My husband and I are in our late 60's and still have horses. What we have found is that as we grow older, we sort of forget what we did when a certain concern came up. Its like raising children. When the children now ask me what I did about a certain illness or problem, I keep on trying to remember what I did at that moment to resolve it. I love this book and highly recommend it because its a quick reminder and reference. Its a "3" step book. What is the problem, what does your horse want to tell you, and how to solve it....all within a page or two. At my age, I don't want to ready long pages so I find the quick answer here. The book is so interesting that I have also learned a lot about what the horse wants to tell me and best of all, it makes sense.
What your Horse Wants You to Know
Seems like a very handy book. I agree with most of Ms. Bucklin's comments. Animals do communicate and are mostly straightforward. If only human would listen!
This book is just o.k.
This book is just o.k. I would not recommend it. Not very useful.
Pretty good
It lacks a few tricky behavioral isssues I really wanted to know about; however, great for a beginner or intermediate horse person.
Fabulous Book
I adopted a 23YO Holsteiner/TB cross that I thought was going to be an easy horse to teach me upper levels of dressage. He's trained to Intermediate Level. I think he must have been sedated when I went to look at him, because he is NOT the calm horse he was that day. I've spoken with one of his previous owners several times and realized that I had one handful of a horse. Sending him back is not an option for me. I believe all horses want to do that right thing and it's up to us to listen to them and figure out what they are trying to tell us.
This book has proven invaluable in helping me to do that. I have made so much progress already with him thanks to Gincy, I can't even tell you. Keep this book handy when you're at the barn if you have any issues with any of your horses. The way the book is written, specific behaviors are easy to look up and you can apply her suggestions right away.
What a difference this book has made in my relationship with my horse and my horsemanship skills.
