Description
Author and journalist specializing in animals, Philippe Gérard has been teaching ethological horsemanship for over 10 years. Faced with 90 problematic situations that any rider encounters, he proposes practical and effective solutions, proven through his many years of experience. Following a progression that leads to a harmonious relationship with the horse-student, the advice in this book covers :-the daily care and contact, whether it is a question of desensitizing the horse to the clipper or facilitating its ascent in a van;- the work on foot in a longe, the foundation of a harmonious reconnection with its horse;- the work in freedom, to be practiced in the best possible conditions of safety;-mounted work, which concerns the setting up of the snaffle as well as bareback riding, or the way to correctly approach an obstacle;- the foal, to know how to desensitize him and prepare him to receive a rider.