Communicating With Cues: The Riders Guide to Training and Problem Solving

Communicating With Cues #1

by John Lyons, Maureen Gallatin

This is the first book in the 3 part series on communicating with your horse by cues. The beauty of John Lyons? approach to horse training is that you work with your horse, not against him, to get the results you want. In this book, we?ll provide you with the tools to end your horse's problem behavior and develop lesson plans so your horse will respond every time you ask. Topics covered: Figuring Out Cues, Tackling Training Slumps, Overcoming Headshyness, Accepting the Bridle, Go Forward and Yield to Pressure Cues, Standing Tied, Ways to Prevent Horses From Biting, Handling Stallions, Buddy Sourness, The Stop Cue and Calm Down Cue, Trail Riding Tips. Section I: Training Principles Section II: Ground Handling Problems Solved Section III: Riding Problems Solved Section IV: Having Fun with Your Horse

Genres: Horses, Animals

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

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Reviews

[Susan Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book on learning what cues the horse tunes into and learning about timing and feel for when to release the cue. Because it's the release that the horse learns from. You don't want to nag the horse constantly, they have a job and once they learn it, they can hold themselves up and you may just have to pick up a rein to help them now and again. Well written. I look forward to finding the books for parts 2 and 3.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book. I used it daily with the first horse I really trained on my own and now use it again with my new mare (25+ years later). Lyon's advice throughout the book is clear, logical, and easy to follow. The only exception I take with it is his response to biting, which rubbed me the wrong way the first time I read it and continues to today - everything else makes sense.

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[LPK · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the first two Communicating with Cues series. What I really like about them is that you can take individual lessons to teach your horse something, and you don't necessarily need to follow each chapter step by step to get a result. His method of communicating is knowledgeable and easy to understand.