Heather Smith Thomas

Storey's Guide to Training Horses, 3rd Edition (eBook, ePUB)

Ground Work, Driving, Riding

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Storey's Guide to Training Horses is a one-stop reference for every aspect of horse training, including a complete program for turning a shy and gangly foal into a calm, confident, well-balanced equine partner. Now with full-color photography, the third edition includes step-by-step guidance on all the essential training procedures for both English- and Western-style riding, including haltering and leading, saddling and mounting, and addresses the finer points of gaits, lightness, and collection. Best-selling author Heather Smith Thomas draws on her decades of equestrian experience to anticipate every situation that might arise and provide answers to managing all the potential challenges of training different types of horses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781635861228
• Artikelnr.: 64263137

Autorenporträt

Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey's Guide to Raising Horses, Storey's Guide to Training Horses, and Stable Smarts. She raises cattle and horses on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1 Basic Safety Practices    Safety First
Safe Ground Handling
Safety when Riding 2 Horse Sense and Training Psychology    Understanding Horses
The Horse
Human Relationship
Training Principles
Training Aids
How to Avoid Conflict and Common Pitfalls 3 Handling and Training the Foal    Learning Begins with Imprinting
Imprinting Your Foal
Handling a Foal during the First Weeks
First Leading Lessons
Beginning Lessons in Foot Handling
Beginning Lessons in Tying
Grooming Lessons for Handling and Patience
Advanced Leading Lessons
Basic Lesson Planning
Avoid Spoiling the Foal
Dealing with Challening Personalities
Know the Foal's Limits and Abilities 4 Handling and Training the Weanling    Weaning a Foal
Train Consistently, Gently, and with Authority
Training Lessons for Routine Health Care
Life Lessons
Loving without Spoiling 5 The Yearling and the 2
Year
Old    Crash Course for an Unhandled Young Horse
Round
Pen Training
Leading Lessons for the Yearling and 2
Year
Old
Teaching a Horse to Back Up at Halter
Beginning Tying
Perfecting His Tying
Lessons in Blanketing
Continue the Leading Lessons
Longeing
Ponying the Young Horse 6 Ground Work before Riding    Bridling Beginners
Saddling Beginners
Maneuverability and Control 7 Bits and Their Uses    Snaffles
Curb Bits
The Pelham
The Double Bridle
Ensure Proper Fit
Choosing a Training Bit
The Importance of Good Hands
The Hackamore 8 Bitting and Driving    Bitting Ground Work
Bit Resistance
Training the Driving Horse and Pony
Selecting a Cart
Pulling Preparation
Pulling a Cart: First Lessons
Gradual Conditioning 9 First Mounted Lessons    Accustom the Horse to the Saddle
First Mounting
Moving Out
Stopping and Turning
Short Rides around the Pen
First Trotting Lessons
Don't Canter Yet
Nip Problems in the Bud 10 First Rides in the Open    Safety Precautions
Everything Is New and Different
Overcoming the Fear of Strange Obstacles
Shying
A Little Quiet Time
Riding along Roads 11 The Walk    How the Horse Moves
Training at the Walk
Teaching a Faster Walk
Calming the Excitable Horse 12 The Trot    How the Horse Moves
First Trotting Lessons for the Green Horse
The Jog
The Slow Trot
The Working (Medium) Trot
The Extended Trot
Walk
Trot Transitions
Change of Speed and Stride Length
Improving the Stop from a Trot
Trotting in Circles
The Most Versatile Gait 13 Lightness and Collection    What Is Collection?
First Lessons in Collection
Teaching a Collected Trot
Perfect Balance, Greater Agility
Collection at the Canter
Don't Overdo It 14 The Gallop, the Canter, and the Lope    How the Horse Moves at the Gallop
How to Ride the Gallop or Canter
Teaching the Green Horse
Working with Leads
Control of His Leads
The Flying Lead Change
Changing Leads on the Straightaway
Refine Your Cues
Don't Overdo It 15 Further Schooling    Fine
Tuning Your Communication
Teaching a Smooth Stop
Teaching the Horse to Neck
Rein
Turning on the Center
Turning on the Forehand
Reining and Pivoting
Teaching the Backup
Lateral Work
Opening a Gate from Horseback
Beginning Dressage
Beginning Jumping
Avoid Souring the Horse 16 Trailer Training    Load the Foal with His Mother
The Weanling or Yearling
Trailering the Adult Horse
The Reluctant or Spoiled Horse 17 Retraining the Spoiled Horse    The Pushy Horse
The Body Basher
The Hard
to
Catch Horse
The Confirmed Avoider
The Hard
to
Lead Horse
The Hard
to
Bridle Horse
The Hard
to
Saddle Horse
The Hard
to
Mount Horse
The Horse Who Won't Tie
The Biter
The Kicker
The Turnout Terror
The Barn
Sour Horse
The Horse Who Rushes Home
The Herd
Bound Horse
The Head Tosser
The Horse Who Resists the Bit
The Bolter
The Balker
The Rearer
The Bucker Epilogue Appendix A: Equine Anatomy Appendix B: Gait Sequences Glossary Resources Index Metric Conversion Charts