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HOT!! The Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training Book: Enlightened and Revolutionary Solutions for the 21st Century
"The best book I have ever bought" says one reviewer.
This book has instantly become my NUMBER ONE HORSE BEHAVIOR AND TRAINING book in my entire library. It is just incredible! I haven’t been able to put it down. I actually started tagging with mini post-its all the pages and things I liked and eventually had to stop because it was soon becoming every single page. If you are dead keen on learning some massage, wanting to really bond and earn your horse’s trust – if you have a horse who is herd bound and want to ride out on your own, if your horse has an injury that you want to help him get over, if you want to get your horse listening to you, if you want to relax your horse before a ride, if you want to physically see changes in your horse – this is the book for you.
I had been reading about Linda Tellington-Jones and her TTouch methods for a while and was a bit skeptical. I put it off for a year or so before I saw this book online and decided to just go ahead and purchase it and at least see what it was all about. I mostly made the decision to buy it because she has 30 years plus experience and has scientific evidence and proof to back up what she teaches. It wasn’t just some mumbo-jumbo up in the air technique. My style is to go with tried and tested, things that have ultimately proved to be effective.
This book is FULL of case studies and tips on what you can do and try with your horse. This book is basically the ultimate guide to anything you wanted to know about your horse. It lists a full A-Z section on horse problem behavior and reasons for it, then offers regular training tips as well as then offering TTouch methods. I have become a believer after trying only some of the methods suggested such as Lowering the Head and the Abalone TTouch and the Connected Circles. I made sure I was down at the yard when no one else was around and all was quiet and relaxing, and I could try these without anyone else wondering what the hell I was doing :o ) Within ten seconds of doing the Abalone TTouch on my horse’s neck, his eyes dropped and his head dropped and his breathing came out in deep, even huffs. I was amazed! He is normally quite a tense and spooky horse and normally is always on the look out. I then wondered if it was just in my imagination, wondering if i just wanted it to work, so then I practiced a few other things in her book – such as using the ‘wand’ to ground the horse. I just used my old red carrot stick whip, and in a moment of him spooking, I calmly Lowered his Head (which I’d taught him previously) and he dropped it with eyes wild and I stroked his legs from chest to toe with the wand to ground him, and within seconds his eyes returned to normal, he huffed out a sigh and stood quietly.
It is important to remember that things won’t happen overnight. Those particular things happened over a couple of days for me, because they are the most basic things you can do, but they gave me the heart to try the other things. I am absolutely besotted with this book and believe that even if you don’t get out of it what I have, at the least you can read through the A-Z reasons of horse behavior and understand why they do it, and try some of the ground work pole exercises and ridden work. The sections are clean and laid out beautifully, the text is big and easy to read, everything is described step by step all with color photos which are numbered and coincide with the steps. There are many case studies and a great story about getting a warmblood yearling back on a float he’d had an accident on within only one day. The ground work exercises are invaluable and there are great bomb-proofing ideas that you can do with things just lying about your own place – nothing that you really need to buy extra. You can also improvise on the ‘wand’ like I did, and you can buy a dog chain lead or make your own zephyr lead out of yachting rope and a clip – you don’t need to buy anything.
I can’t say enough a bout this book – if you were like me and wondering if you should buy it and on the fence – just bite the bullet and get it – it’s one of the best buys you’ll ever make. Everyone should have this on their shelf, I now keep it in my tack shed, still with all the post-its sticking out of it so i can find my favorite exercises. The best book I have ever bought.
Overview: A superbly illustrated instructional manual offering groundbreaking, step-by-step solutions for hundreds of horse behavior, health, and training problems.
Drawing from her decades of working with horses and studying their physical, mental, and emotional characteristics, and with the warmth and humor that has gained her a devoted international audience, Linda Tellington-Jones demonstrates how her famous Tellington Method of healing, training, and communicating can influence and alter equine behavior. In many ways a compendium of the scores of “Tellington TTouches” and exercises that Tellington-Jones has discovered and proven effective over the years, this book promises that a new generation of readers can learn to avoid or solve the problems that so commonly interfere with progressive training and the horse-human relationship. Linda Tellington-Jones is an internationally recognized animal behaviorist and equine expert. She has authored nineteen books and produced numerous video programs. Tellington-Jones lives in Hawaii.
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Congratulations to Our Newest Instructor!
TTouch Instructor Lily Merklin
Lily Merklin has always loved all sorts of animals: No matter if it was slugs crowling over her hands, deer that she saw in the woods near her parent’s house, her friend’s dogs and horses, the family cat “Peterele”, insects that scared other people or – she was fascinated by all of them already as a small child.
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Linda's New Blog
You can now subscribe to Linda's new blog "Changing the World One TTouch At A Time".
Over the years TTouch friends, fans and family have expressed the feeling they'd like to be a mouse in Linda's suitcase to share in her experiences as she and Roland traverse the globe meeting with fascinating people and animals. She will be sharing the cornocopia of inspiring stories that she receives over the world wide web and working to join our voices to send Heart Hugs and Prayers that can Change the World One TTouch at A Time.
To receive notice of the latest entries go to Linda's Blog and click on the SUBSCRIBE! link at the top right.
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Linda's Latest Book!!!
TTouch for Healthcare: The Health Professional's Guide to Tellington TTouch
Tellington TTouch has emerged as a natural healing modality for humans. Used by nurses, physicians, physical therapists, massage and cranial-sacral therapists, as well as Feldenkrais practitioners and other healthcare professionals and caregivers around the world, TTouch provides a unique opportunity for expression of support and caring, as well as relief of a multitude of symptoms.
TTouch for Healthcare is the professional's guide to integrating Tellington TTouch for enhanced care and patient empowerment. A two-hour and forty minutes DVD is included with this book.
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New TTouch Channel on YouTube
TTouch video clips broadcast on the YouTube community!
Visit our new TTouch Channel to see demonstrations of TTouch.
A demonstration of the basic TTouch has already been posted. More clips will be added soon, so stay tuned to www.youtube.com/TellingtonTTouch.
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Linda and TTouch Featured in Magazine Articles
Linda has been featured in a number of publications that post their articles online.
Read about Linda's life's work and inspired contributions to the animal world.
Equestrian Network - TTEAM for Sport Horses
Equine Wellness - Meet Linda Tellington-Jones: This teacher and innovator sports a soft touch
Equine Wellness - Inspirational Women in the Horse World
Equus - Good Reasons for Bad Behavior
Whole Life Times - A Touch of Love: Hands-on healing for the animal kingdom
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Linda and TTouch Featured on Audio and Video Broadcasts
Linda has also been featured on a number of broadcasts over the years.
Today you can listen to interviews from a radio station in The Netherlands, from In Horse Harmony, and from Animal Talk Naturally. Besides talking about the development of TTouch, you will hear of Linda's vision for TTouch in our times.
Pet Life Radio - Applying The Right Touch to Fearful, Phobic Dogs
Animal Talk Naturally - That Tender TTouch
In Horse Harmony - Understand Your Horse's Personality
Animal Talk Naturally - That Tender TTouch
Animal Planet - Kim St. Claire gives some touching tips
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