Owning a horse can be exciting, but it also comes with a lot of work. Learning about the skills you need before buying a horse - as well as how to purchase the right one for you - is vital before making a decision as to whether a horse should be part of your family. The online and offline resources provided can also help you do further research before making a decision.

Author: Michi Beck
Kindle Edition: 14 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Smashwords (2010-12-19) (2010-12-19)
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From routine procedures such as clipping, trimming, and shoeing, to more vital subjects such as grazing requirements and nutritional needs, Complete Horse Care Manual is the most authoritative and accessible book on horse care. With more than 650 specially commissioned color photographs and diagrams, Complete Horse Care Manual tells you how to provide regular care and attention for your horse, how to guard against health problems, and when to seek professional medical attention.

Author: Colin Vogel
Hardcover: 216 pages
Company: DK Publishing (2011-01-17)
ISBN: 0756671604
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"Basic Horse Training - All You Need To Know To Safely Handle And Control Your Horse"

Newly Updated!
We've added a new chapter that includes additional horse training tips. Useful stuff you can use today to help make your horses safer and more fun to ride!

Thanks for your interest in this “Basic Horse Training” booklet as a horse lover and one interested in horse training.

What follows in the next few pages is a great summary of horseback riding/training basics. As you’ll see, this book will give you an excellent start.

All horses must be taught the basics of handling to be safe and enjoyable. Regardless of use, the horse must be taught to stop, back, turn, circle, go straight and be able to perform these maneuvers at all gaits.

Each event and activity requires the horse to specialize in a particular skill, but each horse must be well-trained and easily controlled to perform well.

Therefore, it is essential that all horsemen understand the basic concepts of training horses.

A loose horse moves in a relaxed, balanced and stylish manner. The job of the trainer is to simply indicate the desired maneuver and allow the horse to perform in its own natural balanced and stylish manner. To achieve this objective, the trainer communicates with subtle aids from the hands, legs, body and voice, and allows the horse to complete the maneuvers on its own.

Forcing the horse to perform results in loss of form, stiff unnatural action and confusion on the part of the horse. The desired result of any training program is a well-trained, responsive horse. The following concepts of teaching body control and the basic maneuvers required of the horse will assist horsemen in achieving this goal.

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Author: Charlie Hicks
Kindle Edition: 15 pages Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-01-21) (2011-01-21)
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Kids and horses - an irresistible combination. To strengthen the bond between young girls (the most passionate horse lovers of all!) and their equine companions, Cherry Hill presents the essentials of horse care in a format and tone perfect for the teen and pre-teen horse set. Beginning with how to match the right animal with the right rider, and progressing through feeding, grooming, stabling, health care, safety, and much more, here is everything a young equestrian wants and needs to know about horses.

Author: Cherry Hill
Paperback: 128 pages
Company: Storey Publishing, LLC (2002-08-05)
ISBN: 1580174078
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Author: Fran Devereux Smith
Paperback: 176 pages
Company: Western Horseman (2003-04-01)
ISBN: 1585747149
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Features new full-color photos and online resources

Train, care for, and have fun with your horse

If you're crazy about horses, this hands-on guide is all you need to giddy up and go. Featuring updates on breeds, boarding, nutrition, equipment, training, and riding, as well as new information on various equine conditions, this resource shows you how to keep your horse happy - and take your riding skills to the next level.

Discover how to
* Select the right horse for you
* Feed, groom, and handle your horse
* Recognize common horse ailments
* Have fun in the saddle
* Get involved in equestrian competitions

Author: Audrey Pavia, Janice Posnikoff D.V.M.
Paperback: 400 pages
Company: For Dummies (2005-09-30)
ISBN: 0764597973
List Price: $21.99
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No horse farmer wants to think about sick or hurt animals, but such situations do occur at some point on every farm. When a horse isn’t well, the reference every owner will turn to first is Storey’s Barn Guide to Horse Health Care + First Aid. With a nail-hole at the top of each page spread, the book can hang on a barn wall as a hands-free visual guide to every health situation likely to occur.

Graphic step-by-step presentations guide farmers through daily health checks, basic dental and hoof care, preventive procedures, emergency first aid care, and wound treatment. The book also features full-color anatomical illustrations, feeding and nutritional charts, a recordkeeping section, and a checklist of first-aid supplies. The Emergency and Wounds sections both begin with careful instructions on when to call the veterinarian and what to do until professional help arrives.

Always available to guide horse farmers through basic equine health procedures, this Barn Guide will be a handy reference and an invaluable practical resource on every horse farm.

Author: Storey Publishing LLC
Spiral-bound: 123 pages
Company: Storey Publishing, LLC (2006-12-30)
ISBN: 1580176399
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Completely updated with the latest information on infectious diseases, parasites, breeding and foaling, and alternative therapies, the Horse Owner’s Veterinary Handbook, Third Edition is still as useful and easy to navigate as the original, classic text. With an index of signs and symptoms, a guide to the organs and body systems, a general index, cross-references, and a helpful glossary, this book will help you diagnose and treat your horse. You will appreciate the well-organized contents, which will help you find the information you need quickly, when your horse needs your help most.

Author: Thomas Gore DVM, Paula Gore, James M. Giffin MD
Hardcover: 720 pages
Company: Howell Book House (2008-07-15)
ISBN: 0470126795
List Price: $39.99
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Explains bandaging, giving shots, examining teeth, deworming, and preventive care. Exercising and cooling down, hoof care, and tending wounds are depicted,

along with taking a horse's temperature and determining pulse and respiration rates.

Author: Richard Klimesh, Cherry Hill
Paperback: 160 pages
Company: Storey Publishing, LLC (1997-01-04)
ISBN: 0882669559
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Comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the care and management of a horse.

In The Horse Lover's Bible, Tamsin Pickeral takes a unique approach: she provides insight into the reasons why horses behave the way they do. Following her good counsel, riders can develop rapport with their animals.

The book's straightforward layout guides the reader from assessing and purchasing a horse, to maintaining its well-being and ensuring its fitness, to preparing for competitions -- and much more. Checklist summaries appear at the end of each section. Step-by-step photographs and quick-reference boxes complement the comprehensive text.

Some of the topics covered include:

Assessing conformation, temperament, ability and breed characteristics Evaluating equipment and tack for both English and Western riding Analyzing horse behavior and natural instincts Stable design, field maintenance, and nutrition Buying, stabling, exercising, grooming, training and showing Shoeing, tacking, traveling and breeding Step-by-step clipping, trimming, plaiting, show turnout and quarter marking Common ailments, and traditional and alternative therapies Preventive health routines in a handy year-round plan First-aid and emergency procedures.

The Horse Lover's Bible is a thorough and outstanding handbook for any rider.

Author: Tamsin Pickeral
Hardcover: 224 pages
Company: Firefly Books (2009-04-17)
ISBN: 155407391X
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