How to Ride the Horse You Thought You Bought - Anne Buchanan Anne Buchanan

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A go-to reference and a launchpoint for every amateur hoping to grow her horsemanship abilities while doing right by her horse.

In this fresh look at the fundamental skills needed when training and riding a horse, career educator and lifelong horsewoman Anne Buchanan provides crucial keys so the everyday horse enthusiast can:

• Decode how the horse functions.
• Become aware of crucial technicalities of riding that are often overlooked or bypassed.
• Grow a toolbox of training ideas so that every ride has meaningful and attainable goals.
• Easily recall what to do, when, during any ride.

With the understanding that many riders yearn to be productive with their horses, Buchanan empowers them with well-researched and time-tested answers to the question: „What should I do with my horse today?“

She also addresses the building blocks that must be in place so that this question can be answered in many ways, and all of them successful. These include:

The „Ground Rules“ – essential groundwork and communication skills.

The six „Nonnegotiables“ for good riding – Go, Get Connected, Stay Connected, Transitions, Flexion, and Half-Halt.

Guidelines for learning on your own – how to continue developing knowledge and skills independently when necessary.

In addition, „Study Guides“ throughout the book serve as easy-to-use „formulas“ that help readers reconstruct what they have learned at any time.

Buchanan uses mental tools that the human brain relies on to understand information, helping readers:

• Become familiar with the terminology, concepts, and skills needed for riding.
• Develop confidence when applying these concepts and skills with their horses.
• Create short-term and long-term plans to achieve training and riding goals.

Buchanan aims to translate the experience of riding into words, allowing readers to think like skilled riders think, feel what skilled riders feel, and do what skilled riders do.

The result is the ability to recognize what is working, what is not, what needs to be changed, and whether the desired result has been achieved – even when riding and training independently.

With engaging illustrations and links to helpful instructional videos throughout, this book is both a practical reference and a starting point for every amateur rider who wants to improve her horsemanship while doing the best for her horse.