 | Dancing with Horses by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.25 IT WORKS! The first time I ever tried it was with a horse I'd never even met before, and within three minutes the horse was following me like a puppy. The writing is clear, and there's also a movie.
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 | The Classical Rider: Being at One With Your Horse by Sylvia Loch
Buy used from: $80.00 You don't have to ride dressage to appreciate, or benefit from, Sylvia Loch's books.
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 | Dressage in Lightness: Speaking the Horse's Language by Sylvia Loch
Buy used from: $19.99 I rode a Percheron trained this way, and it would have been absolute agony to ride that 1 ton mammoth any other way.
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 | Natural Horse-Man-Ship: Six Keys to a Natural Horse-Human Relationship by Pat Parelli
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $8.98 Anyone who can do what Parelli's doing on the cover must have a technique that works. Very clear and inspiring.
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 | The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A beautiful piece of biographical literature, as well as instructional. Monty Robert's story is an incredible one, and he communicates through the whole, without trying, his great love for horses.
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 | Centered Riding (A Trafalgar Square Farm Book) by Sally Swift
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $3.50 Weight aids and balance are so often ignored in modern riding, though they're crucial. This book requires concentration, but is really enlightening.
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 | Getting in Touch: Understand and Influence Your Horse's Personality by Linda Tellington-Jones
Buy used from: $3.30 Fascinating. It's helped me to analyze people as well as horses.
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 | Improve Your Horse's Well-Being(A Step-by-Step Guide to TTouch and TTeam Training by Linda Tellington-Jones
Buy used from: $10.05 I haven't tried it, but it's good to be well-rounded. It sparked my interest in equine massage.
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 | The Art of Horsemanship by Xenophon
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $3.90 The Greeks went to war without saddles, in complete harmony with their horses. Xenophon writes (wonderful translation) across the millenia, imparting old knowledge that is revolutionary in modern time
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