Unlock the Secrets of a Harmonious Horse/Human Relationship: A Comprehensive Study of Horsemanship

LJS: The wisdom of a heart in unity with mind and being.

To the reviewer who said Ray Hunt isn’t a writer, I hope you continue to expand your world.

United States on May 06, 2023

Randall L. Busch: Thanks for the prompt shipment. Received in excellent condition

United States on Feb 13, 2023

Amazon Customer: Hunt is not a writer, yet he gets his message across loud and clear. You can train a horse to do anything. If you want to make this fast, be supremely kind and gentle handling your horse

United States on Nov 17, 2022

buckshot: A short and easy read for the horse person seeking timeless answers to age old questions. Ray Hunts is referenced by many currently famous horse people. His words repeated and updated like religion.
When read as the source they are truly valued.

Canada on Jul 25, 2022

sergio: Most of things you read about horsemanship come from this book.

Brazil on Apr 27, 2022

Bake Woman: This is a thoughtful little book, but one I return to again and again. The way the book is written, and the gentle way he has in communicating his wealth of wisdom about horses, kind of gives the impression of the calm and confident master that he is. Because you can't read a book as you're trying to work with your horse, I read a little at a time, so that the lessons eventually become a part of me. I usually refer to it when I'm planning what to do with my horse each day. It's not primarily a step-by-step instruction manual, but more of a way of approaching horses, a "feel." Everyone who desires to be a horseman, as opposed to just a rider, should have this book.

United States on Jan 27, 2021

Victoria Hammond: First bought the book in 1982. Rode with Ray Hunt, and watched him, Tom Dorrance, and Bill Dorrance work, often. Pat Parelli, met in 1988, is my current senior leader, as the others have gone to Horseman's Heaven, but they were some of the finest men on the planet, all who truly understood horses, and were able to share that understanding, deeply with humans who were fortunate to encounter them. Just got it again, as fire took allof my wonderful books and so i am not getting autographed copies, but I am grateful to touch and read, and remember the finest. My Draft cross, 1/2 Friesian 1/2 Percheron, born out of a pmu Percheron, after she foaled her first Percheron at 3 at my home, later bought by someone for the breeding to a Friesian, now mine. Too stove up to be the first on her back, a fellow who had Ray do a clinic at his stable in 1982, first saddled my Bel,and rode her a month or so, while I came around the last several days, and rode her with him, even working cows on her back. Since the woman who bred the pmu Percheron to get that darling filly, decided not to keep it, I was most fortunate to get her a couple years ago. Thanks to Mike's understanding of Ray's concepts, he...

United States on Jul 24, 2014

T. Vanhala: Brilliant book for people not looking for quick fixes or 'how to' manuals.
This is more of a philosophy of how to ride, making you think how you communicate with your horse and how you come across to your horse. An absolute gem, which makes riding a relaxed and pleasant activity for both you and the horse.
Mixes fabulously with classical dressage principles. I couldn't believe how sensitive, philosophical and 'soft' cowboys could be.
Ride now like this my big Finnhorse and it works like a dream; blended in with the classical dressage training (Faerber) he is now an unbelevably wonderful, cooperative and calm horse to ride without any conflicts.

United Kingdom on May 27, 2013

XaviBGood: Ray Hunt fue discípulo de Tom Dorrance quien se reconoce como el responsable en la revolución en la doma de caballos. De repente deja de usarse “la mano dura” y se persigue un método de doma más racional, en el que el caballo actúa por decisión propia a los requerimientos del jinete como consecuencia de una relación basada en el liderazgo y la confianza en contraposición con la desconfianza generada por el miedo al castigo físico de la doma tradicional que, a menudo, acaba con caballos y jinetes heridos.

Ray Hunt cuenta en este libro las bases para el entrenamiento y doma de potros así como a la solución de problemas específicos de carácter. Pero su libro se queda claramente corto. La lectura es interesante y, sobre todo para aquellos que no hayan tenido aún toma de contacto con las últimas tendencias en la doma de caballos, puede ser de gran utilidad para cuestionarse si al “método tradicional” pueden presentarse alternativas menos traumáticas y dolorosas para el caballo. Pero si el lector ya está familiarizado con los métodos de gente como Buck Branaman, discípulo directo de Ray Hunt, Craig Cameron y, especialmente, John Lyons, este libro no...

Spain on Mar 19, 2013

cyril-horseman: Tom Dorrance est à l'origine du Natural Horsemanship et Ray Hunt est son disciple. Tom a écrit "True unity" et Ray ce livre, et vous avez là les deux "bibles".

On est là loin des "méthodes" avec des "recettes" toute faites que l'on voit parfois. Si vous cherchez une voie facile, passez votre chemin... C'est avant tout une philosophie dans la relation avec le cheval et même une philosophie de vie tout court. Ce livre va vous aider dans la durée à explorer comment vivre plus harmonieusement avec votre cheval. il montre la voie, à vous de gravir la montagne.... et au cours de ce chemin, n'hésitez pas à lire et relire ce livre, vous y trouverez à chaque fois quelque chose.

Si l'anglais vous rebute, le livre existe en français: "L'homme et le cheval en harmonie. Pour approfondir la relation entre le cheval et l'homme"

France on Feb 08, 2013