This is the book your horse wants you to read.

Its revolutionary approach to understanding horses, horse training and horse care explores traditional and popular paradigms currently in use and tests them against a new 21st century model.

This model results in happier human interactions with horses, vastly improved relationships with horses, and most importantly, much healthier horses.

Cynthia Cooper says: "I class this book as one of my all time favourites – it is a great read but more importantly, it defines how horsemanship has developed over the centuries to reach the point we’re at today, then gives a road map for the future."

"I found by understanding the four models of horsemanship I then understood how horsemanship (and the way I relate to my horses) has changed and grown. This validates our progress without making us feel wrong, and shows the next step forward. The four models Mark so beautifully defines (I believe he is the first to describe it this way) are:

1. The Utility Model
2. The Anthropomorphic Model
3. The Natural Horsemanship Model
4. The Natural Horse Keeping Model

These are supplemented by detailed chapters on The Environment, What is a Track System, Control and Communication, Positive Reinforcement Training and Relationships then Great Questions, Great Answers".

“For more than a thousand years humans have taken the things they wanted from the horse. The 21st century is our chance to give something back.”  Most of us are on the way to making that change by choosing to look at more modern ways of communicating with and training our horses. “Natural Horsemanship is a huge step in the right direction and in many ways it is the forerunner of what is to come. I think of these systems as a progressive stop on the journey to understand horses rather than a destination in themselves.” - Mark Hanson (Author). 

Read the full review here: http://naturalhorseworld.com/blog/two-new-books/