According to The Soul Of A Horse, there is no difference between a horse today and a horse from 10,000 years ago, other than man had begun to use them as beasts of burden, riding animals, and companions. In this time, few people have attempted to really understand the horse as a living being. Finding the answers to these questions became the mission of this book and of Joe Camp.
The understanding began with a book and a DVD from Monty Roberts. Roberts is the author of The Man Who Listens to Horses, the book that inspired the Robert Redford movie, The Horse Whisperer. The DVD was one of Roberts "Join-up" demonstrations where he instructs how to get the horse to join-up with the human and acknowledge the human as herd leader.
The Soul Of A Horse takes this information and presents it to the reader in an easy to understand guide to the equine psyche. Once you understand that by nature the horse is prey and the human is predator, then you will begin to understand better how to relate to a horse and get the horse to better relate to you.
I found The Soul Of A Horse an absolutely wonderful book that is not only easy to read, it is also very hard to put down. I own three horses and know exactly what he is talking about with regard to horses and their personalities. I know of those who keep horses on acreages in which they can run and live as a herd, and I know of those whose horses are stressed out living in the 12 x 12 cell segmented off from the herd. If you want to look intoThe Soul Of A Horse, I highly recommend this book.
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