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Way to go Joe

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Through his work with Benji, it is clear that Joe Camp understands and gets along well with dogs. Working effectively with horses requires a whole different type of intuition and language. After all, dogs are predators and horses are a prey species. In his outstanding book, The Soul of a Horse, Joe Camp has demonstrated that he is adept at understanding and working with both ends of the spectrum. It is inevitably refreshing when someone approaches a subject with a "fresh set of eyes" and questions traditional paradigms. Joe has done exactly that and effectively describes his thought processes in an enjoyable narrative. Thanks, Joe for nudging the horse loving public to think about and reconsider things that have been taken for granted for so long.

A Monty Roberts regurgitation

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A friend passed this book on to me saying "read it and let me know what you think" Well I think Joe Camp is extremely pompous to think he could write a book with his extremely limited experience with horses. Just because he wrote Benji doesn't mean he should write a book on horse ownership. A whole chapter on the "tie blocker"? Give me a break! I bought a tie blocker at least 4 years ago. I do use it occasionally on certain horses but only until they are trained to give to pressure. His real problem is his horses don't know how to give to pressure. He has put a band aid on a very dangerous problem. Sure I agree horses are much better off being in pastures able to move around but his "natural pasture" of 1 1/2 acres with 50 piles of hay spread around? Are you serious? That's like running from your kitchen to your bedroom and saying you worked out. Many people only have the option of stalls and to make them feel bad or inadequate is just wrong. I know a lot of situations where horses are turned out into some dinky pasture and never given any attention or care. I bet if you "asked" them they would love to change places with some of those poor stalled horses. Going shoeless when it can be accomplished is great but it doesn't always work for a variety of reasons. My horses usually never wear blankets but recently when I took one of my horses up to the mountains where there was a big temperature change from what he was use to, I used a blanket at night. Why because I cared about my horse and he needed it. I typically ride 3 to 4 hours a day, in the summer, moving cattle in the mountains of Montana. Riding 20 minutes around your barn is a long way from really riding. I have been around horses for 45 of my 50 years have a degree in Equestrian Studies and I would never try to educate someone the way Joe Camp does. If someone asks me a question or my opinion fine but I would never approach someone and shove it down their throat. I take clinics every chance I get because there is so much more I can learn. Maybe he should start giving clinics because obliviously most horse owners need his advice. Oh but let's not do any loping until we can keep our adrenaline in check. This book is either for non-horse people, rank beginners or people that have had their heads in the grain bucket the entire time they have owned a horse.

Soul of the Horse	Customer Rating:
Fantastic book--highly recommend to everybody who owns or admires horses. Gives insight to how horses think differently then we humans--reminds us that they are unique and so different from other animals-

The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd	Customer Rating:
Book was very well written, found it hard to put down. Wish the author would write more books on this subject. This book has prompted me to purchase other books he made referrence to.

This book rocked my world!

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In response to those reviewers who wrote that this book is only helpful for newcomers to horse ownership: GUESS WHAT!?! I have been around horses for my entire life (31 years). I rode before I could walk (well,my dad helped me!). And, GUESS WHAT!?! I love this book and it has given me so much to ponder, and has altered the way that I look at my relationship with my horses and the way that I want to care for them. I already had a good bond with my horses, I've never treated them inhumanely, but this book still provided new information that has been and will continue to be useful to me. Not only that, but it is a well-written, entertaining narrative. Joe Camp writes about the increased understanding of our own humanity that comes through relationships with other creatures. Joe tells his story and offers his advice in a humble, warm and exuberant way. It was fun to have some Benji stories in there too!