Training Workhorses / Training Teamsters (Paperback)

~ (Author), Kristi Gilman-Miller (Photographer)

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Product Description

Here is a text combining two books in one and including 482 photographs and hundreds of drawings on 352 pages. This text covers the subjects of; understanding horses, training horses to work in harness - on the farm, in the woods, and on the road, correcting behavior problems with work horses - and training people to drive and work horses. This book covers such subjects as care & feeding of work horses, training tips for every age of horse from imprinting newborn foals to starting older horse, harness and bits, harnessing, the dynamics of pulling, learning to drive horses and driving dynamics.

About the Author

Lynn R. Miller is one of the country's foremost experts on small farms. A multi-faceted speaker, author, storyteller, artist, teacher, and farmer, his efforts to champion the causes, and advocate the support, of the small independent family-based farms and ranches of North America have made a significant difference. Miller has been farming since 1970 and working with draft horses since 1973. In 1976 he conceived of and started The Small Farmer's Journal, an international farm quarterly. To this day he functions as editor/publisher and as such he offers, to over 40,000 subscribers around the world a powerful tool for self-sufficiency, sustainability and community.

Miller has authored (and sometimes illustrated) over 12 books on various topics related to animal power and alternative agriculture, including; The Small Farm Dream is Possible, Why Farm, The Workhorse Handbook, Buying a Farm, Work Horses Today, Training Workhorses, Thought Small, Ten Acres Enough, Horsedrawn Plows & Plowing, Haying with Horses and more. He has conducted workshops and lectured extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He continues with research and development in agriculture alternatives. He is currently farming a mixed crop/livestock, high-desert, horse-powered, family ranch raising Belgian Draft Horses, commercial beef cattle, free range poultry, potatoes, hay, grain, while working to dovetail operations into an ever more beneficial symbiotic relationship with the fragile surrounding wildlife habitat.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Small Farmer's Journal (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885210000
• ISBN-13: 978-1885210005
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #452,615 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best!, May 9, 2002

By	Don (Palmer, TX) - See all my reviews

I found this book more useful than any other on the subject of training horses. It is in plain old english, easy for anyone to understand. Along with telling you how to do something there are step by step photos so you know exactly what the guy is talking about. Anyone that is training horses to drive or work should have this book. It's good for general training too.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All horse people must have it!, May 23, 2006

By	Caitlin S. Allen - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have horses, you need this book. Even if you never plan to harness a horse in your life, you need this book. A greenhorn born in the big city, I found myself making a living in the country with a naughty pony and several untried young horses. I bought books, went to county fairs, talked to old hands. But what got me going in training my own was a combination of common sense, patience via a love of the animals, and this book. Plain and simple.

Lynn's drawings and photos are exactly perfect. He explains everything with just enough detail but never too much. He has a realistic, kind approach that guarantees to turn out a trusting, trustworthy working equine. For instance, using his methods for introducing a harness, I had an untried colt quietly accepting a harness within 20 minutes, with never a raised voice or tense moment, and by myself. Just the way it should be done.

No kidding. This is the book to get.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it Straight from the Horses Mouth!, July 7, 2004

By	Terry Elliot (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Training Workhorses / Training Teamsters (Hardcover)

I agree that this book is awsome. Nothing any better has been written on the subject for sure. I strongly recommend it... But! Don't buy the overpriced "used" copies they list. They're no different from the brand new ones that you can still buy for just $32.95. If you can't get the new ones here just call the publisher direct at 1-800-876-2893. Nice folks.