The Mind of the Horse

by R.H. Smythe

Book Overview

A veterinary surgeon, Smythe describes a horses instincts, learning capabilities and shows how to improve your horsemanship through a better understanding of equine mental processes. Takes a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785808744
• ISBN13: 9780785808749
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Visual Reality of the Horse Through His Mind and Senses

The author transports you into the world of the horse and allows you to experience and analzye the thought processes of the horse. It enables you to see the world as the horse visualizes it and consequently reacts to it. You can allow yourself to think and react to the world as a horse does. A detailed chapter covers the eyesight of the horse and its broad field of vision and acuity. Horses are ever vigilant and process data from spectrum the human can't even imagine. Not only the horse lover will gain insight into this creature's world, but trainers will greatly benefit from the author's description of the horse's uncanny senses and interpretation of and reaction to stimuli in its surroundings