Creating a Bond with Your Horse Paperback – Illustrated, 1 May 2000

After buying a gaint of a horse at 17hh who stood on my foot more often that i sat on him i brought this book. and as soon as i had done "Join up" the first time things changed he started to follow me in his feild respect my space and even lift his nose for a kiss. i did join up 3 times in 3 weeks and i never looked back. Once he hear my car or saw it he was at the gate before i was aprked adn out of the car. I can't wait to get the rest of these series as i am buying a foal soon.

I bought this book to help create a bond with my new 2 year old rescue pony. I am finding it really interesting so far. Although I have been involved with horses all my life, their are some good points to consider which I had not thought about.

Being a traditionalist I wasn't sure what to make of what many friends had termed 'mubo jumbo' but having a nephew with autism with a love of horses I found this book extremely useful and even used some of the tips with my own horses, if you prefer the traditional school of horsemanship then its probably not for you but we can all learn something from learing to bond with our horses this way, it sure helped me when I wanted to get my nephew to understand certain things about horse behaviour.

I would say its more like a leaflet than a book

I have seen Kelly Marks together with Monty Roberts and their style of dealing with horses is fascinating. They prove that you don't need to beat a horse into submission but you can create a partnership and long lasting bond which can be very rewarding, leading to a happy horse and rider/owner.