The Formative Years: Raising and Training the Young Horse from Birth to Two Years [Hardcover]

Cherry Hill (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Breakthrough Pubns (April 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914327194
• ISBN-13: 978-0914327196
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #585,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cherry Hill is an award-winning author of over 30 books and videos and over 1000 articles on horse training and care.

Cherry was a horse show judge for 25 years for several national breed organizations. She also taught college equine courses from 1975-1985 in the US and Canada, including Olds College in Alberta, Canada and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Cherry instructed courses such as Horse Behavior, Ground Training, Mounted Training, Western Horsemanship, English Equitation, Riding Instructor Training, Equine Evaluation, Stable Management, and Equine Production.

Cherry has been a free-lance equine photo-journalist since 1975 and has written for such publications as Horse & Rider, The Quarter Horse Journal, The Chronicle of the Horse, the American Farrier's Journal, The Horse Journal, Western Horseman and over 20 other national equine publications.

Cherry Hill received the Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Award twice for her books. The Top Hand award is one of the most distinguished writing awards in the regions with competition from fiction and non-fiction books on any topic. Cherry received the CAL Top Hand Award in 1995 for 101 Arena Exercises and in 1999 for 101 Horsemanship and Equitation Patterns.

In 1994 the American Farriers Association presented Cherry with their Journalism Award for meritorious service in collecting, editing, and presenting information of interest to farriers.

Cherry was the recipient of the 1992 American Horse Publications first place award for editorial excellence in the category Service to the Reader for a series she wrote on liability in the equine industry.

In 2002, Cherry Hill was the recipient of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor in the Non-Fiction Companion Animal Category for her book Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids. It was selected for its outstanding ability to teach young readers a new way to care for animals and natural resources that we all share.

For more information on Cherry Hill and her books and videso, visit her website at http://www.horsekeeping.com

Videos and DVDs by Cherry Hill:

101 Horsekeeping Tips: 3 volumes
Handling and Grooming
Feeding and Health Care
Faciliites and Tack

The Horse - El Caballo
A Journey for Kids
A bilingual video horse book on DVD

Books authored by Cherry Hill:

El Cuidado de Tu Caballo, Tutor, 2005.

Monta Western, Hispano Europa, 2005

HORSEKEEPING ON A SMALL ACREAGE, 2nd edition, Storey Books, 2005.

Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids, Storey, 2002

HORSE HOUSING (With Richard Klimesh)Trafalgar Square, 2002.

RIDING WESTERN 2002.

STABLEKEEPING Storey 2000.

TRAILERING YOUR HORSE Storey 2000.

101 HORSEMANSHIP AND EQUITATION PATTERNS , Storey, 1999.

101 LONGEING AND LONG LINING EXERCISES, ENGLISH & WESTERN, John Wiley 1999.

LONGEING AND LONG LINING THE ENGLISH AND WESTERN HORSE, John Wiley, 1999.

BEGINNING WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
BEGINNING ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.

HORSE HANDLING AND GROOMING, Storey 1997.

HORSE HEALTH CARE, Storey 1997.

HORSE FOR SALE, Howell Book House, 1995.

101 ARENA EXERCISES, Storey 1995.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LAMENESS IN HORSES with Ted Stashak, DVM. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.

YOUR PONY, YOUR HORSE, Storey, 1995.

MAXIMUM HOOF POWER, with Richard Klimesh, Trafalgar Square, 1994.

MAKING, NOT BREAKING, Breakthrough, 1992.

BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE RIDER, Storey 1991.

FROM THE CENTER OF THE RING, Storey, 1988.

THE FORMATIVE YEARS, Breakthrough, 1988.

http://www.horsekeeping.com/about_Cherry_Hill.htm

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Absolute Worst book I've EVER bought, July 1, 2000

By 

Karla Rothmann (Ebsdorfergrund Deutschland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Formative Years: Raising and Training the Young Horse from Birth to Two Years (Hardcover)

I was so disappointed in this book. I have bought many horse books, but this one was certainly the worst. I think it is a pitty that force and strength is substituted for time and patience and really *teaching* a young horse to be confident and trusting rather than be afraid and just submit while it cant move, being tied in hobbles...every lesson praticly was introducing hobbles. I thought it was disgusting. If anyone would STILL like to buy the book, you can take mine for half price![e-mail]

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for raising young horses I've seen., February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Formative Years: Raising and Training the Young Horse from Birth to Two Years (Hardcover)

This book is great! Not only does it contain a wealth of information but it is well-organized and easy to read. Hill obviously knows how to communicate with horses, and unlike many other trainers, she is able to communicate with people as well.

Her explanation of how horses learn coupled with the section on body language and voice commands helps a person avoid a lot of wasted time trying to "whisper" to horses when they are obviously not listening!

I like the progressive training method Hill outlines: one step at a time, clearly explained, from day 1 to saddling. And finally, I found an accurate definition of "imprinting", a term that has been so abused and misused that it's nearly lost all meaning. The author illustrates appropriate early handling of foals but leaves imprinting to the horses.

The training alone is worth the price of the book, but Hill also provides detailed information on all types of health care issues like what shots to give when, and deworming (not "worming" as I've always heard it called).

She also tells what, when and how to feed your horse and how much exercise they need.

There's a great section on Puberty and I sure wish I'd had this book when I was trying to decide when to geld my colt and what to do afterwards - I could have avoided a lot of stress for both myself and the horse.

I think what I like best in Hill's approach to horse training is that she clearly has the horse's best interests in mind. It is geared not only toward making a good horse, but making a good horse that stays sound mentally and physically, and that will last a long time. This book is not a 30-day wonder program, it's a lifetime approach that progresses at a pace dictated by the ability and experience of both you and your horse.

All in all, I can't recommend this book highly enough for anyone who needs quality information on raising horses, no matter what kind of horses or what you're going to use them for.

55 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely dreadful, August 5, 1999

By 

Mr. R. Van Schelven "Ries" (Leidschendam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Formative Years: Raising and Training the Young Horse from Birth to Two Years (Hardcover)

Usage of chains, tying up hind leggs, fore leggs, using all kinds of restraints have NO place in this world anymore. I was disgusted. There is no need for all these things. I would suggest read Pat Parelli, John Lyons or other NATURAL Horseman and woman.

As far as I am concerned 0 stars.

Ries