This fully-updated, full-color comprehensive guide on training horses covers every aspect of shaping confident, skillful horses, from foals to mature horses, and for work and riding.
Teach your foal or horse to become a calm, confident, well-balanced partner with this indispensable training guide. Heather Smith Thomas outlines her expert approach to developing a positive working relationship between horse and handler in clear prose and step-by-step photos.
Whether your goal is to start a young horse, retrain one with bad habits, or take your horsemanship to a new level, you'll find sound, sensible advice for every riding discipline.
Topics covered include:
- Basic safety procedures on the ground and in the saddle
- The importance of ground work
- Handling and training youngsters, from birth to age two
- Retraining a neglected, reluctant, or spoiled horse
- Trailer training horses of all ages.
“Heather Smith Thomas’s explanations are homespun, practical, and solid. Hers is advice you can rely upon.” — Cherry Hill, horse trainer and author of How to Think Like a Horse
