Debugging Your Horse: A Simple, Safe Approach to Problem Solving With Your Horse

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Summary: Bonnie's training tips have helped immensely
Review: Bonnie's training tips have helped immensely. When I wrote to her my horse would not listen to my canter aids. Now he performs both trot-canter and walk-canter transitions perfectly! Thank you Bonnie!

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Summary: If your horse is nuts, this is a must read book!
Review: I wrote Debugging Your Horse after 20 years of working with thousands of riders and horses. I receive thousands of letters and e-mails from horse lovers around the world each year and I began to notice that I was being asked the same questions over and over again. This made me realize that horse owners around the world were facing similar challenges and by writing Debugging Your Horse, there was finally a book that addressed at least 30 of the most common horse-related problems. The beauty of this book is that it is set up in alphabetical order, by problem. You can go directly to that chapter that addresses your problem and not only will you find several safe, effective solutions, but you will also find letters from other horse owners who have been in your shoes before and have been able to solve the problem by using these safe techniques. I want my readers to understand that they are not the only person on the planet to face a runaway horse. Sometimes just knowing that fact can help a horse owner solve the problem. If you are looking to learn how to solve problems in a safe, responsible and effective manner, this book is a must read!

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Summary: The training recommendations here are solid!
Review: In Debugging Your Horse, trainer Bonnie Marlewski-Probert asks you to think about the "bugs" inside your horse (other than the roundworms, that is). Your mare's tendency to spook at butterflies and the way she wriggles in the wash rack at bath time are bugs you and your horse have been living with, but don't have to. Using questions from horse owners as a jumping-off point, the author gives hard and fast advice on behavioural problems, such as head shyness, cribbing, rearing, spooking and even stumbling. She also gives preventive advice for people with new horses, green horses and show horses... The training recommendations here are solid and well-thought out, and can undoubtedly prove helpful to those plagued with "buggy" horses.

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Summary: The training recommendations here are solid!
Review: In Debugging Your Horse, trainer Bonnie Marlewski-Probert asks you to think about the "bugs" inside your horse (other than the roundworms, that is). Your mare's tendency to spook at butterflies and the way she wriggles in the wash rack at bath time are bugs you and your horse have been living with, but don't have to. Using questions from horse owners as a jumping-off point, the author gives hard and fast advice on behavioural problems, such as head shyness, cribbing, rearing, spooking and even stumbling. She also gives preventive advice for people with new horses, green horses and show horses... The training recommendations here are solid and well-thought out, and can undoubtedly prove helpful to those plagued with "buggy" horses.

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Summary: Not Detailed Enough
Review: This book gives several general ideas how to correct problems, but I felt it was not detailed enough for what I was looking for. Some of the chapters had a few letters from individuals, but the problems they were describing were very similar in nature. I would like to have seen different problems being addressed and some solutions to correct the problems.