Resistance Free™ Training
The Basic Ingredients: Off to A Good Start

by Richard Shrake

This long awaited second book by renowned horseman Richard Shrake is written and designed to serve as a road map for people wishing to train horses in a way that sets aside traditional methods of "breaking." Shrake’s unique Resistance Free® system will help everyone interested in creating a good horse approach training in a logical, progressive way. Shrake offers a step-by-step system that eliminates trial and error, which is productive for neither the trainer nor the horse. Beginning with evaluating oneself as a trainer and starting with the right horse, the text and photos lead a trainer through all the steps to producing a top-notch horse: tying, leading, round pen work, longeing, ponying, saddling, mounting, and basic saddle work.

Readers will learn to:
•Select the right horse for success
•Understand the benefits of positive reinforcement
•Use the natural pecking order to advantage
•Establish effective groundwork as the foundation of training
•Develop a horse’s suppleness and balance

The goal always being to keep training positive for the horse and safe for the handler. Richard Shrake has been training, riding, and judging horses for over three decades. He maintains a very active seminar and clinic schedule throughout the United States and in Germany and Australia. His previous books are the Resistance-Free Riding and Western Horsemanship. He lives in Oregon.

What They're Saying:

"Richard Shrake has spent most of his life working with horses and people who want more knowledge about riding and getting along with horses. It’s wonderful that Richard is now sharing his knowledge with the horse world." — Larry Mahan, Six-time World Championship All-Around Cowboy

"I am very impressed with Richard Shrake’s Resistance Free methods, which have much to share with Centered Riding. Breathing and softness are some important keys to harmony between horse and rider.” — Sally Swift, Founder of Centered Riding®

"The book is easy to read with high-quality color photos." — Horse & Rider

Shrake clearly explains the goals in each phase of training, tells step-by-step how to perform each maneuver, and describes common problems that might arise and how to deal with them.... This book is a bargain at the price." —  Western Horseman


192 pp, 7 x 10 • 173 color photos • Hardcover

#BK103 $29.95
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