Description
For The Good of The Horse
Mary Wanless
First Published 1997 this copy being 2003
Paperback
10″ x 7″, 299 pages + bibliography and index,
illustrated with line drawings
CONTENTS,
The map is not the Territory, 2, Body Mind and spirit, 3, Equine Dentistry, 4, Farriery and Gait Analysis, 5, Saddles and fit, 6, Complementary Medicine, 7, Equine Bodywork, 8, High & low tech approach to injury, 9, Let food be thine medicine, 10, Energy Medicine, 11, “Equus” the language of training, 12, Animal communicators epilogue.
The companion to this is listed under classical Riding,
This is an appraisal of where we are and what we do with horses.
Mary Wanless describes and analyses the fundamental attitudes and techniques in horse care, such as farriery, saddlery, dentistry and feeding. She considers the options in veterinary and complementary medicine, with detailed studies of homoeopathy, aromatherapy, herbalism and acupuncture.
She also focuses on revolutionary saddle design, high-tech injury treatments, and the work of trainers such as Monty Roberts and Pat Parelli who speak to horses in the language of Equus
