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Every type of horse and pony, no mater how well trained, is at one time or another faced with objects or situations that are confusing, if not downright terrifying. As riders, we often simply just wait for this moment to happen - and the resulting frightening, out-of-control bolt, baulk, wheel around, or buck. We tend to expect this sort of reaction and believe that it comes with the territory. What we need to do instead - in order to avoid risking life and limb - is to train the horse to cope with these disturbances. In other words, we need to bombproof our horses. Sergeant Rick Pelicano, of the Maryland National Capitol Park Police, knows only too well how important it is for horses to be absolutely safe - bombproof - when confronted with unusual circumstances. For many years, he trained new mounted officers and their horses to withstand massive crowds, noise, chaos and everything that is thrown at them (sometimes literally) in police work. Although most riders don't anticipate having to deal with the challenges that police horses face, this method of training works just as well for average horses and accustoms them to incidents and unusual terrain such as back-firing cars, speeding motorcycles and trucks, plastic bags and flags on windy days, and everybody's favourite bugbear, crossing water or ditches. Working up to a performance over fifteen different obstacles including walking on mattresses, through piles of soft balls and balloons, and by umbrellas and road flares, Sgt. Pelicano presents his bombproofing programme in an easy-to-understand, logical, instructional manner, with many photos illustrating his step-by-step techniques. In addition, he offers sections on teaching basic necessary skills like walking on unusual surfaces, self-loading into the trailer, dealing with unknown odours, as wells as more advanced skills such as carrying flaps and riding in parades. He also presents a highly informative chapters, with instruction and advice not available elsewhere, on display formation riding - both in small and large groups.
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Sergeant Rick Pelicano has been a mounted police officer for twenty years with the Maryland National Park Police in charge of the equestrian training of the horses and officers in the department. He was in charge of training and worked with mounted security for the equestrian venue at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, 1996. Sergeant Pelicano began to conduct bombproofing clinics in 1997, after helping a local mounted volunteer unit. These clinics proved very popular, and he soon expanded his clinic schedule to accommodate the general equestrian public.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I run a large stables in the South East of England and in recent years we have been plagued by spates of horse-related explosions. I'm very pleased to say that after following the advice in this book, we have seen our horse detonation rate fall by over 75%.
8 of 15 people found the following review helpful
An important book, with a purpose - unlike so many books which are just about people talking and getting married and stuff
13 April 2011
Format:Paperback
I must say I am disturbed by the levity of these reviews. After all, was it not "All the king's horses and all the king's men who helped put Humpty together again?" Note: All the king's HORSES. If we don't pay due attention to the possible destruction of these lovely animals by spontaneous combustion, what will that mean to the future of egg reconstruction? Do not wait, buy this book and bombproof your horse now. They are fine creatures who need to be preserved for their wonderful hoof-based work in ovoid salvage operations. If I were to make love to a farmyard animal - which of course, I wouldn't - it should be a horse. They are sleek, handsome beasts. And you've got a ride home.
19 of 60 people found the following review helpful
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I have lost 4 of my favourite equine companions to the rogue wing of "Mice for Justice". I bought this book in the hope that it would provide us with innovative and effective ways to, indeed, "bombproof my horse", i.e. the location of a specialist manufacturer, able to bespoke a large Kevlar vest for my horses, Dobbin, Bostik and Prit.
It didn't fulfil my original dreams, but did however provide some useful tips on how to get a horse to play dead, perform a perfect bridge and sit.
Nice one, Rick - top book. May I suggest other titles for future projects: Make Your Pig Stealth, Turbo-Charge Your Tortoise and Lama's As Bodyguards.
It didn't fulfil my original dreams, but did however provide some useful tips on how to get a horse to play dead, perform a perfect bridge and sit.
Nice one, Rick - top book. May I suggest other titles for future projects: Make Your Pig Stealth, Turbo-Charge Your Tortoise and Lama's As Bodyguards.
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