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I'm currently reading my way through his books, starting with considering the horse. His books are written in such a brilliant way and he really does talk sense about how to work with horses.

Has anyone else read his books?
 
I love them! He has such a great way of explaining things. I'd love to meet him, he'd make a great dinner party guest I think with all his stories (and then he could go and do some training wiht my horses while he's there!!!).

I started with one of his books and ended up buying the lot. Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse is really great.
 
I wish the same could be said for some of the better known NH trainers!

Morgan123 said:
I'd love to meet him, he'd make a great dinner party guest I think with all his stories (and then he could go and do some training wiht my horses while he's there!!!).
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Mark is indeed an interesting person. My gf and I were lucky enough to talk with him, Linda Bertani and Vic Thomas over a meal of 'ribs' (barbequed spare ribs) at the 1999 Equitana Show in Kentucky, where Mark was doing demos. We talked horses and horse training the whole time, of course, and Mark was an endless source of illuminating anecdotes and thought-provoking ideas.
 
His books are brilliant, such and understanding and empathy for the horses he works with, he always wants to find the best way to help a horse with a particular problem, rather than show off his skills as a trainer, unlike some!
 
Love them! I am totally not a fluffy type person and would normally shy away from anything like this, or anyone who had a sniff of NH to them (my own odd hang ups - don't shoot me for it!), but I just love his books and how he writes about his horses. He seems to have such understanding for the horses, without getting fluffy about it or attributing human emotions to them, while offering such interesting adn informative anecdotes (and not just ones that paint him in a god like light!). Lovely reading.
 
Beautifully written books by an insightful and knowledgeable author. I was bought A Good Horse is Never a Bad Colour as a present from my aunt in the states and it opened up another consideration to horse training. All the books are wonderfully written ; anecdotal but honest throughout.

I also shy away from usual 'NH' training due to a lack of faith that letting one of these rope swinging 'have-a-go-ers' who seem to be in my area spook/yank and bully my horses into some kind of 'submission' will do any benefit over more conventional training. *don't shoot me either!* I would however love love love to have Mark Rashid work with my horses, I'm sure it would be fascinating and I would love to see him in action!
 
Love his books and so does my non-horsey OH. He is very empathic and his training is a philosophy rather than a strict regime. He seems to understand what is upsetting the horse and responds accordingly. Lovely man.
 
Glad other people like him, like others have said I too don't really like NH methods, to me and this is only my opinion, the horses don't understand what they're being asked to do and I've watched a few demos. I've seen mark rashid work and it's so much more to do with common sense and just being relaxed with your horse.

Can anyone remind me which order the books go in pls and also I've seen on amazon that he's got a new book out in October :-))
 
I have seen a Mark Rashid clinic and one with his (past) assistant Linda ? Superb horse people and instructors. They are not "fluffy" in any sense of the world, what they have is a deep understanding and love of the horse.

At the clinic Mark helped out people with little experience with stroppy horses, through to a bucking horse, other with problems and ended up by sorting out a dressage rider would couldn't get changes of leg across the diagonal - meaning one-time changes. He saw what the probem was and sorted it straight away. Not bad for a cowboy.

He expects a rider to know which leg is where when you are riding at all paces, how many of us can do that? Giving the aids when the legs on in the appropriate place make it easier and smoother for the horse to obey. There is a DVD to watch how to learn to do this.

I saw Linda at an independant clinic where one horse was walking all over its owner. She got it behaving within minutes, but apologised to everyone if we thought she was a bit "harsh." All she did was exaggerated body language, there was no contact with the horse, which immediately understood the message and then behaved perfectly. Later on in the day a nasty big insect was bothering this horse and we, the spectors, could see this horse looking meaningfully at Linda, trying to get her attention, asking for her help to get rid of the nasty thing, whereas its owner was standing right next to it, it was to the "safer" Linda that it was appealing.
 
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