Acknowledgements

Here are a Few People who Have Helped Me

There are so many acknowledgements and people whom to thank.

Here I have listed one or two of the many people who helped me in the initial stages of studying and working with horses and so created a foundation block of understanding from which to work and build from.

They are all experts in their own right and have contributed and helped so many.

The work of each one of them is worth studying. There are many more people who's work has helped me but these were the first foundation blocks that I studied. From here you can go on and explore further the many different individual fields which make up natural horsecare.

Jaime Jackson

To Jaime Jackson for his many years of work and study of the wild horses. For all his material which has made it possible for many of us, miles away and on different continents to learn how to keep our horses barefoot and trim their hooves and so making it possible for us to ride and keep them barefoot.

The depth and details that he has explored and the problems he has questioned and tried to find answers to makes keeping horses barefoot a possibility now, for so many of us worldwide. His material is second to none, yes there is other great material out there and by studying it all, ones depth of knowledge will become immense.

But if you study only his work, you will be well on your way towards successful natural horsecare.

Dr. Robert Cook

To Bob Cook for his tremendous in depth study and research on bits and all the side effects they can have and then for his designa and patented 'Bitless Bridle'. This bridle has made it possible for many of us, all over the world to be able to ride without the use of a bit - a tremendous achievement.

To find problems and then try and work out the cause of these problems can be difficult enough. But to then a find a solution:-

• that works

and then make this solution possible for all of us to benefit from, all over the world is quite an achievement.

This is what Dr. Bob Cook has done for us all. He found a solution with his bridle design and then shared that solution and idea by creating a bitless bridle for everyone to use world wide.

We owe it to him to buy his bridle and support him and his organisation.

Mark Rashid

To Mark Rashid for his books and stories. His story telling through his books gives one a message and an understanding of horses in a very easy readable way. For his work and his honesty about himself and how he worked though his problems with horses.

Monty Roberts

To Monty Roberts for all his work, advice, time and passion and for getting the word out to thousands of us, about what he has learnt about horses and how they communicate. He may not know all the answers and as you read and study natural horsemanship there are many who disagree with his ideas and thoughts. Yes, maybe they have a point, but it is always easy to criticise someone and see how they can do something better.

I am immensely grateful to him, as when I started working with horses he was around and it was easy to get to see his work and to start putting it into practice. He developed the dually headcollar which maybe in time we will never need to use. But as a starting off point he helped me tremendously.

Yes he uses shoes and bits and do I now agree with those things? - no, not now. But that does not stop me from being grateful for all I have learnt from him. Buy his books he has some great material in them.

Bob Proctor

To Bob Proctor who first taught me how to think properly. His work kept me on track and when I had doubts and became frightened, his work helped me persist, go back to work and study more.

He taught me how to believe and dream in what I was trying to achieve, which felt sometimes like the impossible.