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NEW NOVEL!!!
Out of the Wild
 In “Out of the Wild” we meet a Nevada cowboy, and a guest ranch owner whose lives become woven together by an injured mustang. When Henry McBride, a drunken cowboy, comes looking for a job at a guest ranch, the owner, Jess King thinks it will be good to have an extra hand for the endless amount of work her ranch generates. For Henry, still grief-stricken over the death of his wife and young son 17 years earlier, it is just a way to get enough money to buy his next drink before he moves on. It isn’t long before two pivotal events occur: Henry crosses paths with Chad, the ex-ranch manager - and a young mustang stallion arrives on the ranch, which Jess has agreed to train.
What transpires is a story not only of redemption, moving beyond our deepest wounds and discovering a life we never dreamed we could live, but also a glimpse into ways of looking at horses, and perhaps even ourselves, with new eyes.
Paperback: 360 pages
Price: $22.50
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 Whole Heart, Whole Horse: Developing Consistency, Dependability, Trust, and Peace of Mind Between Horse and Rider
The book covers subjects such as seeing the positive side of making mistakes, how to gather information from the horse, understanding how and why horses release energy from real or perceived traumas, how to reach the balance point between the horse and rider, the five components to developing softness in both horses and humans, the three components to becoming a leader the horse wants to willingly follow and work with, how to understand and develop boundaries, and more.
Hardcover Price $24.95.
*oversized book - takes extra postage*
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 A Life With Horses, Spirit of the Work
In this beautiful full-color book, popular authors Mark Rashid and Kathleen Lindley team up to provide the reader with an intimate look into a world of horses and horsemanship clinics that few people get to see close up. Lindley's vibrant photographs, accompanied by descriptive text by both authors, chronicle the spirit of their life's work. In covering subjects such as a young wild Mustang's initial handling, softness, friendship, and hands that employ the tools of the trade, this book offers the reader an unflinching and compassionate pictorial account of a life with horses.
About the Authors
Mark Rashid is an internationally acclaimed horse trainer known for his ability to understand the horse's point of view, and to solve difficult problems with communication rather than force. Mark's clinics center on one-on-one work with horse and rider and are immensely popular with people around the world.
Kathleen Lindley got her first camera at age 14--about the same time she got her first horse. Upon graduation from high school, she professionally trained hunter/jumper show horses. Her photography has appeared in popular equine magazines in the UK and in several books. Kathleen became one of Mark's students in 1995 and they continued to work together until 2005, when she became his full-time assistant. Together, the pair has traveled over 100,000 miles in three different countries giving clinics and helping people with their horses. Today, Mark and Kathleen both have busy individual clinic schedules, and also enjoy working together whenever they can.
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Johnson Books (2007)
$27.50 *oversized book - takes extra postage*
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 BIG HORSES, GOOD DOGS, & STRAIGHT FENCES
Marks latest book is a collection of fifteen tales, where he takes a nostalgic look at the time in his life when he was just a hardworking horseman on cattle ranches and guest ranches near his home in Estes Park, Colorado. The book includes some of Marks favorite stories of the people and animals he met and worked with in those days.
Mark's writing style makes you feel like you're sitting down with an old friend over a cup of coffee, reminiscing about the good old days. Whether Mark is helping a friend put up a rail fence where a cross-buck should go, trying to rescue a drowning colt, or simply watching his son grow up, he is sure to make you chuckle - and probably bring back a few similar memories of your own.
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Johnson Books (2006)
$17.50
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 HORSEMANSHIP THROUGH LIFE
When Mark Rashid finds himself lying in the dirt during a horsemanship clinic he is conducting in England, he realizes that his fall, the first in many, many years, is much more than a simple fall from a horse. Mark sees this timely accident as a wake up call that slowly moves him to rediscover the meaning of his life’s work with people and the horses they love. Even as a highly successful author, teacher and clinician, Mark is forced to face the fact that he had become somewhat complacent in his work and that he had stopped growing as a horseman and as a person. Mark’s efforts to recover from years of physical injuries and to rekindle his passion for working with horses are at the heart of Horsemanship Through Life.
As Mark looks back on a series of seemingly unrelated events that ultimately led to the fall in England, he begins to realize that he needs to create room in his life for the personal and professional growth he is seeking. A chance encounter with a man at one of his clinics ultimately leads Mark to become a student of the Japanese martial art aikido, “The Way of Harmony.” That decision takes Mark back to his roots with the “old man” who taught him how to work with horses, and moves him forward to a new and clearer understanding of the concepts of blending and flowing with a horse’s energy, rather than fighting against it. The result of his efforts is a renewed commitment to compassionate communication with horses, using honor, integrity and dignity.
Paperback: 198 pages
Publisher: Spring Creek Press (2005)
$17.50
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 LIFE LESSONS FROM A RANCH HORSE
In Mark Rashid’s fourth book, Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse, the teacher becomes the student when a nondescript, seven-year-old horse steps into his life. A famous horse trainer, known for listening to horses and working with them in a non-confrontational manner, Mark is faced with odd behavior from this horse, and he must reevaluate everything he understands about horses and about himself, as a trainer and as a person.
Beginning with an untimely balk from Buck, who never falters, Mark tried to find out why it happened. Drawing on experiences as far reaching as the Navajo way and Japanese martial arts, Mark begins to piece together the workings of the mind of his horse. That process and the conclusions he reaches are the heart of this very personal story.
What he finds challenges him to become a better horse trainer, but it also challenges him to become a better person. His argument that Buck, an everyday horse, has the ability to plan ahead and make choices in a consistent manner will challenge the reader to rethink his or her relationships with animals and way of dealing with life.
In separate chapters, Mark describes the six life lessons he learned while working with Buck. Later in the book, he puts these lessons into practice, with topics such as blending, balance, and communication. Throughout the book, a philosophy of dealing with horses and of living life itself emerges.
Mark’s inimitable storytelling skills illuminate what Buck has to teach. Heart warming but gritty, Life Lessons From a Ranch Horse is not a conventional horse book. But, then again, Buck is not a conventional horse, nor is his owner a conventional horse trainer.
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 HORSES NEVER LIE
In "Horses Never Lie," acclaimed horse trainer Mark Rashid breaks new ground by challenging the longstanding belief that a person must become the "alpa leader" in order to work with horses. Instead, "Horses Never Lie" teaches you how to become a "passive leader"—a reflection of the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to be around and to follow. It’s a must read for all horse owners who care about their horses and the kind of relationship they have with them.
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Paperback: 169 pages
Publisher: Spring Creek Press (2000)
$17.50
***The Publisher is out of stock until July. However, if you want to purchase one at this time, we will send it when they are available.***
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 A GOOD HORSE IS NEVER A BAD COLOR
(On back order from the publisher. They indicate it should be available in spring 2010). In this follow-up to his first book, "Considering the Horse," Mark Rashid continues to share his gift for using communication, not force, in working with horses. Rashid uses heart-warming and humorous stories to share his techniques of teaching horses by understanding their view of the world. These tales deal with many facets of buying, owning, and training horses. Stories of Arabs, appaloosas, and paints—mistrusted and mistreated because of their breed—will give you a new perspective on these breeds and others. Rashid’s accounts of horses bound for slaughter because they couldn’t be trained will inspire you to give your own problem horse another look. And when Wil, the ugliest horse you can imagine, turns out to be the best on the ranch, you’ll understand why a good horse is never a bad color.
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 CONSIDERING THE HORSE - Tales of Problems Solved and Lessons Learned
Mark Rashid’s entertaining stories will introduce you to quiet solutions for resolving training problems from the horse’s point of view. Topics include ground manners, picking up feet, head-shyness, trailer loading, mounting problems, balking, and head tossing. If you are about to buy a horse and definitely if you are about to sell your horse because of problems, or even if you only wish you owned a horse, this book will give you a whole new perspective into the horse’s point of view.
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