Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series)

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Summary: Great book for the horse owner or the want to be horse owner
Review: I am a horse owner and I found this book to be not only informative but enjoyable to read. With so many other books on the subject of owning horses they are so dry that they do not hold your interest long enough to impart their information. Ms Dutson not only informs you but makes reading about things you think you know fun. Sometimes along the way you realize you learned something new.

I think everyone who is thinking of buying a horse needs to read this book before they jump into the horse ownership boat. We all have known people that think that buying the horse is the most expensive part of owning a horse, whereas we know that it is not even close to the most expensive part of being a horse owner.

I applaud Ms Dutson for her thorough inspection of all aspects of buying your first horse. For someone who has already purchased my first horse I wish that someone had given me this book before hand so that I could have made a more informed choice. Thank you, Miss Dutson

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Summary: An outstanding look at the do's/don'ts of buying a horse.
Review: I am in the market for my first horse, and thanks to Ms. Dutson's book I have a much better idea of what to look for. I highly recommend that any and all potential horse buyers get a copy of Getting Your First Horse. From the introduction through the final page it is full of interesting, often humorous, information. I am so glad I read it!

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Summary: A let down
Review: I have always been drawn to horses. Since I was a kid, I always thought them to be storng, beautiful creatures. As excited as I was to have my first horse, I was also very nervous that I would not know all that went into it. There's a lot more you need to do than I ever realized! This book really helped me get over my first time jitters and let me know what I needed to do, and I could just enjoy the riding. Great book for anyone who has ever dreamed of having a horse.

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Summary: Great for novice
Review: I want to get a horse and found this book very informational. It had everything from what to look for in a horse and what to ask the horse seller to Horse health. And in between it has the pros and cons to home horse keeping and the pros and cons to boarding. If you want to get a horse and are kind of lost in how to go about it then this book is for you.

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Summary: Good beginners info
Review: I've always loved horses and have wanted to own one. I'm getting serios about purchasing and this book was a great start. It brings up things to think about what you will expect, as far as cost and experiences when looking to buy a horse. If you want more detailed information and are a horse owning beginner, I would also recommend Horses for Dummies, has a lot more detailed information on more topics as well.

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Summary: Great for novice
Review: My family had ponies when I was a child, but at that time I only learned that I loved riding and nothing more. Now, I have friends who will help me find a suitable horse, but as a supplement, this book has been very informative and I feel a lot better about the search. It's probably not a good book for someone with very much horse experience, since it would be too elementary. But, for someone like me who has a little riding experience but no real horse-keeping experience, it's a great book.

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Summary: getting your first horse
Review: Not a very good book for a beginner. Very poor on horse breeds or lack there of, didn't explain the types of horses or their temperment.

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Summary: A let down
Review: This book does have some good information for true beginners, but if you know even a teeny tiny bit about horses, you probably are too advanced for this book. The book also has an odd habit of introducing more advanced topics all of a sudden, with no explanation about them. If you want to learn more about any of these important topics, the author reccommends you ask someone who knows more than you do, or read another book! She does this frequently throughout the book, and I feel that some of these topics are truly the most important things to know about horsekeeping! Some of the info is dated, and it is poorly organized, and she presents many controversial topics, but neglects to say that there are more than one school of thought about it and just gives you one opinion as gospel. I was quite dissapointed with the book overall.

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Summary: Getting Your First Horse
Review: This is an excellent guide for the family of the passionate teenager who longs for his/her first horse. No one reading this could fail to grasp the difference between volunteering to muck out a few stables atyour local riding school, and being responsible for the welbeing a large animal 24 hours a day.