Klimke

This wonderful little book distills the knowledge and experience that made the author one of the century's most outstanding horsemen.

Kurland

This small booklet focuses on getting started with the clicker training method with your horse. It will show you how to introduce your horse to the clicker and begin to use it as a tool in your training.

Kurland/Pryor

New full-color edition! Now Alexandra Kurland's classic volume on equine clicker training is available in a deluxe hardcover edition packed with full-color photographs. Produced by our British co-publisher, Ringpress, this special edition of Clicker Training for Your Horse will stand up to years of reading and reference. It also makes an elegant and enduring gift for every friend you would like to introduce to the power of clicker training.

Karen Pryor

"Whatever the task, whether keeping a four-year-old quiet in public, housebreaking a puppy, coaching a team, or memorizing a poem, it will go fast, and better, and be more fun, if you know how to use reinforcement."--Karen Pryor.

Now Karen Pryor clearly explains the underlying principles of behavioral training and through numerous fascinating examples reveals how this art can be applied to virtually any common situation. And best of all, she tells how to do it without yelling threats, force, punishment, guilt trips--or shooting the dog. 8 methods for putting an end to all kinds of undesirable behavior. The 10 laws of "shaping" behavior--for results without strain or pain through "affection training." How to combat your own addictions to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, overeating or whatever, how to deal with such difficult problems as a moody spouse, an impossible teen, or an aged parent. Plus. . .House training the dog, improving your tennis game, keeping the cat off the table, and much more! "In the course of becoming a renowned dolphin trainer, Karen Pryor learned that positive reinforcement (the only kind useable with dolphins, who can't be reached with leashes, bridles, fists, or yells) is even more potent that prior scientific work had suggested. . .This new book looks like the very best on the subject--a full-scale mind-changer.

Connell

Marks

This is a truly remarkable book packed with pictures and easy to understand guides. I own two horses and they did not want to go into the horse box, but now, they love going in! It has become second nature to them and has changed my life forever. This book is a must for any of you owners out there who battle to load your horses. Safe, effictive and definatly humane. Kelly Marks, being Monty Roberts's protegee, is doing everything to make the world a better place for horses and humans.

Holtzel

Marten

Podhajsky

Podhajsky does a marvelous job of detailing the Classical dressage theory of the Spanish Riding School. He starts with a brief history of dressage & ends with airs above the ground. This is a must-read for any serious student of dressage. This book will help the reader understand the mechanics & methodology behind this extaordinarily successful system.

Bush

Blake

Reading Henry Blake is like sitting on the porch listening to some nice old guy recount his life long adventures. Thinking With Horses is Henry's second work and in my opinion, as interesting as his first book, Talking With Horses. In his second offering Henry explores more deeply into some of the mysteries of horse communication and behavior, but never loses the style ambiance that he attained in his first book. I strongly suggest the reader progress through Henry's work in sequential order; Talking With Horses, Thinking With Horses and Horse Sense. By doing so the reader can enjoy the greater adventure in chronological sequence and fully enjoy the colorful characters, both human and equine, that Henry brings to life in his work. Henry Blake is probably my most recommended author for horse enthusiasts and home horse trainers to read.

Shawna and Vinton Karrasch

On Target Training is a revolutionary reward reinforcement training method specially developed for horses by animal training experts Shawna and Vinton Karrasch.

Michael Peace and Lelley Bailey

A unique, practical guide to help you to understand life from your horse's point of view. The authors explain how to apply simple principles that will help you to achieve harmony with your horse on a day-to-day basis. Feature sections at the end of each chapter enable you to test your understanding of the concepts.

Linda Tellington Jones

Here, at last, is a fully illustrated guide to Linda Tellington-Jones' TTouches and TTEAM groundwork for horses. The Tellington Touches (TTouches--circular touches of the hands and fingers) are designed to activate cellular function, which increases both relaxation and awareness in the horse. The Tellington-Touch Equine Awareness Method (TTEAM) ground exercises are used to modify behavioral and physical problems by expanding a horse's capacity for learning through improved balance and coordination. These deceptively simple touches and exercises, which dramatically enhance the horse's training and well-being, are shown in clear, sequential color photos; they include: the Python TTouch, the Lying Leopard TTouch, Taming the Tiger, the Dingo, Cueing the Camel, and many others. Linda Tellington-Jones is the best-selling author of Getting in TTouch: Understand and Influence Your Horse's Personality, The Tellington TTouch, Let's Ride! With Linda Tellington-Jones, and The Tellington-Jones Equine Awareness Method.

Kelly Marks

Horses need to be taught the "the rules" of good manners. They can't be expected to automatically know what constitutes a human's idea of acceptable behavior. This is why Monty Roberts' protégée, Kelly Marks, maintains that people must learn to communicate with horses through eye contact and body movements - a language horses can understand and one that builds a foundation of empathy and trust between horses and humans. Teach Your Horse Perfect Manners begins by explaining the philosophy and concepts behind Kelly Marks' techniques, then moves on to foundation exercises and groundwork training - including "join–up" techniques - all presented in easy–to–follow text and illustrations. The second half of the book looks at specific problems and how they may be solved by using considerate and consistent training methods. Kelly Marks, a former champion jockey and show jumper, now trains horses full–time. She is the originator of the Monty Roberts Educational Courses Worldwide and her own Intelligent Horsemanship program.

Jill K. Hassler-Scoop

Compiles some related information that is not in many basic books on teaching riding. This is a good source of information for green and experienced riding teachers. It has the basics described in other teaching texts, while also going into some depth on related subjects. The case studies are a nice touch. Also in this book are ideas that may help experienced teachers regain enthusiasm for their task - the best of us have times when what we do taps out our energy for doing more of it. This has also been used as a college textbook.