The Natural Horse is the story of Jackson's
journey into wild horse country in the 1980's
to study the hooves and lifeways of the wild
horse. What he found, and how he applied
this information to his practice as a farrier of
domestic horses is both fascinating and
compelling.
What Jackson discovered is that horses do
indeed have a natural order, and that
knowledge can be applied in truly helpful ways
to our domestic horses. In a thoughtful,
systematic approach, Jackson lays out his
revolutionary ideas about natural horse care in
this remarkable book. In the first chapters, the
reader steps through wild horse country with
Jackson as guide, and is drawn into the
nuances of social structure, locomotion and
gaits, and the hooves. Having armed the
reader with a solid foundation of the horse's
natural world, Jackson then challenges the
reader and nearly every major principle of
modern horse care, to "apply what we have
learned."
The result is both comprehensive and specific
-- recommendations which promote a far
greater understanding of the horse, and create
more natural and healthy lifeways. As one
reader noted, this book is truly a "milestone in
horse culture."