A useful book, not just for problem solving. For anyone wanting a responsive and adaptable horse! Perfectly do-able exercises.

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Product Description

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #958385 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

From the Back Cover
A horse-handling clinician's time-tested techniques for effectively preventing and solving common horse problems. Develop a willing partnership between horse and human.
This book includes the most common problems people consistently seem to have with their horses including: groundwork, riding foundation, trailer-loading, barn-sour, spooking, crossing water and bridges, herd-bound, pulling back when tied and much, much more.

About the Author
Marty Marten has devoted his life to helping people solve problems, start colts, and trailer-load horses by giving public and private horsemanship clinics. His career as a horsemanship clinician started in 1988, and since then he's added trail riding, cow working, and working ranch clinics to help people advance and apply their horsemanship principles to real life situations. In addition, Marty has given horsemanship safety clinics for feed-yard cowboys in Texas, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Kansas, and private clinics for owners and wranglers at Colorado guest ranches. He lives in Lafayette, Colorado.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Taken from chapter titled "Mounting Problems"

Years ago, at a much younger, impressionable age, many of us watched as Silver Screen heroes, such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Randolph Scott, with six-shooters blazing, put their left foot in the stirrup as their horse galloped off, swinging their right leg over the saddle, chasing the bad guys out of Dodge. Little did we know these were highly skilled, acrobatic stunt doubles standing in for our heroes.

Few of us possess such skills, and, even so, it's dangerous to mount a moving horse. A horse that moves only a step or two while you mount creates a hazard. This, then, becomes a very bad habit.

The objective is to get your horse to stand perfectly still while you mount, then wait for your signal before moving forward. If you're consistent, your horse will anticipate walking off and do so before you can mount safely, or immediately after you mount. Never swing your leg over a moving horse. It's very dangerous and just encourages the problem. This situation usually gets worse and quickly creates an unsafe, difficult-to-mount horse.

As with all problems, fixing this will also have a positive carryover throughout your other handling and riding activities. Mounting, just like catching, leading, saddling and bridling, can establish the tone for the day's ride.

This chapter offers suggestions to prevent and solve your mounting problems. I'll discuss what to do and what not to do. I'll recommend solutions to make it more convenient for your horse to have you mount from the ground. I'll also explain how to get your horse to pick you up off the fence or from every imaginable mounting block, wherever you ride.

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Customer Reviews

Major contribution to the field -- outstanding reference
Provides practical, straightforward solutions to problems that face all horsemen at one time or another. Focuses on safety and effectiveness of the techniques for both horse and rider. Credits and draws on the philosophies and logical approaches taught by Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, Buck Brannamans and others of substance in fostering a spirit of partnership and good will. If a person will sincerely apply the techniques outlined with consistency, self-discipline and with a good attitude, things will surely improve for their horses and for them. Extensively diagramed and photographed to provide visuals. A favorite read.

Volume 2 review
The book is very informative and has a lot of detail that is helpful.

good suggestions
good suggestions and helpful pictures to show what the author is saying. would recommend it!!