Living with Horsepower!: Personally Empowering Life Lessons Learned from Horses

by Rebekah Ferran Witter and Monty Roberts

Book Overview

A remarkable and entertaining look at why people spend time, energy, and money on horses - and what they receive in return. Featuring 70 photographs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570761213
• ISBN13: 9781570761218
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Do You Really Know Horses?

Yeah, I thought I did. Being a copetetive showjumper can give you a "big head", but after reading LIVING WITH HORSEPOWER, I saw the horse in a new light. Witter's interviews with top horseman that everyone admires taught me that horses do have feelings,they love you, and they can put you in your place quickly. Reguardless of the size of the animal, and there more commonly spoken about "stupidity", I have come to realize through this book that horses can reason. I swear I can disagree with any scientist that horses CAN do these things. LIVING WITH HORSEPOWER, has truly taught me to think like a horse, and has made me become a better horsewoman. I would like to now thank Rebekah Ferran Witter for this new "life".

A must have for every horse owner!

Ms. Witter seems to have captured all that is truly equine, and then some. Being a "Saddlebred" person, I was thrilled with Ms. Witter's interviews with Tom Moore and Mrs. Crabtree who today are the icons of the Saddlebred world. I could relate to every chapter in this book from horse communication, to detective work, to the chapter on loss. This book is a MUST have for anyone who rides or has horses in their lives! A fantastic read...A fine job!

Excellent reminder to look at other training methods.

Rebekah Witter has carefully woven the myriad styles of outstanding horse trainers into one book. This is a must for any serious horse lover's library and is a reminder there are many ways to lead a horse to water.

A pleasant surprise

As an occasional weekend horseback rider, I picked up Ms. Witter's book on a whim; out of desperation to read something new and different from the typical riding-lesson books. I was pleasantly surprised by the insight and discussion Ms. Witter has sparked about why we humans are "horse crazy," but more than that, I was touched by the deeply personal stories these people shared with the reader about the profound effect horses have had in their lives. This is a beautifully written, easy to follow (if you can't follow this one, you must have a below average reading level) wonderful account of the teachings of the horse. An animal lovers must read!

A must-read for the casual to die-hard horse enthusiast.

I just finished reading HorsePower, and it is one of the most insightful, creative and intuitive books on the horse-human relationship since Monty Robert's The Man Who Listens to Horses. This is an excellent addition to any animal lover's library. An easy read for the kids, it's full of wonderful anecdotes from people in the horse biz, including one of the last interviews with Roy Rogers. Wonderful! Thank you Rebekah Ferran Witter for sharing this with all of us horse lovers!