Trafalgar Square Books

This delightful picture book uses an ABC format to tell the story of a child who wants to keep a pony in the house. Each image contains items beginning with a particular letter, which the reader can enjoy searching for while learning valuable facts about horse welfare.

Horses in Company is an in-depth study of the social relations of horses in the wild. The book discusses how, during evolution, the need for collective defense against predators shaped horses characteristic behavior and reactions. It aims to help the reader understand how in domestic conditions, unnatural resource competitions and stress affect social relations, leading to widespread misinterpretation and misunderstanding. This radically new analysis of equine society is based on the author's first-hand observations, and opens the way to a new understanding of horses at both ethological and practical levels.

Teaching Riding encompasses 50 years of teaching experience by a Fellow of the British Horse Society. The author has taught riders of all ages and stages and this truly comprehensive guide is distinguished by her sound common-sense approach and profound knowledge of horses and ponies. Josephine Knowles: • Demonstrates how to assist the rider to develop feel, to sit in balance and to understand the mind and body of the horse. • Covers the special requirements for teaching children and mature adults, beginners, nervous and more advanced riders. • Includes advice on riding on the flat and over jumps, taking out hacks and taking lessons with known riding school horses as well as unknown privately owned horses. • Suggestions for solving all kinds of problems, for maintaining the interests of a ride, for discipline and safety and general guidelines for instructors at all levels. Everyone, whether student or qualified instructor, will benefit from reading this invaluable and enlightening teaching manual.

The proliferation of alternative horse training methods can be bewildering both for the amateur trainer as well as the expert. Dr Debbie Marsden, a well respected expert in equine behavior and psychology, demonstrates which methods really work and why they are effective, enabling horse owners to choose the best possible training program for themselves and their horses. The author explains how horses learn in a simple step-by-step way, providing a variety of practical examples, showing not only how problems develop but also how to retrain horses with behavioral problems. How Horses Learn is an engrossing yet wholly practical book which will enable everyone involved with training horses at any level to achieve optimum success.

A fresh approach to a traditional subject, this handbook will prove an indispensable and definitive guide to pony care.

Many of today's first-time owners—especially parents of pony-mad children coerced into buying a pony—have little or no experience with keeping a pony, and don't know where to start. Written specially for those with no prior knowledge, this valuable book offers straightforward, no-nonsense advice on a wide range of subjects such as stabling, feeding, watering, saddlery, grooming, safety, health, handling, grazing, and tuition. The aim is to educate and inform in a fuss-free way, giving novice owners the confidence and know-how they need to keep their pony happy and healthy.

A fresh look at undesirable behavior in horses—both ridden and when handling on the ground—and how to remedy it. The cornerstone of Ruth Mazet's approach is to work with the horse's innate desire to please. She believes that every horse has it, although sometimes it's buried deeply. Through the pages of this book she shows you how to make it easy for your horse to do what you want. What is needed to resolve problems with horses is an understanding of the way the horse's mind works combined with a few relatively simple techniques—and here it all is. As a methodology it's foolproof. Anyone can do it—and Ruth Mazet will show you how.

Using the methods practised so successfully on her Intelligent Horsemanship courses, Kelly Marks helps the reader to overcome two of the most common problems encountered by horse and pony owners. In this book, Kelly shows the reader how to lead a reluctant horse. Her methods are based on kindness and basic horse psychology. She then goes on to demonstrate ways of loading a horse into a horsebox at any time and in any situation without causing stress or trauma to either the handler or the horse.