The Book of Miniature Horses: Buying, Breeding, Training, Showing, and Enjoying (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"A solid and interesting guide to Miniature Horses. Overall, a great book for the Mini enthusiast."--Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar

Product Description

How to select, care for, and enjoy (including showing) this diminutive breed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599210770
• ISBN-13: 978-1599210773
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars dissapionted, September 15, 2005

By	Ella "Interested Viewer" (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Miniature Horses: Buying, Breeding, Training, Showing, and Enjoying (Hardcover)

I was unhappy with this book. I bought it expecting to learn about things mentioned in the title.
I read the whole book and there is no real mention of training, except training for the blind. It gives a very vague topic of showing, and being new to miniature horses I was hoping to get a good idea about how shows are conducted.

If you just want a narrow view of the topics you might like this.

But if you're like me and want to actually learn about the topics listed in the title, I wouldn't recommend this to you. I returned my copy!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to get an overview on American Miniature Horses, April 29, 2006

By	Denise (Bloomfield, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Miniature Horses: Buying, Breeding, Training, Showing, and Enjoying (Hardcover)

This is a great book to purchase if you are looking at an overview of American Miniature Horses and what is involved with their care, upkeep and what one can do with these unique equines from keeping them as pets to having them as show animals.

It covers all topics with sound advice and handles even "sensitive" topics in the field with care without bias.

I have owned, bred and shown American Miniature Horses (AMHA and AMHR) since 1992 and have been involved with horses of various breeds for 37 years.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, March 28, 2006

By	Crazy about horses (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Miniature Horses: Buying, Breeding, Training, Showing, and Enjoying (Hardcover)

I bought the book hoping to gain some additional insight into the world of showing & breeding mini horses. If you have been around the show ring at all and have some showing experience - especially in hand, then this is not the book for you. Clipping a bridle path is the same regardless of size of horse. It is this type of elementary subject material discussed in the book. As for breeding, the author recommends live cover as AI for mini's is almost non-existent. I believe you could gain more knowledge from the miniature horse registry than from this book.

If you have absolutely no experience around horses - then this book may be a great first read as the principles for care are the same for minis as it is the regular size horse.