The Audio Book: Horse Handling and Riding Through Feel

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NEW: VIDEO CLIPS! Click for a slideshow introduction to Leslie Desmond and The Audio Book: "Leslie Desmond International and Friends" (illustrated soundtrack from CD1, track 1). You will also find videos introducing Horse Handling and Riding Through Feel, with Leslie (see links at the right).

NEW: 11 SAMPLE CD TRACKS! See below for details of each of the 10 CDs in the set. Click on the CD or on the track link highlighted in green to listen to the sample track for each.

CD 1

  1. intro
  2. a better way to get started
  3. as we consider time and patience
  4. Bill Dorrance's book
  5. biting is avoidable
  6. bolting and the refusal to go forward
  7. breathing
  8. breeds
  9. bucking or not
  10. cadence and the placement of the feet
  11. cavalry

CD 2

  1. collection on demand
  2. conservative firmness
  3. cross-ties and other restraints
  4. dominance and submission
  5. downward transitions
  6. driving
  7. elevation of the shoulders and withers
  8. emotional intelligence
  9. firmness and inner attitude
  10. flight response
  11. float and its importance
  12. foundation and fitness

CD 3

  1. gait analysis
  2. galloping alongside Bill
  3. getting in over your head
  4. gratitude
  5. groundwork
  6. hand feeding
  7. handling the horse's feet

CD 4

  1. hands, seat and posture
  2. harmony in horsemanship
  3. heightened awareness
  4. high-headed horses
  5. hoof care
  6. horse power
  7. inner conditions
  8. insurance games
  9. jerking the horse around
  10. kick defense
  11. killing horses

CD 5

  1. lead changes
  2. lead mare
  3. leading your horse
  4. line of sight
  5. little jobs
  6. livening up: the feel of life
  7. locating the right facility

CD 6

  1. mentors who make a difference
  2. mule myths
  3. natural collection
  4. natural lightness
  5. overexposure
  6. partnership
  7. picking the right horse
  8. positive state of mind
  9. pressure in performance

CD 7

  1. quiet, peaceful time
  2. rearing
  3. release vs. pressure and release
  4. Rocket, a super-fast horse
  5. school horses-the regular kind
  6. school horses-the sour kind
  7. setting the feet

CD 8

  1. straightness and turns
  2. survival and self preservation
  3. the trail to Mt. Toro
  4. three fine tools
  5. time-frame for foundation
  6. trailer loading and safety
  7. trailer loading

CD 9

  1. trainer's concerns
  2. angry horses
  3. blending-in and catching on
  4. dropped lead rope
  5. firmness and softness
  6. harmony
  7. lightness in mind
  8. loose reins that lead to running off
  9. observation of horses
  10. pivot foot
  11. punishment
  12. riding - just you and the horse
  13. riding with others
  14. speeding up in turns
  15. tuned-out horses
  16. turning the horse
  17. understanding the lead rope-to-rein connection

CD 10

  1. trust and respect
  2. upward transitions
  3. venturing out with your horse
  4. voice commands
  5. what's in the toolbox
  6. what's not OK
  7. whipping the Horse
  8. wilderness Rides
  9. Xenophon
  10. young horses at the start
  11. your power
  12. zebras, zorses and zonkeys