Countless horse owners dream of someday training their own young horse, but this is a project that requires solid skills, experience, and a large dose of "horse sense." Here is a "must have" book for anyone planning to train their first horse, or an experienced trainer wanting to brush up on the basics. The author starts with teaching how to instill basic good manners in a foal and continues on through ground work and the young horse's first rides. She also teaches the rider such important skills as safely introducing the colt to trail riding. This book will help first time trainers develop and reliable mount and avoid injuries.
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"...handy owner's manual of sorts for those who have young horses and aren't quite sure what to do with them." -- Western Horseman, February 1999
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We are very pleased to be the publishers of this common-sense book that offers sound basics for starting the young horse's education. For the person who wants to train his or her first young horse, being armed with knowledge can help make the training process go smoothly and avoid injury for trainer or horse. For the more experienced trainer, a review of important principles is never time wasted. Laurie Truskauskas offers her knowledge in an easy to understand volume that no one who is training a young horse should be without.
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Great for beginners,
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This review is from: Training the Two-Year-Old Colt (Hardcover)
I just started training my first colt this past summer and found this book very easy to follow. I was able to take the lessons step by step and had my colt going nicely on the trail in a little over two months. I recommend it to anyone who trains, but especially the person just starting out with their own colt.
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Training the Two-Year-Old Colt by Laurie Truskauskas,
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This review is from: Training the Two-Year-Old Colt (Hardcover)
Finally a book for all levels. This book is written in a step-by-step style that everyone can appreciate. It explains not only what to do, but exactly how to do it. This book covers everything you will need to train your colt, from the time it's born until the real work begins. You begin to truly think like a horse! Excellent book.
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By "imnkhamand" (McFarland, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Training the Two-Year-Old Colt (Hardcover)
I've been thru several books on training a young horse, and this was by far the best. The other books seemed to be too complex, working more on the advanced training of dressage, etc-glossing over the basics of training. This book didn't, it covered everything step-by-step, telling you what to look for and explaining each step so you could see it in your mind. Also, there are photographs that help you visualize what you are looking for. I read the whole book in one sitting, and even though my horse is 3 years old, I realized that there were things I had missed in his training that will help me now and in the future. I have been racking my brains trying to find something to explain how to teach him to 'steer', and every book I read pretty much skipped this step. I've been around horses all my life, but they were already trained to the point of being 'bomb-proof', nothing fazed them. I'm training this one from a yearling, and didn't have any idea where to start. My thanks to the author for writing this book-it is definately worth every penny!
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Is there a well-kept secret to training a horse? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rump rope, longeing circle, free longe, longe line, ask the colt, colt learns, most colts, first trail ride, whoa command, colt stops, rein cue, end your lesson, colt tell, direct rein, rein signal, running martingale, rein pressure, leg cue, round pen, stronger bit, neck rein, new maneuver, older horse, leg pressure, higher fences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Is there a well-kept secret to training a horse? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rump rope, longeing circle, free longe, longe line, ask the colt, colt learns, most colts, first trail ride, whoa command, colt stops, rein cue, end your lesson, colt tell, direct rein, rein signal, running martingale, rein pressure, leg cue, round pen, stronger bit, neck rein, new maneuver, older horse, leg pressure, higher fences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Quarter Horse, Laurie Truskauskas New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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