Table of Contents

Introduction
Everything Means Something

Step 1: Building your Foundation

Step 2: Observing Facial Expressions

Step 3: The Fours Gs of Horse Speak and the Greeting Ritual

Step 4: Going Somewhere

Joe: The Conversation Begins

Step 5: Horse Speak in Hand

Step 6: Grooming Ritual: Finding Unity

Step 7: The Five Levels of Intensity

Step 8: Negotiating Areas of Vulnerability and Defensiveness

Joe: In Hand

Step 9: Moving with Grace

Step 10: Who's Driving Anyway?

Step 11: Let Them Be Free

Joe: At Liberty

Step 12: Now You're There... What Should you Do?

Joe: Under Saddle

The White Mare: A Poem
Acknowledgements
Index

About the Author

Sharon Wilsie is a professional animal trainer and rehabilitation expert who regularly works with horses for private clients and at equine rescues. She develops and teaches equine –assisted learning programs at the high school and college level. Wilsie is also a Reiki Master/Teacher. Her book Horse Speak: An Equine–-Human Translation Guide was a breakout bestseller, and she now travels throughout the United States teaching her methods and helping others communicate with horses in their language. She runs Wilsie Way Horsemanship from her base in Westminster, Vermont (wilsiewayhorsemanship.com). Gretchen Vogel is a lifelong horse owner and rider, as well as an avid gardening expert. She is the author of two previous books – Solar Gardening and Choices in the Afterlife.

Reviews

Filled with revealing photographs accompanied by solid explanatory text, Horse Speak provides an in-depth look at the body language of horses. Most of us know that when a horse bares his teeth and lays back his ears, trouble could be on the horizon if we don't take the hint. But there are plenty of other, more subtle cues that we miss. Horse Speak delves much deeper into that territory, encouraging us to pay closer attention to what horses are telling us and to enter into the conversation by using some of that same body language.  Try out some of the activities presented in this book, and see how your horse decides to respond. We know that dogs use body language all the time to communicate with each other and with us. Why has it taken so long for us to realise that the same is true with horses?