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Expert horseman Bill Dorrance chose the name True Horsemanship Through Feel because feel is the language of horses. Learning that language can expand any horseman's knowledge and abilities - whether they are learning to rope, ride, or start horses. In language that is generously detailed and packed with meaning, Dorrance directs our attention to the many subtle things there are to notice about the ways that horses and humans operate. In these pages, he urges us to reach toward a deeper level of insight into horses and ourselves, as he ladles out a wealth of helpful information. With hundreds of illustrations, True Horsemanship Through Feel takes you step-by-step through the basic struggles that have characterized horse-human relations for centuries. Drawing on his years of experience, Bill Dorrance crafted a book that imparts the knowledge only previously available by word of mouth. "Among all
the horse books, it is rare to find one that is wholly original and truly
valid. True Horsemanship Through Feel is such a book. Experienced
horsemen have known forever that "feel" is the true basis of
the good horseman's skill, but few have ever written about it in detail,
or undertaken to explain how it can be the key to one's whole approach
to training horses, from the very beginning to as far as they can go.
Bill Dorrance has a long lifetime's knowledge of horses and how they work,
and his insights are unshakeably his own, because he's lived them. For
Leslie Desmond to have captured the style and substance of this remarkable
man so faithfully, in such a beautifully produced book, seems hardly less
than miraculous." "Bill Dorrance
has long been considered a master horseman. So long, in fact, that his
enduring approach crosses all the lines among riding disciplines and events.
Everyone from dressage competitor to team roper to trail rider can find
something of benefit when he opens the book to learn True Horsemanship
Through Feel. How fortunate for the industry that Leslie Desmond has
documented the master's techniques." "If you
take away everything that Bill is known for - his roping, the rawhide
work, his horsemanship, all of it - what you find you have underneath
is a really fine human being." "There was
no dominance in the way Dorrance rode, or in what he taught, only partnership.
To the exalted horsemanship of the vaquero - the Spanish cowboy of 18th-century
California - he brought an exalted humanity, whose highest expression
is faith in the willingness of the horse." About The Authors: Bill Dorrance (January 29, 1906 - July 20, 1999) was a legendary livestock rancher and horseman. Leslie Desmond, author and international horsemanship coach, lives in California. www.lesliedesmond.com
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