Mares! (YA Gotta Love 'em)

by Betsy Kelleher

Dealing with a mare can be frustrating. The author has compiled 50 stories containing help and inspiration--stories of treasured moments between horse and human as they learn together and from each... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604775475
• ISBN13: 9781604775471
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Xulon Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Mares! (ya Gotta Love em)

What a book!! It not only opened my eyes to the beauty and complex personality of these magnificent animals, it also opened my eyes to the vulnerability and personalities of us humans, and how we really are not that different. What beauty each individual story afforded and brought laughter,feelings of peace and even tears. What a wonderful accumulation of stories dealing with hope, sorrow and love. If you are not a horse lover, this book will still warm your heart and make you appreciate these beautiful Mares. If you do love horses, especially Mares, after reading this, you will remember just why you do. The human stories are just as compelling as the horses, and it was enjoyable to see how they interacted with each other. I enjoyed this book tremendously, and think others will too. I highly recommend it!!

A Wonderful Book

I really enjoyed this book. I have never owned a mare, but heard all the "mare" stories. This book made me appreciate the wonderful connection these horses can have with their owners, especially if the are female. I often go back and reread some of the stories, because they are very enlightening and entertaining, and helpful to me as a returning horse owner.

a GREAT look into the minds of mares

I am proud ot be one of the authors of stories within this book. I LOVED how Betsy put everyone's thoughts together, and helped really shine a light on just how amazing alpha mares can be, and also on the challenges some have faced when unsure how to handle an alpha mare. there's training ideas, "getting inside a mares head", and so much more. the ones i go back to over and over again are the touching real world stories of how these horses have made a difference in people's lives.

WOW.. touching stories

After reading this book about mares and how they are alfa, and how some of these mares have touched women and childrens lives it was tear jerking. I would recommend this book for anyone that has a Mare to understand a bit more of what they are like and how they can touch your lives. Looking forward to reading another book from betsy.

Notes from the compiler!

I just happen to be the one who compiled the fifty stories for this book. Don't see any description of the book yet, so I'll add something on that. This is a collection of articles and stories by 39 horse owners. Julie Goodnight contributed an excellent answer for anyone with a Territorial Mares problem. Dr. Ron Meredith offers a delightful piece on "Gender Training for Mares." Then there are stories about mares who have touched their owners' lives in a special way. You will glimpse treasured moments between horse and human as they learn together and from each other, sharing the struggle and joy of building trust, respect, good communication and mutual dependence. Each story has biographical information on the writer, and a photo. Some stories definitely show the female connection between woman and mare! I am thankful to and proud of the many mare owners who contributed to this project!