An eye-opening game-changer of a book that sheds new light on how horses learn, think, perceive, and perform, and explains how to work with the horse\'s Brain instead of against it.
Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual.
Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other--sometimes successfully, sometimes not--help to illustrate the principles.
Mental abilities--like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing--are discussed from both Human and Horse perspectives.
Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and Human ways of negotiating the world.
In this illuminating book, Brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes Human and equine brains working together.
An eye-opening game-changer of a book that sheds new light on how horses learn, think, perceive, and perform, and explains how to work with the horse\'s Brain instead of against it.
Horse Brain, Human Brain offers revolutionary ideas that should be considered by anyone who works with horses.
Each principle is applied to real everyday issues in the arena or on the trail, often illustrated with true stories from the author\'s Horse training experience.
Instead of working against the horse\'s brain, expecting him to function in unnatural and counterproductive ways, this book provides the information needed to ride with the horse\'s brain.
We reduce the Human mistakes we often make while working with them.
We comprehend their misbehavior in ways that allow solutions.
We handle them with insight and kindness instead of force or command.
We develop much deeper bonds with our horses.
We save valuable training time.
We improve performance.
By meeting horses halfway, we achieve many goals.
When we understand the function of both, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours.
Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual interaction between equine and Human brains.
Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other--sometimes successfully, sometimes not--help to illustrate the principles.
Mental abilities--like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing--are discussed from both Human and Horse perspectives.
Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and Human ways of negotiating the world.
In this illuminating book, Brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes Human and equine brains working together.
An eye-opening game-changer of a book that sheds new light on how horses learn, think, perceive, and perform, and explains how to work with the horse\'s Brain instead of against it