Customer Reviews

Horse Handling & Grooming: A Step-By-Step Photographic Guide to Mastering over 100 Horsekeeping Skills

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This book matches exactly what the title says it is providing the beginner with the basics of handling and grooming on a horse that is use to both (in my mind set it pretains to a very gentle well trained horse that is use to a lot of handling, like someone else stated a sound horse).
The pictures and text appear to be complete on how to do things right and it's my kind of book, no long winded, wasted or unneeded words to make a bigger book thus wasting my time or book shelf space.
It does just cover the basics on how to do it (not with a horse that is unruley) and on handling you will quickly out-grow the book. It does contain more information on grooming than it does handling so if you are new at that it should be very helpful.

I condsider myself a beginner. This book is very simplistic.
I learned most of these things in the first month of taking lessons. If you have a minimal amount of knowledge, this book would be a waste. Don't waste your time or money. I wish I hadn't.

This book really is for beginners but a great book to have. I am 15 years old and it taught me alot about horse handling. My favorite part of the book was about what kind of tack to use. It gave basic knowledge about horses which was very useful.

I'm 11 years old and found this book very helpful! It teaches you bathing,grooming and proper horse handleing.I would recommend this book to novice and experienced!

Simple horse care - for example how to lift up a hoof but now how to clean it!

This is a good book for first horse owners or leasers of basically sound horses. The photographs were very helpful in illustrating the procedures described in the easy to read text. It's a start, but soon the horse owner will be looking for something with more substance and detail that covers problems that are not addressed in this book.

I really feel this book is for beginner's only.
It has nice close-up pictures to explain how to halter a horse...how to check it's fit.
Shows types of ropes and snaps/attachments.
How to tie up and teach your horse proper behavior.
How to bathe and groom and clip. Also, how to care for mane and tail.
Once you have done these activites once...you no longer need the book.
However, there are those of us who HAVE NOT done it yet that need this as a reference.

This book is good for beginners, intermediates, and advanced alike. With Hill's pictures and precise information, this deserves a two-thumbs up.

For beginners, Hill explains the basics of handling horses, grooming them, and washing them.

For the intermediate and advanced riders, all of this reminds them about the basic horse care. A must for every rider and horse owner!

After 15 years of not being responsible for horses I purchase a mare & 2 geldings.This book was extremely helpful to remember all the basics and learn alot of things I did not know...much of what is in this book has been reinforced by recommendations from my farrier and my vet!Loved it & still look back at it occasionly...

I was expecting this book to provide me with the basics for properly grooming my horse, but most of the book was on how to braid and fix manes and tails, I was very disappointed, as I have read another of the Cherry Hill books (the one on horsekeeping on small acreage) and it was very basic and informative