Training the Gaited Horse: From the trail to the rail.
Hard copy $21'95 +$2.95 S&H in the USA.
Paperback $14.95+$2.95 S&H in the USA
The book covers 29 chapters and is a detailed look at the gaits of the Tennessee Walking Horse, Missouri Fox Trotter, and the Rocky Mountain Horse. More importantly the book teaches you a training program that is easy to follow for a smooth easy gaited horse. You will have a complete understanding of the gaits and problem solving at your fingertips. No matter what your training goal are, trail riding or showing. This book will help you understand gaits, training and retraining for at great gaited horse. Consider your horse natural ability and train to a sound standard that matches that ability. Teaching your horse to flat foot walk is fun and easy following the method described in this book. Enjoy the journey be safe and have fun.
TRAINING THE GAITED HORSE: From the trail, to the rail .
TRAINING DVD $21.95 + $2.95 S&H in the USA.
Gary has produced a much needed guide to understanding the importance of the flatfoot walk for the Tennessee Walking Horse, Missouri Fox Trotter, and Rocky Mountain Horse. This DVD gives expert comments on understanding the middle gaits, and shows the flatfoot walk as the foundation gait for a smooth easy trail riding horse, for the trail or the rail. Gary along with Anita Howe give expert advice and training tips for working with the natural abilities with your gaited horse to connect to the easy smooth gait that's bred into him. Using many minutes of split-screen comparisons to show both differences and similarities between horses and in comparing modern bred gaited horses to old time foundation standards. This DVD will help to train your eye for recognizing movement from the ground and also aid to improving your feel from the saddle. This DVD is a must for owners, trainers, and clinicians who want to teach and train for a fundamental natural four-beat gait no matter what the breed. When riding a Tennessee Walking Horse, Missouri Fox Trotter, or Rocky Mountain Horse this DVD will help you find the smooth easy flat foot waking gait to enjoy both on the trail or rail.
Rose Miller has written a beautiful book that will appeal to all horse lovers. It is based on her excellent knowledge of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, gained over the 30 plus years of experience with these glorious animals, her love for the horse and her family. Her story will make you feel her deep emotional attachment to her horses and will explain why sometimes it is necessary to consider the horse and not your personal feelings about the horse. It will also introduce you to the mistreatment of many of the Tennesaee Walker show horses and what is being done to halt this abuse. You will smile and you will cry along with Rose as she takes you on a journey with her horses and family.
Many of us are horse lovers, and most first became attracted to horses when we were small children. Such is the story of Rose Miller. Horses are her lifelong addiction. She owned horses of different breeds in the search for her perfect horse and then, in one ride found her true love-the Tennessee Walking Horse, a horse that doesn't trot. The old adage,"Ride one today, buy one tomorrow," proved to be true as Miller rode and then bought her first Tennesssee Walking Horse.
She shares her destiny with thee captivating horses, relates some of their fascinating history and tells about breeding, training riding and showing these magnificent animals. She shares moments of wonderment at the birth of a foal,sorrow for losses that come with breding and owning horses, challenges that come with training, victories and disappointments that come with showing and the fascinating personalities of the special ones. Animal communication via mental telepathy was introduced into Rose's life by a friend. She quickly learned that thinking of your animals as beings that can communicate, completely changes your perspective on animal stewardship.
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