| New Releases | | • | Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival | | • | Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World | | • | Extraordinary Chickens 2009 Wall Calendar | | • | The Donkey Companion: Selecting, Training, Breeding, Enjoying & Caring for Donkeys | | • | Opportunities in Animal and Pet Careers (Opportunities in) | | • | Choosing and Keeping Ducks and Geese: A Beginner's Guide to Identification, Care, and Husbandry of over 35 Species | | • | Stereotypic Animal Behaviour (Cabi) | | • | Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals | | • | Hobby Farming For Dummies | | • | Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives (4th Edition) |
|
|
|
| Bestsellers | | • | The Art of Raising a Puppy | | • | Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities | | • | The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden | | • | The Everything Dog Training and Tricks Book | | • | The Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way to Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs | | • | Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows | | • | How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More | | • | Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farms) | | • | Chickens In Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide | | • | Salad Bar Beef |
|
|
|
|
Getting in Touch: Understand and Influence Your Horse's Personality | 
 enlarge | Authors: Linda Tellington-jones, L. Tellington-jones, Sybil Taylor
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $6.32
You Save: $13.63 (68%)
New (19) Used (30) from $3.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 189551
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1570760187
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.1083
EAN: 9781570760181
ASIN: 1570760187
Publication Date: August 1, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: ****iMMEDIATE ORDER FULFILLMENT WITH E-MAIL CONFIRMATION R INTERNATIONALORDERS ARE WELCOME 5- 7 BUS. DAYS FOR DELIVERY VIA AIR MAIL
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The internationally recognized equine expert and creator of the Tellington TTouch tells you how to analyze your horse's physical traits in order to understand and influence his personality.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 not what it pretends to be November 16, 2007
This book was a waste of my time and the paper it was written on. It goes into great detail on how the shape of a horse's head, size and position of facial features, and hair swirls on the head influence a horse's behavior and mental processes. This is nothing more then equine phrenology and physiognomy both of which were dicredited in humans by the midpart of the 20th century. In the case study section, Linda Tellington-Jones carefully noted several cases where one set of features completely contradicted another. As for her so-called 'statistical basis' for this approach, no real data was presented and I doubt very much if it was a true double-blind experiment. If you want a book on equine behavior, get something else this was awful. The TTouch training section was a very short section at the end so if you want this book for that, get something else. The only even slightly redeeming quality to this book was the beautiful pictures of horses. It would make a pretty good reference book for an artist as there are many good closeup photos of various horse head features. As for learning how to train a horse or get any insight into equine behavior, this book was a complete non-starter and you'd be wasting your time purchasing it.
 Looking for the perfect horse? March 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I initially purchased this book 4 years ago. We were in the process of looking for a horse, but had no experience. Our first purchase was based on what the sellers stated about him...ie. "calm, easy to ride." Turned out they were not very truthful. In this book, you will soooooo much valuable information on how to find the type of horse your looking for based on physical attributes of the animal. Did you know the number and placement of swirls on a horses head and body can affect his temperament? Using Linda's physical evaluations has enabled us to buy, not one, but 3 PERFECT horses for our family. I still consider myself "green" when it comes to horses, but after a lot of practice, I am extremely confident in my ability to judge temperament, and conformation. Just a few months ago, I helped a friend who has much more experience find the perfect friend. She swears I'm some sort of horse whisperer, but unfortunately I'm not. I've just taken my time and learned to look at the horse from top to bottom. This book has saved me so much money and heartache by helping me eliminate animals who would be too much for me. This is a book for new and experienced people. If you already have an animal who's presenting a challenge, this book can help you understand how your horse thinks and can help you change his/her personality by introducing T-touch methods to help improve your horses overall well being. I now have two copies because I took my first copy everywhere with me and misplaced it. This book is THAT good!
 A discussion book rather than a work of science September 4, 2005
16 out of 22 found this review helpful
If you are considering buying this book make sure you read all the reviews to ensure that you go in with your eyes wide open. Linda Tellington-Jones could be described either as airey-fairey mystic snake oil salewoman or unconventional horse woman. I guess it depends on your point of view.
The book itself is rather amusing, and if you buy it with a bit of a spirit of adventure - much like buy a ouija board for a bit of a laugh then you won't be disappointed.
The vast majority of the book looks at typing horse personalities by their physical features. This assumes that either a horse is affected by their physical features i.e. they may be more spooky because they have little eyes and can't actually see very well OR that a horse somehow manages to affect it's features through personality i.e a suspicious horse will have a screwed up little mouth because he makes screwed up little faces all the time ...
Of course the problem with this is ... well... we know what happens when people make these assumptions about other people. "Everyone with a big nose is obsessed with money" or "all fat people are jolly". It just doesn't work like that.
If you want a bit of fun, it can while away an hour or two comparing horse's pictures and their actual personalities and deciding whether they match the book's description.
At the end of the book there are some TTouch massage type movements - as always you can't just have a description of the movement it's got to have some fancy name like 'bearpaw' or something.
There is also a description of ground exercises - the most useful part of the book actually - in the last 5 pages. The dressage whip is called a 'wand' and they explain why and there is also a page explaining why they use a stallion chain on all their horses (I'm not convinced by that bit actually)...
If you are after some serious science or even practical horsemanship, give this book a miss. If you don't mind the odd wander in wonderland and a bit of entertainment give it a go.
Not What I Expected August 10, 2005
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is not about doing TTouch on your horse. There is only a tiny section in the back about that. So why is it called 'Getting in TTouch'? There needs to be a summary paragraph on Amazon so people don't buy this book expecting it to be something it is not. I want my money back.
This book is about reading your horse's personality from things like headshape and hair swirls.
OK I know it sounds impossible but..... May 10, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have to say that I've used TTouch on all my animals. Years ago when this was first being intoduced my ex-husband and I took our palamino quarterhorse, who had been 30 day wonder trained before we got her, to a private session. Imagine a freaked out mare, head held high, dancing and spooking at everything. Thats what Sugar was like. By the time we sold her she was steady and trusting again in large part due to what we learned at that session. It was absolutly amazing. I'm not saying this works overnight. Like anything good it takes time. Since then I have used it on everything ( and I do mean everything ) from dogs to my daughters snakes. And I have never seen it NOT bring an animals stress level down. I can't say enough about this. By the way that was 15 years ago. That should tell you something also. This has stood the test of time and been tried by thousands of people. Try it, you have nothing to lose. Better yet try it with you using the Centered Riding principle(Sally Swift) and I bet you get result that blow your socks off.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
