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New Book: Training for Safety

I am very pleased to announce the publication of Training for Safety. This is a book compiled from a series of driving training articles that ran in Rural Heritage Magazine in 2010 and 2011. Mischka Press has assembled the original articles into a lovely full color book that offers a range of exercises to educate horse and driver with safety as a priority. Exercises include learning to plan and prepare for turns, crossing scary surfaces, and learning to give to pressure, and many others.

Each chapter is illustrated with color photos featuring myself or students demonstrating the steps to take, as well as problems that might come up.

You can order your copy directly from Mischka Press. Just click here to order.

New Driving Safety Series in Rural Heritage Magazine

Several of the ranch horses-in-training have been featured in a series of articles in Rural Heritage magazine. In the articles Margaret describes exercises that can help a driver learn to plan ahead, communicate with his or her horse, and prepare the horse for the scary or challenging things they may come across. The first article demonstrated a useful yielding exercise, the second taught the importance of installing a good "whoa," and in the next issue developing good, clear communication through the reins will be the focus.

Future articles in the series will include introducing the horse to the cart and dealing with a variety of scary objects. The articles are illustrated with photos detailing how to do the exercises, and various horses including Solo, Dawn and Bodhi, have been put to use as models.

The series began in the April 2010 issue.

Rural Heritage magazine is available at Tractor Supply Company or other farm stores and larger bookstores, and has a website at www.ruralheritage.com.