Reseña del libro "Safe Horse Handling (en Inglés)"
"A simple book to help you understand, and dare I say, even predict why a horse does what he does."How do you create a deep connection with a different species where you do not share a common language? Safe Horse Handling, A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series offers a unique view on horse psychology for partnership, companionship, and leadership with horses.If you are age 8 to 98, love horses, want to have fun, and are ready to understand what your horse is trying to communicate, then you've got the right book in your hands!In this book, you will learn: Why some horses buck while others spookHow to know what your horse is saying with his body languageWhen to calm your horse and when to give your horse a "time out"Four innate and different reasons a horse will bitePlus more!Investing only a couple of short hours will reap the rich rewards of being able to read the horse, understand stress management for horses, and learn the importance of developing leadership skills around horses.Rebecca Cook is an Occupational Therapist and Equine Professional with over 30 years of experience in the arena. She has authored 12 Steps to Integrity With Your Horse, Saddle Fit Simplified, and is also the author of The Brown Pony Series.What books are available in the Brown Pony Series?Book One: Introduction to Hippotherapy Book Two: Risk Management and Safety in Hippotherapy Book Three: Considering Hippotherapy in Your Career Plans Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy PLUS ... Barn Rules: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - A teaching tool of basic barn rules in social stories and pictures for instructors, riders, parents, and volunteers. Tally Up: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Checklists created from a task analysis of showmanship and riding skills that can be used to improve understanding of the Judges placing of a class and to provide a foundation of skills to practice for competition. The checklists are also a great breakdown of skills for an instructor to use in lesson planning or for a therapist to adapt as components to goal setting in Hippotherapy sessions. Safe Horse Handling: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Increase awareness of common sense safety to implement when working around horses. Some of the tips may be inadvertently overlooked until there is an accident. Great for equine instructors, therapeutic riding volunteer training, and equine assisted activity and therapy programs.Incorporating Games in Hippotherapy: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Play is the "work" of the child (and the de-stressor of the adult). Play engages the whole person: imagination, emotion, cognition, and engagement, along with the physical skills components of the game activities. Games can build in a reason for completing various ring figures, speed changes, stops and starts. Learn ideas for layering on goal-oriented game activities in a Hippotherapy session.
