Above: Horses on the farm
Tom Dorrance gives the horse credit for his knowledge of a horse's feelings and problems. He says, “What I know about the horse I learned from the horse”.
The self Tom approaches in the horse is a total entity. His book “True Unity - willing communication between horse and human” allows the reader to feel and see the horse in the way Tom sees and feels the horse . It allows the reader to approach the horse with Tom ... with a feeling of acceptance of the whole horse - physical, mental and innermost horse.
Visit Tom's website at www.tomdorrance.com
“Remember the word Think . Be aware and alert , visualise what you want. Realise you are working with a mind. A lot of people think it's just a horse, but there's a mind operating that horse”.
The ideas sound simple and they are easy to understand but they are the hardest things in the world to apply because they involve handling ourselves as we handle the horse. The real test is in our application... So get into Ray Hunt's book and see if it doesn't open up a whole new world of good feeling between you and your horse.
Above: 'At Home' on the Range
Working with the horse is a way of life for me. He's my livelihood, my hobby, my passion. If given a little thought, a little understanding, and a little common sense, the horse gives back in full measure. If the human can give 5%, the horse will come from the other side with 95%. The horse never ceases to amaze me with what he can get done with very little help from the human."
Visit Ray Hunt at his website www.rayhunt.com
Vicky Bethell makes hand-spliced reins, halters and lead ropes from high quality yachting braid (see 'supplies' page).
More links to horsemanship sites on 'links' page.
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Horsemanship . . . " A whole new way to think about horses, and life ."
Tom Dorrance is a horseman's horseman. Although he looks like the "cowboy next door", the horse trainer has been profiled in People magazine and has been called the "patron saint of horses" by the New York Times. He is sought out by horse owners from around the world for his kinder, gentler, much-proven technique of training horses.
Above: Friends |
"When you ask your horse to do something it should be his idea ... he wants to do it, he likes to do it, he understands how to do it and he does it."
These words are typical of the way Ray Hunt expresses his philosophy of the ideal relationship between man and horse. That philosophy is discussed in his book “Think Harmony with Horses” |
Above: A quiet moment |
" Slowly I began to realise what had been going on ... what had silently been taking place. I had merely looked at dogs (horses), without being able really to see one of them. I had to discard my eyeballs as reliable reporting factors, so to speak, and to begin using my thinking to see with."
J Allen Boone
"There's facts about dogs (horses) and there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts and the humans have the opinions. If you want the facts about a dog then always get them straight from the dog."
. . . extracts from"Kinship with all life" by J Allen Boone |
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