John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner [Paperback]

John Lyons (Author), Jennifer Denison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

An outstanding manual for training young horses by America's most trusted horseman, featuring 178 step-by-step color photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In Bringing Up Baby, Lyons, known for his conditioned-response training methods, offers advice for gently teaching the young horse to respect humans and accept haltering, leading, bathing, trailer loading, and other equine basics. Lyons divides the book into 20 lessons, each building on the animal's previous experience. The outlined steps are clear, descriptive, and well illustrated with outstanding color photos. Fine safety guidelines for preventing injury to both humans and horses are included. An excellent guide for neophytes as well as experienced horsepeople, this work can easily be used to retrain older animals with less than perfect manners as well. Welcome addition to collections serving horse lovers. Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp., Tampa, FL
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“An excellent guide for neophytes as well as experienced horsepeople.” -- Library Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 102 pages
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929164122
• ISBN-13: 978-1929164127
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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72 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great (as long as you buy it before you get the horse), August 5, 2003

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"xspursnwhipx" (Dallas, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner (Paperback)

I bought this with my yearling in mind. Sad to say alot ofit is of no help to me anymore seeing as how he already knows how to lead , tie, bath and trailer. However, I wish I had it before I got him. I love the way the book is divided into weanling and yearling Chapters. Also, the book is thin and concise, which is really what you need when you want to just get a quick problem solver when you're at the barn. The progression on the lessons is perfect and also helps to check and make sure you're moving along fast enough. Even though my baby already completed alot of these life lessons I looked at the techniques anyway and found them to be very agreeable. None of them included anything rough or mean. This is not the typical horse breaking.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Lyons IS the best horse in the paddock!, February 10, 2005

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Annette E. Winter "www.annettewinter.com" (Raleigh, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner (Paperback)

As a professional horse trainer who lives her craft, I give John Lyons a TON of credit for making me the horsewoman I am today. John is known as America's Most Trusted Horseman and I'll take it a step further and call him the guy who writes THE how-to books on training. John's not a bells and whistles kind of guy, just one heck of a great trainer. If you purchase only one book on horse training, I suggest this reasonably priced book that beautiflly illustrates how John builds a foundation of trust and respect. If you are able to apply the basic principles illustrated, you will be able to improve any horse, regardless of age or experience - and I mean that for both you and your horse. The book features 20 progressive ground-work lessons to develop your horse into a reliable, accepting partner. I Give It 4 Hooves Up!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, September 30, 2004

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Wendy Ray (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner (Paperback)

Although I've raised some foals before, I found this book very useful. The progressive lessons are great and it's very handy to be sure that you aren't leaving out anything in your foal's training. Kind methods and well organized, a great book.