Keeping a Horse the Natural Way: A natural approach to horse management for optimum health and performance
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The ultimate manual for keeping horses happy and healthy―naturally!
Current and prospective horse owners will want to read this informative, beautifully illustrated guide―it has everything a horse lover needs to treat their four-legged friends like family! The key to the building a lifelong bond with a horse is understanding how they interact in their wild state, form herds, and bond with each other. From there, owners can more easily develop a strong relationship with their horse or pony. This horse book, written by an equine specialist, covers this crucial step and also contains a broad array of information, including:
How to prepare and maintain stablesDietary needs and healthcare for horses of all agesTips on choosing the best saddles, bridles, and other equipmentHow to recognize signs of illness and administer first aidFactoids on first aid and natural remediesAdvice on trainingMore than 350 full-color photos
An accessible guide to for pet owners and equestrians (but featuring enough information to help veterinarians) this complete horse care manual is a must-have for keeping horses happy and healthy.
Publisher : Sourcebooks; First Edition (June 1, 2002)
Language : English
Hardcover : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0764154117
ISBN-13 : 978-0764154119
Item Weight : 2.09 pounds
Dimensions : 9 x 0.77 x 10.59 inches
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red.spqr –
Excellent book!
I was a bit skeptical upon purchasing this book, but it was inexpensive and worth a shot. I am happy to report that I am more impressed with this book than by any other horse book I have purchased. I was trained in classical dressage and european style horse keeping. I have always thought that there must be a better way. So…as I try to shake off bad teaching (from a horse’s perspective) and learn new ways, I have been researching and buying different books on horses. I was introduced to natural horsemanship about a year ago, by sheer chance. This is what I was looking for! This book is great for anyone. The experienced rider who wants to be a horseman and for the novice. This book starts at the basics with body language and shows what each means, explains the nature of a horse, how to keep them happy and healthy (ex: stabling, feed,and mental stimulus). It goes on to explain how to keep a pasture, healthy and poisonous plants, and much more. It answered all my questions that other books did not answer. It also goes on to address any problems that may arise and ways you can correct them. I am extremely happy with this book!
dothatagain –
horse book
This is a very useful book for a beginning horse owner or a person evaluating the idea of horse ownership.
Del Ericson –
Parelli’s Keeping a Horse the Natural Way
Awesome book every horse owner or prospective horse owner should read especially the rescue organizations. Too many people treat horses like they are dogs, but keeping a dog in a kennel 22 hours a day is known as cruelty, but it is done to horses at many stables with many sad consequences, lameness, colic, cribbing, nasty dispositions and injured handlers and or riders. Parelli is supportive of daily turn out for the horse’s mental health and physical health. He is aware that lameness is linked to lack of free time exercise just like lameness’ in cattle are. The horse is a large herd animal that enjoys rolling in the dirt or mud as a form of self grooming, all season long. Horses stand in the shed when its sunny or windy but like standing in the rain and snow. Horses aren’t people or dogs they are horses and have very different needs than what human owners want them to have. A great book for horse care with the horses’ prospective included.
Happy Pony Driver –
Not that fantastic
I was expecting more “natural” ideas then this book contained. It tries to cover way too many topics in my opinion and so it just glosses over all of them. I bought mine used and it was reasonably priced so I’m fine with it…but I am glad I didn’t pay full price.
J.R –
Five Stars
love this book and have used it a lot.
LaNae Luttrell –
Five Stars
Everything was perfect. Thank you!
climbinash –
Good for beginner
Good resources for the beginner, not much new if you are experienced.
grace singh –
Two Stars
I called the number listed and couldn’t get through the machine asked questions that didn’t concerned me.
K. Stokes –
Good service nice book good condition thank you
Joe. –
Excellent value. Good service. Couldn’t ask for more. First class!
Lisa –
As a life-long horse lover, this still gave me food for thought. Very simple to grasp the concepts. It wasn’t over-thought as so much horsey advice can be.
pandorazbox –
different cover than image shown. info is hopefully the updated version. will find out once i get reading. update when i have read the book. quickly browsed thru, seems to have tons of info
Amazon Customer –
Great book! Really good condition!