Books with Spirit - Horse Riding

 

HELLO …..  I’M MR ED.       

WHO IS THIS MADWOMAN WHO SAYS SHE CAN      
SHOW YOU HOW TO HEAR YOUR HORSE WHEN
HE TALKS TO YOU.

WHAT THE HECK ARE BOBBY’S DIARIES?  

WHAT DO WE WANT FROM OUR HORSE?   

SO, HOW CAN YOU GO ABOUT GETTING IT,  
THAT INCREDIBLE HEART, MIND AND SOUL
CONNECTION?  HOW CAN YOU GET TO HEAR
YOUR HORSE?

USE THE MIND CONNECTION FOR A POWERFUL 
NEW APPROACH TO “TEACHING” YOUR HORSE

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT WHEN YOU    
GET SO ANGRYWITH THEM THAT YOU COULD
SCREAM? AND WHY IS THIS SO INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT IT’S AT THE FRONT OF THE BOOK?

WHEN BREEDING BUDGIES IS BEGINNING TO  
LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN HORSES –
GETTING OUR NERVE BACK IS SIMPLE WHEN
WE UNDERSTAND HOW FEAR WORKS.

IT WOULD BE MORE FUN IF THIS HORSE    
WASN’T SO JUMPY AND NERVOUS.

THINGS I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MY HORSE  
BEFORE I EVEN WALK INTO HIS YARD

“THE CHEW” - AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT   
PHYSICAL SIGN OF YOUR HORSE’S ABILITY
TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

SO HOW CAN WE MAKE HIM HAPPY TO DO  
WHATEVER WE ASK HIM TO DO?

FIND SAFETY AND HAPPINESS WITH YOUR   
HORSE BY CHANGING MINDLESS REACTIONS
TO THINKING RESPONSES WITH THE COMFORT
ZONE MODEL

WHY IS LEADERSHIP SO IMPORTANT AND  
HOW CAN I GET IT?

ONCE WE’VE GOT LEADERSHIP, HOW DO  
WE LOSE IT?

WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR    
HORSE TAKES LEADERSHIP FOR HIMSELF?

IS IT OK TO LOSE LEADERSHIP?    

WHY ISN’T MY HORSE DOING EXACTLY   
WHAT I WANT?

LET’S LOOK AT WHO’S THE LEADER IN   
SOME PRACTICAL EVERYDAY SITUATIONS.

WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY DO TO BE   
THE LEADER?  HOW WE CAN GET
LEADERSHIP AT LIBERTY

THE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP   
AT LIBERTY

HOW TO USE THE REINS, OR NOT, FOR THE   
POETRY OF THE GIFTED RIDER.

THE SMALLER YOUR COMFORT ZONE,    
THE DEEPER YOU WANT HIM IN HIS  –
HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE YOUR
FEAR TO MAKE YOURSELF SAFE ON THE
GROUND AND NEVER RIDE IN FEAR AGAIN

SIMPLE WAYS YOU CAN CONTROL SPEED  
AND DIRECTION WHEN YOUR HORSE IS IN
A HALTER, TO GET OR KEEP LEADERSHIP
 

GET CREATIVE ABOUT GETTING YOUR    
HORSE’S COMFORT ZONE BIGGER AND
INCREASE YOUR SAFETY

WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO RIDE IN A BRIDLE  

KNOW THAT WHEN YOU FEEL FEAR –    
THERE IS A REASON FOR IT. UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR COMFORT ZONE
TO BE SAFE WHEN YOU GET IN THE SADDLE

WHAT ARE YOU GONG TO TEACH ME TODAY?  
THE PATH TO EXCELLENCE

DANCING IN SELF CARRIAGE IN JUST DAYS –   
THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COMFORT ZONE
WHEN YOU’RE RIDING.

KEYS TO BOTH OF YOU BEING IN YOUR   
COMFORT ZONE WHEN YOU’RE RIDING

HAVING A “BEND TO A STOP” FOR     
EMERGENCIES INCREASES YOUR SAFETY
IN THE SADDLE – INCREASING YOUR SAFETY
INCREASES YOUR OWN COMFORT ZONE

INCREASE YOUR SAFETY BY STRETCHING   
YOUR HORSE’S COMFORT ZONE BIGGER AND
BIGGER AT THE HALT – BY SIMPLY RUBBING
HIM AND SWINGING A ROPE.

KEEP LEADERSHIP BY ASKING HIM TO GO OR  
GO FASTER FOR YOU WITHOUT KICKING –
AND NEVER HAVE TO KICK AGAIN!

INCREASE YOUR SAFETY BY STRETCHING    
YOUR HORSE’S COMFORT ZONE
SYSTEMATICALLY AT THE WALK, TROT,
CANTER AND GALLOP – AGAIN BY SIMPLY
SWINGING A ROPE.

WHENEVER THINGS AREN’T GOING THE   
WAY YOU WANT

HOW BOBBY WANTS ME TO ASK HIM TO  
DO SOMETHING

REPETITION AS UNDESERVED PUNISHMENT   
– THAT’S THE WAY THAT BOBBY SEES IT!

HOW HARD CAN I BE ON HIM WHEN HE   
DOESN’T DO IT AT ALL OR DOESN’T DO
IT FAST ENOUGH?   HOW DO I KNOW?

IMAGINE IT, IMAGINE IT, IMAGINE IT –   
IMAGINE YOUR WAY TO BEING A GIFTED RIDER

“PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT” – BUT PRACTISING 
CRAP ONLY MAKES PERFECT CRAP

EDITORS COMMENT ABOUT THE REST    
OF THE BOOK

BOBBY’S IDEAS ON GREAT STOPS OR “HOW   
THE HELL DO I GET THIS BEGGAR TO STOP?

BOBBY’S IDEAS ON A GREAT BACK UP   

HOW TO GET HIM SOFT AND DANCING UP   
INTO THE NEXT GAIT

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN HE WON’T GO     
FORWARD PROPERLY ANY MORE?

BOBBY’S IDEAS ON GETTING GREAT TURNS   

GET FABULOUS RIDING POSITION WHILST    
HEALING OLD INJURIES AND TIGHT SPOTS –
WHILE USING TECHNIQUES THAT BOBBY GAVE
ME TO GET ME SOFT IN THE BRIDLE.

MY HORSE BITES ME WHEN I PUT THE    
SADDLE ON

MY HORSE BITES ME -  CLASSIC EXAMPLE    
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING OUT OF
THE OH SHIT ZONE       

I WANT TO RIDE IN A BRIDLE BUT MY     
HORSE RESISTS ME PUTTING IT ON.

BOBBY’S AND MY IDEAS ON FLOAT     
TRAINING AND TRAVELLING

WHAT CAN I DO WHEN MY FARRIER HATES ME  

BOBBY’S NOTES ABOUT PROBLEMS ON     
THE TRAIL

BOBBY’S NOTES ABOUT PROBLEMS AT     
FEED TIME  

NOTES FROM BOBBY’S DAILY DIARIES     
ABOUT IDEAS THAT WE HAD WHEN OUR
OWN STUFF WAS GOING TO HELL IN A    
HAND BASKET

BOBBY’S TIPS TO ME ABOUT BECOMING    
A BETTER RIDER

BOBBY’S IDEAS OF POETRY      

BOBBY’S STORIES       

GENERAL HORSE HEALTH     

ENDWORD       

EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS   

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