Horses & Stress - Eliminating The Root Cause of Most Health, Hoof, and Behavior Problems: From The Soul of a Horse

by Joe Camp, Kathleen Camp (Photographer)

What if you discovered that you could eliminate most if not all of your horses’ health, hoof, and behavior problems by doing one thing. Seriously. One single thing.Joe & Kathleen Camp have eight horses. Three mustangs straight out of the wild, a rescued American Saddlebred, two Arabians, a paint and a quarter horse. And at their farm there is no colic, no laminitis, no strangles, no insulin resistance, no ulcers, no founder, no navicular issues, no cribbing, pawing, kicking, weaving, pacing, or biting.How did they accomplish all this? By eliminating stress. They banished it. Sent it packing. And you can too. Joe never intended to write a book, never mind several. He and Kathleen were just trying to figure out how to keep and care for a small group of horses that had somehow landed quite unexpectedly in their front yard. They were two complete neophytes who, a few short months before, didn’t have a horse or a clue. So they were asking a lot of questions, and getting a lot of answers that didn’t seem to make any sense. After stumbling through mistake after mistake, digging through an enormous amount of research, and spending a great deal of time with their little herd they discovered that either they were stark raving nuts or there was something very wrong in this world of horses. That’s where The Soul of a Horse began. Thankfully for us it turned out that they weren’t nuts. At least not in the clinical sense. And it was too late for them to turn back.“Joe Camp is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a genius at telling us their story.” - Monty Roberts, Author of NYT Best Seller The Man Who Listens to Horses“One cannot help but be touched by Camp’s love and sympathy for animals and by his eloquence on the subject.”Michael Korda - The Washington Post“Joe Camp is a gifted storyteller and the results are magical.” Rick Lamb, Author and TV/Radio Host of The Horse Show“Joe Camp is a master storyteller.” The New York Times

Genres: Horses

132 pages, Paperback

First published March 8, 2013

Reviews

[Lynn Ware]

Good info

If you have read other books by Joe Camp, you may find this one a little redundant. Regardless, it is always good to be reminded of these techniques.

[Trisha]

Interesting and informative

This book appears to be fairly well researched and was interesting to read. However, I think the emphasis on the "evils" of stalls and shoes was a bit much and there were a lot of generalizations about it. Yes, we can agree that horses are happier outside, but to say that all stalled horses are basically lame, sick, and miserable is just plain false. I work for a horse trainer and we don't have a single cribber, weaver, pacer, and anyone who comes into the barn can plainly see that our horses are bright eyed and happy. Would they rather be outside playing? Certainly. But that doesn't mean they are stressed and miserable because they are in a stall. I can honestly say that illness and lameness are extremely rare occurrences and that comes with knowledge about what you are feeding and knowing the horses you are working with.
I think knowledge is the most important thing for any horse owner and that means learning about all different schools of thought and doing so with an open mind. That said, though I disagreed with the some of the stall/shoe generalizations made, it was informative and had many good points made in the book.