The use and possible abuse of training aids is a controversial subject. This book shows how equipment must be used carefully, considerately and purely as an aid to training - never as a short cut or as a means of imposing force. It explains the basic principles of deciding when training aids could help and how to make sure there is no risk of causing harm, with the horse's welfare paramount at all times.
You will find advice on how different training aids work and how to fit and use them, with information on new equipment as well as ideas that have become standard equipment. You will discover that there are training aids for riders as well as horses. Whilst encouraging an open-minded, thoughtful approach, this book emphasises that there is no such thing as a magic gadget and that producing a well schooled horse or pony takes time and a correct, consistent approach.
Carolyn Henderson is a regular contributor to Horse and Hound, Horse, Horse and Rider and other national publications. She is the author of many equestrian books, including Showing Secrets and Getting Horses Fit, published by J.A. Allen, and other Allen photographic guides, including All About Bits and Bridles.
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