Books and DVDs

Tug Of War: Why Classical Training Works and How Incorrect "Modern" Riding Negatively Affects Horses' Health by Dr. Heuschmann presents a thought-provoking exploration of both classical and modern training methods. Includes the topic of hyperflexion (Rollkur).

The Visible Horse: How horse's bones and muscles work, what creates good and poor movement, how to help horse move better. The Visible Rider™: How human anatomy performs with the horse and how movement is interpreted by the horse.

Anne Kursinski's Riding & Jumping Clinic gives you a step-by-step course for Winning in the Hunter and Jumper Rings. 319 page paperback book featuring Olympian Anne Kursinki guiding you through your jumper through basic flat work, basic jumping exercises, advanced flat work and advanced jumping.

Whinny Widgets® Instructor's Eventing Test Book is laminated for durability and formatted in easy-to-read print. It contains Beginner Novice through Advanced Level tests and has a laminated pocket at the back to hold notes and other tests. Lower level tests include directional arena diagrams for each movement.

How to read horse behavior and develop a better partnership by balancing leadersip with friendship.

When you were a little girl, did you dream of horses, choosing Breyers over Barbies-plastic horses over plastic dolls?

For the past several decades, has your life been more about taking care of others than taking care of yourself while your dreams have gathered dust on long forgotten shelves?

Are you at that point in life when you've begun to wonder whether you'll ever find the courage to do all the things you wanted to do someday?

Offering horses as both metaphor and solution to the natural malaise that often rears its head just about the time we blow out that "midlife" birthday candle, this is the book that will help you ask (and answer), "What about my dreams?" and "Is it my turn yet?" and "If not now, when?" and best of all, "If now, how?"

Melinda Folse speaks to those women whose hearts yearn for reconnection at a time when life seems to have run its own course and childhood dreams of playing with horses are only a vague memory. She not only helps you rekindle the possibility of bringing a little equine energy into your life, she also takes you on a gentle journey of small steps to help your childhood passion become a reality.

In his bestselling first book Bombproof Your Horse, Sergeant Rick Pelicano of the Maryland National Park Police shared the one-of-a-kind, step-by-step exercises he uses to prepare police horses and riders for duty. By doing so, he transformed the concept of bombproof into a proactive form of training that any rider can apply to her horse. Now he's back and taking bombproofing to a whole new level.