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Title: Horse Fixin': Forty Years of Working With Problem Horses by Frankie McWhorter ISBN: 0-89672-306-2 Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (6 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Despicable, worthless book
Comment: In my opinion, Frankie McWhorter should be in prison.
I would caution anyone against purchasing this book. I was hoping to discover another perspective on traditional training methods but instead was appalled by the abject cruelty that Mr. McWhorter advocates. Anyone who would subject horses to being shot repeatedly, or stabbed with a pitchfork over and over and exposed to countless other atrocities cannot be taken seriously as an educator. There is little to be learned from this individual. Passing off his methods as quaint, old-fashioned, and anecdotal do nothing to diminish the fundamental immorality of his techniques.
I have returned the copy of the book that I unwittingly purchased as I begrudge Mr. McWhorter a single cent from the sale of his perverse approach to horsemanship. Instead, I prefer to spend my time and money adopting credible, effective methods pioneered by men like Chris Irwin. Such trainers clearly know that training often requires considerable strength and assertiveness, but never do they resort to sickening, savage brutality.

Rating: 5
Summary: The absolute truth about fixing bad habits and more
Comment: If you don't know much about true horse nature or how a horse actually thinks, you aren't going to like this book. You will think the author is too crude. However, if you are looking for "real" answers to horse behavior problems, this book will give you some ideas that really work. This author knows horses and he's had a lot of experience dealing with dangeruous habits. His advice is probably the most "honest" I've read in a long time. Seems like nobody wants to admit that to change a horse's habit of behavior, you have to make the "bad behavior" very uncomfortable and the "good behavior" very rewarding. The author of this book gives several good examples of this.

The forward of this book, states the author's methods may be outdated and are not appropriate for our modern times. That's not true. Every top trainer I know uses the same kind of logic explained in this book. Why? Because it's the truth.

If you are interested in learning training techniques that really work, go to my web site and read my "training tips". Go to www.HorseTrainingVideos.com

Larry Trocha

Rating: 4
Summary: Experience Talks
Comment: I loved this book. Granted a lot of the advice is old fashioned and by today's standards harsh, but if you look at the "cause and effect" reasoning behind the methods they are mostly sound. Throughout the book the author does acknowledge how times have changed, and does not expect people to accept everything. Mostly he is telling horse stories from his life. The advice for handling horses that buck and rear was invaluable. Simple methods for correcting and fixing behavior is much more valuable than the cliche "a horse never misbehaves on purpose" which most authors hang on. Or the old "does your saddle fit" sidestep.