What Your Horse Wants You to Know: What Horses' "Bad" Behavior Means, and How to Correct It by Gincy Self Bucklin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of What Your Horse Wants You to Know: What Horses' "Bad" Behavior Means, and How to Correct It
Book Review: The most helpful of all horse books
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most helpful of any horse book I have found, because the writing is so clear, and the author uses real life examples to illustrate what she means. I have a problem with my horse moving away when I mount, and her advice about mounting on the LONG axis, instead of the short axis, as I had been doing, was terrific. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get to know their horse better.Book Review: Great addition to your horse library
Summary: 5 Stars
This book's main focus is on helping you find solutions to deal with unwanted behaviors of your horse. It does that exceptionally well. The format gives you clear, step-by-step advise that gives you insight into how horses think and then how to work with the horse to correct the behavior. If you have a problem to work through, you will find solutions quickly and easily. However, throughout the book you will also find a philosopy of working around horses that will help you and your horse develop an effective and gentle relationship with each other. Reading through the entire book, which is both interesting and easy reading, will help you understand horse behavior and how to listen to what your horse wants and needs, as well as how to give that to him.I loved the examples and stories, and actually read through them all first, and then went back to read through the how-to's. All those little things that can drive us crazy as we try to figure out what to do next seem to be included here. A truly useful book in many ways.
Book Review: Great reference for beginners and serious horsemen/women!
Summary: 5 Stars
The best thing about this book is that the author tells the reader from the beginning (the preface)that any "problem" he may have with his horse is not the horse's fault at all. This sets the tone for the book. If there's something "wrong" with your horse, you must look to yourself to find out what the real source of the problem is. Not communicating in a way that your horse can understand, not knowing how to teach your horse, and being in too much of a hurry are the things we need to work on.The introduction sets up the ten rules of training. These rules should be posted in every serious lesson barn! There are all kinds of good information included in the introduction, such as how to build a good relationship with your horse, how to use praise, and techniques from TTEAM, clicker training, round pen training, and Parelli. The author is not afraid to "mix and match" techniques from different schools, depending on what the horse needs at the moment. All solutions to the "problems" are non-confrontational and very useful.
Ms. Bucklin then lists "problems" in alphabetical order. This makes it easy to use as a reference book. The format is easy to read and understand. First, she gives an example of the problem, then the all-important, "What your horse wants you to know." Then comes "What to do about it." Finally another equally important part is "What not to do about it." Lots of books have only "What to do about it." To me, it's just as important to know *why* he's doing it and also what *not* to do.
Even though I've learned or figured out a lot of this stuff on my own, I found lots of things I didn't know or wasn't sure about. This book would make a great Christmas present for anyone, but especially for someone just getting started with horses.