- Hardcover: 205 pages
- Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books (Sep 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570761841
- ISBN-13: 978-1570761843
- Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.4 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 953 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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#97,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #45 in Books > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Horses > Showing & Training
- #73 in Books > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Horses > Riding
- #92 in Books > Sports > Individual Sports > Horses > Equestrian
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Product Description
From Library Journal
This first English-language edition of a European best seller shares Hempfling's unique horse training techniques, which are now catching the interest of North Americans. The author's approach combines his backgrounds in communications, theater, and dance with more traditional means. The result is an unusually harmonious relationship between horse and trainer, in which there is complete understanding and communication through body language. Hempfling's method has proven successful with all breeds of horses and makes the learning process fun for both horse and rider. Complemented by color photographs, this book is recommended for equine collections and for those interested in alternative approaches to horse training. Deborah Emerson, Rochester Regional Lib. Council, Fairport, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
A groundbreaking book on developing trust and harmony between horses and humans through the use of an innovative visual language.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Guide to Ground Work,
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This review is from: Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language (Hardcover)
I own a challenging horse, and have tried many different systems of ground work with her - Parelli, Lyons, Centered Riding, etc. All of them had some effect, but none have really changed her exciteable nature and dominant attitude.After using some of the exercises in Dancing With Horses, my mare has a totally different attitude. She is much more submissive, much more trusting. It is remarkable. The book is visually beautiful. The photographs are very helpful in demonstrating the exercises, and are very pretty. The instructions in the text are clear. The horses - and the author - are very handsome, so there are aesthetic benefits as well. The author describes a certain exercise, and says it will have a profound effect on the horse. I'm accustomed to marketing hyperbole, so I read it, but took it with a grain of salt. And what he wrote was true. Doing that one exercise made an immediate difference in my horse's attitude. I can't say enough good things about this book. I hope you'll buy it and reap the benefits. ... Happy trails.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome...,
This review is from: Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language (Hardcover)
Ok, the content can seem very 'spiritual'...but, this is the best book I ever readed about communicating with horses...Because it helps us to see the horse like a miror of us...READ IT!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Be willing and open to new ideas!!,
By Heather Moree (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dancing with Horses: The Art of Body Language (Hardcover)
Dancing with Horses was a beautiful book and easy to implement during my training sessions, which were formally traditional. Although the wording could get a little hard for a beginner to follow... just do as he says and read the whole thing cover to cover before you start, then read it again upon starting a horse.I have only just started using Klaus' teachings during my training of a 2 yr old Draft Horse gelding who was not only very nervous and untrusting of people, but also had no respect for fences or personal space. Obviously a very large and dangerous combination. Klaus has opened my eyes to my own errors during training. And the gelding is comming along nicely now. In retrospect I wish I had read Klaus' book before I began training a pushy Clydesdale mare using more traditional methods.She has proven to be more of a challenge than I had bargained for. However, it is interesting to see the diffrent results that have been achieved while training two diffrent horses at the same time, using two diffrent methods. Klaus' lessons are very versatile, straightforward and holistic. Every trainer has a diffrent method of training, that he learned from various other trainers. Klaus has an old world style that can be emplemented for *ANY* type or breed of horse. Although I would like to hold my tounge regarding the marginal review given by one reader, I simply can't! Klaus doesn't state in his book that "hollow back" horses are useless and untrainable, nor does he pick on any particular breed in itself. He simply states the obvious. If your horse has a longer back, than his hieght allows,(like many english style horses have) then he'd better have VERY good muscle tone in order to avoid a "nose up, legs out" way of carrying himself. Obviously there are going to be bad apples in every bunch, and of course a shorter legged, shorter bodied horse can collect better than a longer more supple bodied horse, thats why quarter horses are built that way... (sometimes also to a disgusting extreeme), so that they can "get down on a cow." However, if your horse is too short to look over a jump, then lower your jump!! Or open your mind to other eventing avenues!! Quit thinking of "How YOU look", and consider for once your horses health. Open your mind... broaden your horizons. Implement the teachings of someone who obviously has success with something DIFFRENT.
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