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    Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship: Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Guides
    Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship: Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Guides
    Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship: Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Guides
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    Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship: Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Guides

    By Michael Guerini

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    This is a combined work containing Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Ground Steps to Success, Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Responsive Riding, Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Riding Exercises, Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Horse Owner's Modern Keys for Success.

    Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Ground Steps to Success
    Horsemanship lessons that teaches you the basic foundations of ground work that will help you build a stronger relationship with your horse. Inside you will find improved ways of working with your horse so that you can succeed in every equestrian discipline. This book covers the essentials of ground work that can be translated into the saddle. This electronic book includes: 1) Preparation for Ground work and Riding 2) Understanding your Horse's body language 3) Pre-signal and preparatory commands, and 4) Ground Steps to Success (walk, whoa, disengage hips, back, go forward cue and other movements).

    Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Responsive Riding
    In this book Dr. Mike provides numerous training exercises so that riders will gain a better feel of the horse. Each exercise is well described and shares with you the benefit of performing the exercise. The book includes multiple warm-up exercises for getting better directional control and the proper use of your legs when riding. Advanced exercises are included for enhanced responsiveness. The basics of dressage and proper biomechanics are presented to help you improve your body language and pre-signal communications with your horse.

    Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Riding Exercises
    This book includes 12 easy to follow riding exercises complete with written instructions and diagrams. Great for warm-ups and giving you and your horse some new challenges. These exercises incorporate Classical and Western Dressage Elements.

    Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Horse Owner's Modern Keys for Success.
    A collection of Essays from many years of successful horsemanship. This book focuses on ideas to help new horse owners build a strong foundation of thoughts and ideas for success in owning, riding, and training horses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Guerini
    Release dateJan 25, 2014
    ISBN9781311957931
    Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship: Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Guides
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    Michael Guerini

    Michael Guerini is a horseman, author and scientist from Gilroy, California. From an early age he gained valuable experience working with his family to train horses. To this day he continues to work with his family to develop a whole horse relationship training and education program. Michael studies Dressage, performance horses and teaches routinely on the merits of good horsemanship and improving the relationship of the horse and rider (www.dunmovinranch.com). As a scientist, Michael is involved in the areas of genetics, microbiology and most things relating to the world of biotechnology. In 2011, Michael introduced his first work of fiction about a scientist who becomes a veterinarian and puts all his skills to work in solving medical problems in animals (Old Towne: Beginnings). A rich work with both human and animal characters and a fun wholesome read, great for youth interested in how the worlds of veterinary medicine and biotechnology work. Michael is a Lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association and a Lifetime (Founding Pioneers) Member of the Western Dressage Association of America. Michael has authored two non-fiction books on Ground Work and Advanced Responsive Riding for the horsemen and horsewomen. With his unique blend of ground work, dressage and general colt starting philosophy, he can help you build a stronger relationship with your horse. My first work of fiction, Old Towne: Beginnings was released in December 2011. My first work of Poetry/Free verse, Of Horses & Life, was released as a free publication in April of 2012.

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      Sensible & Sensitive Horsemanship - Michael Guerini

      Dr. Mike's Horsemanship Complete Works

      Published by Michael Guerini at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Michael Guerini

      Cover design by Ken J. Howe ©2014

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Dr. Mike’s Horsemanship Ground Steps To Success

      Dr. Mike’s Horsemanship Responsive Riding

      Dr. Mike’s Horsemanship Riding Exercises

      Dr. Mike’s Horsemanship Horse Owners Modern Keys for Success

      About the Authors

      Other Works by Michael Guerini

      Dr. Mike’s Horsemanship Ground Steps to Success

      Introduction

      From an early age, Dr. Mike gained experience in horsemanship by working with his family to train young horses as well as working with Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred breeders and trainers in California. During his college days, he worked for a variety of veterinary practices and gained valuable knowledge about horses.

      I believe that a horse has a built-in desire to perform for his/her owner

      These experiences have taught me that in many instances the desire to work together with the human partner is confused by unclear signals. In other instances, frustrating behaviors have been allowed to persist.

      Our philosophy at Dun Movin Ranch is that we work together with the horse and rider to develop a solid relationship based on trust and the 6 C’s of Horsemanship. All of our training and clinics begin with groundwork focused on developing this trust.

      The 6 C's of Horsemanship

      Experiences, observations, and great conversations with horsemen and women around the country have allowed me to develop the 6 C's of Horsemanship: Compassion, Confidence

      Control, Calmness, Collection and Consistency.

      Checking out your horse before riding

      One of the most important things we need to do before we work our horses is to make sure they are healthy and physically ready to work. How can we do this? First, we need to make sure our horses are current on their vaccinations and that their feet are in good shape. To make sure our horses are healthy we should have them checked by a veterinarian every year or at the very least every two years. Make sure your veterinarian checks your horse’s teeth. We need to make sure the farrier routinely trims their hooves and keeps their feet in good shape. I suggest you consult with your veterinarian and farrier to develop a total health management program for your horses.

      Even with a total health management program, we need to check on our horse before we do ground work or ride. How can we do this? We need to run our hands over our horse’s body and down his legs and over his neck. We should feel for softness, bumps, and scratches. We should clean out his feet. We should also look at how our horse is holding his head and tail. Anything we see that is not normal should be checked before we ride. If our horse is hurt or not feeling well the ride is going to have some problems.

      Reading your horse’s body language

      Have you ever taken the time to sit on the fence and just watch your horse? Do you know how your horse reacts when a bird flies through his pen? Do you know how your horse acts when another horse walks by? Your relationship with your horse will grow if you take the time to know how your horse acts when he is on his own. Once you learn how your horse acts you will be able to start reading his body language when you work with him. Horses cannot speak so they talk to us through body language.

      Watch his ears and see if he listens to all the sounds, watch his tail and see if he swishes it all the time or only when he is mad. Watch to see if your horse tenses up when he is upset. Watch and see if your horse paces when he is worried. See if he holds his head up high when he is in a new area.

      Watching your horse will help you know what your horse is saying when you work together. If he moves his ears towards you then he is listening to you and your voice. If your horse is swishing his tail just like he does when the other horse is bothering him--- that is a clear sign he thinks you are bothering him. How do you learn what each movement means? You need to spend some time watching your horse and learning how he talks at home. Once you can understand his language then you can make sure he understands what you are asking him to do.

      Some of the body language a horse uses to tell you he is accepting what you are asking and that he is ready to learn include dropping his head, chewing, taking deep breaths, moving his ears to listen to you and finally facing you and looking for direction.

      Parts of the Horse body

      As you look over your horse and make sure he is healthy think about the four sections of your horse.

      Section 1 is the head and neck.

      Section 2 is the shoulders.

      Section 3 is the barrel (rib section).

      Section 4 is the hips.

      Just like people, horses have many moving parts. None of us knows what each bone and muscle in our body is called but we all know they need to work together so that we can move. Horse anatomy is even more complicated so it is safe to say we are probably not going to learn every muscle and bone in our horse. If you think about the horse as having four moving sections as I describe above it is easier to think about how to move your horse.

      For example, if you want to turn your horse to the right the following must happen. The horse’s head and neck need to move to the right, then the shoulders, then the barrel and finally the hips. Moving your horse is as simple as moving each section.

      Pre-signal and preparatory commands

      Last time I checked most of us were not mind readers and none of our horses are mind readers either. As we all know horses do not use words to talk---they use body language to communicate. So doesn’t it make sense for us to also use body language? In my training and riding, I use verbal commands, physical (body language) pre-signals, and preparatory commands to help me communicate with my horses. My verbal signals are used in two ways. First, I speak to my horse so that he knows to listen to me. Secondly, I give commands such as WALK and WHOA. Those are clear commands that mean something.

      What is a pre-signal or a preparatory command? It is simply a way to tell our horses we are about ready to do something different from what we are doing right now. This is a great way

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