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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Give your young horse a head start in life using the world-famous training techniques of Monty Roberts, author of the acclaimed best-seller, The Man Who Listens to Horses. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Richard Maxwell | | Hardcover: | 160 pages | | Publisher: | Trafalgar Square Books | | Publication Date: | May 01, 1998 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1570761205 | | Package Length: | 10.4 inches | | Package Width: | 8.4 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 18 reviews |
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 Foal training Oct 15, 2008
I have raised,broke and trained mares,foals, and stallions over the years but I just got an 8 month old colt that was just giving me fits. I was at a loss with him. After reading this book 'From birth to backing' it turned the whole problem around in about 5 minuets-no kidding. I would recommend this book to anyone starting out with foals or young horses. Sharthom
What a great book! Jan 22, 2008
Coming from a person that has been riding and training horses for 21 years, I think this book was very well written. He explained exactly how to do things, the rationale for doing them, and then recapped key points at the end of each chapter. It keeps your attention and makes you want to continue reading. This is a great book for people who are raising and training their own horses. I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great for behavioral studies! Apr 19, 2006
I was searching for a book which would follow the same principles as Monty Roberts (author of "The Man Who Listens to Horses") and Cesar Millan (whose television show is the "Dog Whisperer"). I didn't expect to find another book on horse training so quickly which matches their psychological techniques as precisely as this book does!
It appears that the reviews on this book are determined by what the reader is expecting from it. I personally will rate a book as being great when it instructs in a logical manner, contains good sense, and works when put to the test. Rare is the book that can tell you everything there is to know. This book seems to cover the basics to help one to understand the mindset of horses and that is very important, especially for younger horses since they're in their highly influential years.
One word of caution: If someone appears to be copying another's ideas, don't forget how possible it is for more than one person to be capable of coming to the same conclusions on their own.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
I have referred to this for 5 youngsters since 2001 Nov 28, 2005
Young horses can be scary when you have only dealt with trained horses - even green ones and problem horses are easier to work with because you already have a common point of reference.
Young untrained horses don't react the way you always think they should and they have different development stages just as young humans do - their behavior will change in each stage and you need to expect this. This book prepares you with telling you what is "normal" at what ages and how to deal with these everyday behavioral changes and problems that will crop up when raising your own horse. Books covering 6months - 3 years are hard to find and this was the best I found at covering the usual challenges you would face and showing you how to be a firm, kind and confident leader. This book is short and easy to read in one day, easy to use as a reference but I don't think its meant to be a one complete source - just a good starting point to get you on your way. Yes you can find bits of this information from other trainers, yes this book is not big or complete - but it is a good introduction and I still go back to it again and again.
Young horses are a blank slate and as close as you will come to the wild horse mind without adopting a Mustang. Once you have reared a baby or two, you will never relate to any horse in the same way again - and it's a good thing.
Combine with "Imprint Training", "Bringing up Baby" and "Right from the Start" for a complete reference collection on raising foals to young horses to be good and happy citizens.
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 For those without a round pen, read! Mar 14, 2005
While no longer a fan of Monty Roberts, I found this book very interesting. It is written for people who don't have access to a round pen. Richard did an experiment & made sure he was the only one that ever handled his 2 foals. He started them on a lunge line, and I think it was quite a few months later before he backed them & found that they were carrying themselves on a loose rein from the beginning of riding, which really impressed me. Lots of great photos. Sorry if this sounds infantile but it's late & I read this quite a while ago & couldn't believe there wasn't a review. I am definitely going to read this book again.
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