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Julienne <jsrha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> I wholeheartedly agree!  One of my favorite horse books is "There are No
> Problem Horses, Only Problem Riders" by Mary Twelveponies.
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> It really changed the way I saw my relationship with my horse.  Whenever
> she acts up instead of going to her to see what *her* problem is, I look 
> at what I'm doing and what I can do to correct/alleviate the problem.
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> Great book, highly recommended:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061812750X/sr=1-1/qid=1147296646/ref=sr_1_1/002-7375185-4010420?%5Fencoding=UTF8
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> Julienne

 

Julienne,

 

I own the book and recommend it also.  However, the horses pictured in the book are astoundingly and almost disturbingly unfit.  Most of the horses pictured would rate a 9 (extremely fat) on a body condition scale (http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/1010.htm).  I think Mary Twelveponies must spend most of her time on groundwork and walking.  I believe I recall that somewhere in the book she says she never gallops her horse and recommends against that.  So, it has a lot of good information in it, but you have to look past a few things too.  The cover of the book said it had something in there for endurance riders, but I never found a reference to endurance - maybe I just missed it. 

 

Overall though, I would recommend the book. 

 

Karen Lynd

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