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The Nature of Horses: Exploring Equine Evolution, Intelligence, and Behavior by Stephen Budiansky(2009-09-01) Hardcover

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0168RXI2A
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Stephen Budiansky

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Stephen Budiansky is a historian, biographer, and journalist, the author of 18 books exploring intellectual and creative lives, military and intelligence history, and science and the natural world. He is the former Washington Editor of the scientific journal Nature and a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal. He lives on a small farm in northern Virginia.

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Alice
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR EVERY RIDER'S LIBRARY
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015
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I recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand horses - their minds, their behavior, physiology, and evolution. A fascinating, well-researched, beautifully written book that is as valuable as a reference as it is entertaining and elucidating. This book should be in every horseman's and horsewoman's library, right next to Monty Roberts' "The Man Who Listens to Horses". If you really want to understand what makes horses tick and how best to understand them, this is a must-read. From the mechanics of their movements to herd dynamics, the evolution of their grazing habits to inter- and intra-herd behavior, this book is full of details of interest to horse-lovers.
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Matthew Kuhn
5.0 out of 5 stars Best read for anyone who appreciates and wants to understand horses.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2013
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This is the most interesting, enlightening and rewarding book about horses that I have ever read. It is the only book anyone needs to fully appreciate this beautiful creature, how it has evolved, lives, thinks, communicates and relates with others. It gives the reader an insight into the nature of horses that can only come from someone who loves and respects the creature, scientific research, and the light it can shed on the facts, and the fads and fantasies that have accompanied horses for generations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I am enjoying reading this.. helps to understand ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017
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I am enjoying reading this..helps to understand horses more , and how sensitive they are, and how most training methods are too harsh. Now I think, "would I do this to a dog, child?" Before I work with a horse, I would not chase/ whip a dog around in circles to teach it to sit, why a horse? And they are more perspective than most animals.
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Cotton
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent insights on what makes up a horse
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2007
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I was not disappointed with this book. Very professionally written about what makes horses do what they do. It is not based on opinions but on scientific facts and observations. After reading it, you know more about why a horse spooks, is claustrophobic, is herd bound, etc. The more you know, the more you understand how to deal with your horses because you understand better why they behave that way. I recommend this book for anyone serious about learning the nature of horses.
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Gina
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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This book was recommended by horse trainer Warwick Schiller. Good book.
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James Belden
5.0 out of 5 stars The Nature of Horses
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2011
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This book is extraordinarily insightful and walks the reader through the history of development of the modern horse's mind and it's relationship with man through the ages.
Absolutely invaluable in the making of the human-equine partnership needed for successful competition in equestrian sport.
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Joe H
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, open-minded exploration of the subject
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
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An excellent,open-minded exploration of the subject. It informs by presenting data rather than presenting assertions and prejudices as fact.
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Lois Carroll
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2016
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It was fine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2016
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Exactly as described and arrived within the timeframe given. Thanks
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Jens Hahn Sigurdson
4.0 out of 5 stars 1/3 in and still going.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2014
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Working with horses for more than 30 years you learn a thing or two, but you are never going to learn it all. This book have no recipes or training programs as such. But it will give you an insight in why your training works (or don't) as it do.
The book is well written and quite humorous at times.
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