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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

THE FOUR IRREFUTABLE TRUTHS:

1) The horse is never wrong

2) Bits Do Not Control Horses

3) Horses are a perfect mirror of ourselves and our level of horsemanship

4) Horses never lie

(Mental + Emotional) x Spirit = Physical

Trust - Respect - Communication

Self Preservation

THE 12 TRAINING PRINCIPLES:

1) TIME !!!

2) Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult

3) Reward the slightest try and the smallest change

4) THINK! FEEL! Remember you're working with a mind so CREATE a way for your idea to become their idea

5) Be clear and concise about what you are asking and make sure the horse clearly understands

6) Set the horse up to succeed and YOU take responsibility if they do not

7) Adjust to fit the situation

8) Have hands that close slowly and open quickly (conceptualizes mental, emotional AND physical pressure)

9) Be as gentle as possible but as firm as necessary

10) Always use approach and retreat

11) Less IS More (my personal favorite)

12) Know when to walk away (2 sides to this coin)

Recommended Reading List

Internet Resource list

Contains literally HUNDREDS of quotes from famous (and some not so famous) horsemen and horsewomen...check out this PARTIAL list...

Tom Dorrance, Bill Dorrance, Ray Hunt, Mark Rashid, Buck Brannaman, John Lyons, Pat and Linda Parelli, Gail Ivey, Leslie Desmond, Frank Bell, Klaus Hempfling, GaWaNi Pony Boy, Chris Irwin, Bruce Nock, Cheryl Kimball, Kelly Marks, Curt Pate, Craig Cameron, Bob Jeffries, Mary Twelveponies, Xenphone, Richard Shrake, Robert Miller, Rick Lamb, Van Hargis, Wil Howe, Charles Wilhelm, Sam Powell, Marty Marten, Harry Whitney, Buster McLaury, Ginny Self Bucklin, Sylvania Smith, Tom Curtin, Ron Meredith, Gwenyth Browning Jones Santagate, Laura Phelps-Bell, Andrew McLean, Russell Means, King Dexter, Diane Longenecker, Jan Leitshuh, Jim Rea, Bryan Neubert, Kathleen Parrish, Sarah Blanchard, Ross Jacobs, Henry Blake, Richard Maxwell and Johanna Sharples, Clinton Anderson, Joe Wolter...AND MANY MANY MORE!!!!

You won't believe your eyes!

No other book printed will quote the teachings from all these great horsemen and horsewomen all in one single resource. Proving that regardless of their individual teaching style or techniques, they ALL teach the same principles and concepts. They're all more alike than you realize!

PLUS: a comprehensive list of internet sources for trainers, clinicians, websites, horse related television and radio, and natural horsemanship supplies.

PLUS: a great recommended reading list to expand your knowledge of horses and natural horsemanship