Florida Horse Shows offers a complete selection of horse care books selected for their accuracy and completeness. From beginner to advanced, from pony to senior horses each of these books can help you learn and make sure you are doing what is best for your horse.
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.
Three simple-reference sections use carefully crafted questions and answers devised by veterinarians to provide all the tools needed to deal with everything from general horse care and welfare to more serious illnesses and injuries. With its highly visual flow-chart format readers can start with an observed symptom, determine whether it's a potential problem that warrants action and be guided towards the best course of action to take. Full of invaluable instruction and advice, this book will help horse owners develop a better relationship with their veterinarians and become more confident horsekeepers and observers.
Whole-health practices from nose to tail ensure sound horse management and teach lifelong, quality lessons in care. Whole Health for Happy Horses is Quarry s foray into the equine market, focusing on health, well-being, and maintenance from the alternative health perspective. The philosophies of TCM and other therapies apply just as readily to horses as people, integrating well with traditional care to contribute to the overall well-being of the horse. This book teaches soothing and nourishing treatments; equissage strokes, stretches, and acupressure treatments to treat pain or ailments are taught in full-color step-by-step imagery. Veterinary-approved equine nutritional guides will also be explored, ensuring whole health inside and out.
From sweet-smelling stables to wide-open grazing fields, this guide to horse care introduces kids to grooming, feeding, health care, and safety around horses. Photos & illustrations. (Available now)
