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Schürer Saddlery Links & Resources
The following is a list of links to other sites as well as a number of books and videos that may serve as a saddling resource for you. We hope you find them useful!
If you know of additional resources that you would like to share, please feel free to make suggestions.
Links:
Standard Saddle Fitting:
Therapeutic Saddling:
Western Saddle fitting
We recommend that you contact Dave Genadek, Saddle maker and President of About the Horse, Inc. He is a top notch saddle fitter and his prices are reasonable.
Website: www.aboutthehorse.com;
E-Mail:Sales@AboutTheHorse.com
Books:
Equine Physiology:
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The Horse’s Pain-Free Back and Saddle Fit Book
Joyce Harman, DVM, MRCVS, 2004
North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square, ISBN 1-57076-292-9
- Practical Saddle Fitting: A Comprehensive Guide to Saddling Horses and Ponies for all Disciplines
Ken Lyndon-Dykes, 2005
London: J.A. Allen ISBN: 0-85131-852-5
- Saddle Fitting
Kay Humphries, 1998
London: J.A. Allen ISBN: 0-85131-708-1
Note: Kay Humphries belongs to the first initiators of the therapeutic saddling movement
- Understanding the horse's back
Sara Wyche 1998
Marlborough : Crowood, ISBN: 1861261144
- The horse's muscles in motion
Sara Wyche 2003, 2002
Marlborough : Crowood, ISBN:1861264569
- Understanding the horse's legs
Sara Wyche 2000
Marlborough : Crowood, ISBN: 1861263473
- The horse owner's guide to holistic medicine
Sara Wyche 1996
Ramsbury, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, ISBN:1852239425
- The horse in motion: the anatomy and physiology of equine locomotion
Sarah Pilliner 2002
Oxford: Blackwell Science, ISBN: 063205137X
- There was a crooked rider who rode a crooked horse: an in depth massage manual for equines and their people in common sense language
Linda Rampey; Jodie Johnson; Linda Spreen 1999
Texas Association of Equine Therapeutic Bodyworkers,
- Back problems
Kevin K Haussler
1999 Philadelphia, PA: Saunders,
- Equine exercise physiology
David Marlin; K J Nankervis 2002
Oxford; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, ISBN: 0632055529
- Equine exercise physiology
Doug Leach; R J Rose; David H Snow 1990
Newmarket, Suffolk, England: Equine Veterinary Journal,
- The equine body: cut and paste equine physiology
Beth Maloney; Maggie Raynor 2000
London: J.A. Allen, ISBN: 0851317359
- ABC of the horse:A handbook of equine anatomy, biomechanics, and conditioning
Pauli Grönberg 2002
[Tuusula, Finland]: PG-Team, ISBN: 9519874410
- Training and fitness in athletic horses
David L Evans 2000
Barton, A.C.T.: Rural Industries Research and Development Corp., ISBN: 0642580316
- Equine exercise physiology: the science of improving equine sports performance
Philip Padrid 1999
Saddling history:
- The saddle
Elwyn Hartley Edwards 1990
J.A. Allen, ISBN: 0851315267
This is a very knowledgeable history of the development of the saddles that we ride in today with all of their strengths and failings.
- Saddles
Russel H Beatie 1981 1st ed.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN: 080611584X
Video:
- Saddle Fitting from A to Z" With Dr Kerry Ridgway
available from Ultimate Saddle Solutions
Saddle Fit is the root cause of many behavioral and training problems, as well as performance deficit issues and back pain. In order to understand the complexities of saddles and their effect on the behavior and biomechanics of the horse, Dr Ridgway has spent years studying saddle fit with master saddle makers, master fitters and saddle repair people. Item No. DVD 001
- When the body says ouch! Identifying pain in the performance horse, Part one, Standing
Kim Henneman; Dennis V Garza-Mappes 1997
Videorecording videocassette (66 min.): sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Grand Junction, Colorado: Choices in Health; Alpine Video Productions,
The first in a video series designed to teach owners and trainers of the performance horse how to read the horse's body language of pain to identify the subtle signs of developing problems and biomechanical stress. Covers performance-related topics: anatomy, teeth, saddle fit, balanced and unbalanced stances and postures, identifying back and other potential problems before buying.
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