteran with PTSD, someone with autism, an addiction, anyone in emotional pain or who has lost their way. Riding Home provides riveting examples of how Equine Therapy has become one of today's most effective cutting-edge methods of healing. Horses help us discover hidden parts of ourselves, whether we're seven or seventy. They model relationships that demonstrate acceptance, kindness, honesty, tolerance, patience, justice, compassion, and forgiveness. Horses cause all of us to become better people, better parents, better partners, and better friends. A horse can be our greatest teacher, for horses have no egos, they never lie, they're never wrong and they manifest unparalleled compassion. It is this amazing power of horses to heal and teach us about ourselves that is accessible to anyone and found in the pages of Tim Hayes's Riding Home. The information and lists of therapeutic and non-therapeutic equine programs, which are contained in the book, are also available at the book's website.

Relaxed & Forward
Relaxed & Forward

Author: Anna M Blake

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-03

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780996491228

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Training advice combining the everyday fundamentals of dressage with mutual listening skills.

55 Corrective Exercises for Horses
55 Corrective Exercises for Horses

Author: Jec Aristotle Ballou

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1570769052

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A highly illustrated guide to simple yet effective methods for keeping horses sound, healthy, and performing their best. Over time, horses (like people) acquire postural habits, compensate for soreness and injury, and develop poor movement patterns. This limits performance ability, causes unsoundness and health issues, and ultimately undermines the horse's overall well–being. Jec Aristotle Ballou has made a name for herself advocating for the horse and providing sensible instruction in his schooling, conditioning, and care. Her bestselling books and popular clinics are designed to enable any horse person to correctly apply proven principles that bring measurable progress while avoiding boredom and confusion. In her latest collection of mounted and unmounted corrective exercises, Ballou demonstrates how we can actively work to improve the horse's posture and movement, whether he is: An active performance or pleasure mount. An aging or older horse that benefits from gentle exercise. A horse being rehabilitated following injury, illness, or lack of conditioning. Ballou's positive cross–training techniques are free of shortcuts, and her guidelines for analyzing the horse's posture and way of going help readers gain a new awareness of the equine body. Applicable for all disciplines and full of quality color photographs to explain the exercises, this is an integral collection that optimizes how the horse uses his body and helps ensure he stays sounder and healthier for more years of his life.