Animal Horse

Winnie Willis has already answered eight horse e-mails for the Pet Help Line. Now she's stumped. She can't think of anything to tell someone whose biggest problem is that her parents care too much about her life. After all, Winnie's dad has been so tied up lately with his inventions and his "friend," Madeline, that they've barely talked. When a buckskin disappears from the run-down Happy Trails stable, Winnie and friend Kaylee investigate—and find out what it truly means to be "part of a herd."

"Stay right where you are! I'll explain everything when I get there! I need you desperately, Winnie Willis!" Nobody has ever needed Winnie before. But she already has a big problem of her own. The newborn foal has lost her mother, and the world doesn't look friendly. Winnie knows how the filly feels. It's been two years since Winnie lost her mom, and she still has trouble trusting humans. So why should the foal trust her? But time is running out.

The donkey has always felt less significant than the self-important race horses, until a purebred white horse comes and tells him he is to race.... This is a story about both the power of sacrificial love and the strength found in a name.

Den Hufen lauschen. Das Hörbuch zeigt alles Wichtige an Huf und Gliedmaße, sowie die Grundlagen der Hufpflege, der Hufbearbeitung und des Hufbeschlags. Von der Biomechanik bis hin zur Huforthopädie, wird alles an vielen Bildern und Zeichnungen leicht verständlich erklärt. Den Hufen zu lauschen kann man lernen, wenn man die Details sehen und zuordnen kann. Wie das geht, zeigt die Hufschmiedin mit Informationen aus der Erfahrung, für die tägliche Praxis aller interessierten Pferdefreunde und Hufbearbeiter.

Prince the racehorse isn’t as speedy as he used to be, and his love of fine dining isn’t helping matters. Can Olivia and Eliza help break the spell and get Prince working out again in time for the big race?

Puffin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop, written and read by Clare Balding. Charlie Bass is a horse-mad nine-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when her eccentric parents announce that they are going to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. The horse they buy, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem - he won't gallop.

If you've always dreamed of starting a young horse under saddle but are uncomfortable with traditional horse breaking or horse training techniques that assume all horses are the same, this short book is for you. If you're a seasoned equestrian looking for a better way, you'll enjoy trying some of the ideas here too. There are some easy ways you can set up for success with your horseback riding project to keep both you and your horse happy and wanting to learn more together.

Das neue Hörbuch der Bestsellerautorin R. J. Palacio (Wunder). Eine abgeschiedene Farm im Jahr 1860: Hier lebt der zwölfjährige Silas mit seinem Vater. Eines Nachts wird er von drei bedrohlichen Reitern geweckt, die seinen Vater mitnehmen. Silas bleibt erschüttert, verängstigt und allein zurück. Nur Mittenwool, ein Geist und Freund des Jungen, steht ihm zur Seite. Als ein Pony vor seiner Tür auftaucht, trifft Silas die mutige Entscheidung, sein Zuhause zu verlassen und sich auf eine gefährliche Reise zu begeben, um seinen Vater zu finden.

In Pony Camp Chaos, Grace and Aaron help Grandad run his first-ever pony camp. But a couple of the campers, Leah and Ryan, can’t stop causing trouble. Can they put their issues aside and help Grace and Aaron save a pregnant mare in difficulty?

Providing everything you need to know about raising and training strong, healthy horses, this all-inclusive guide will take you from being a novice to expert handler in no time.

When the Horses Whisper documents conversations between the author and 15 horses. Rosalyn Berne expresses in human language what horses have to say when given the chance to speak. This is a story about the sacred bond between humans and horses, and the communication made possible when the horse-human relationship is based on love.

Ein Pferderennen, das alles entscheidet! Die Gruppe um Fiona, Mira und Sophie steht vor ihrer größten Herausforderung: Zusammen mit ihren Seelenpferden müssen sie in einem gefährlichen Rennen gegeneinander antreten. Nur so können sie die Göttertochter Victoria besänftigen und Ventusia endlich Frieden bringen. Doch das Pferderennen stellt ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe, denn hier ist jede und jeder auf sich allein gestellt.

Since moving west over a decade ago, Tom Groneberg has worked with horses as a trail guide, as a ranch hand, and as the manager of his own ranch in Montana, but he has never owned a really good horse. Until, on an autumn night, in a warm barn under a blanket of snow, Blue is born. Soon, he will belong to Tom Groneberg. "If I had a good horse," writes Tom, "I could give it my life. I could ride it for years. We could grow old together." So begins this unique American love story about a man and his horse.

In this long-awaited and much-requested book based on her "Horseblog" at Book View Caf, author and horse breeder Judith Tarr answers these questions and many more. She looks at horses from the perspective of the writer whose book or story needs them as anything from basic transport to major plot device, and provides definitions, explanations, and links and references for further research - leavened with insight into the world of the horse and the humans who both use and serve him. Here is a guide to the fine art of getting it right.

Arnora, whose love and understanding of horses is known throughout the land, is saved from death by her great horse, Skyfaxi, and the witch Thorbjorg, feared by everyone. The witch gives Arnora a tiny bronze horse, a talisman to carry when she voyages to Vinland with Ragnar, the Viking youth who loves her. A thousand years later, in a forest in Maine, Kate, a lonely girl, finds a tiny bronze horse, hidden in a cairn of stones, and then...the magic happens.

Die Stars dieser etwas anderen Pferdsportstory sind ein Hund, genannt Herr Winzig, ein Pferd namens Wacker und die Voltigierbande, bestehend aus 9 Jungen und Mädchen. Die Geschichte erzählt vom Aufbau und Aufstieg einer Voltigiergruppe und den vielen kleinen und großen Abenteuern, die zu bestehen waren, bevor die Gruppe zum ersten Male vor einem größeren Publikum auftreten darf.

Working with your very own horse can be one of the most wonderful parts of your day…until it’s not. In The Well-Mannered Horse: Developing an Ideal Equine Buddy, Meredith Hill is back with more insight on how to deal with some of your horse’s less enjoyable behaviors.

Anna Sewell did not write Black Beauty as a novel for children. She said that her purpose in writing the novel was "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses".

The book broke records for sales and is the sixth best seller in the English language.

Mika scheint endlich angekommen zu sein: Seit einem Jahr wohnt sie nun auf Kaltenbach, kann Ostwind sehen, wann immer sie möchte, und auch Milan, der jetzt auf dem Hof arbeitet, ist an ihrer Seite. Außerdem ist Mika eine kleine Berühmtheit: Pferdebesitzer aus ganz Deutschland legen weite Strecken zurück, um das Therapiezentrum Kaltenbach zu besuchen. Alles könnte perfekt sein. Doch dann gibt es ein schreckliches Gewitter ausgerechnet in der Nacht, in der Milans Schimmelstute ihr Fohlen zur Welt bringt - und am Morgen danach ist nichts mehr, wie es war.

The compelling tale of a spirited young Thoroughbred. Anna Sewell said that her purpose in writing this novel was "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses." The book broke records for sales and is the sixth best seller in the English language.