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The BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management
Author: British Horse Society; £13.16

Synopsis

This single-volume edition supersedes the previous seven-volume series on stable management. It is designed to provide a sound foundation for Horse Knowledge and Care, stages one to four, and for the BHS Stable Manager's Certificate, and offers horse owners a guide to the care and management of horses and ponies. Topics covered include: the horse; care of the horse; the horse at grass; saddlery; specialist care of the competition horse; the stable yard; and watering and feeding.

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BHS Complete Horse and Pony Care
Author: British Horse Society; £13.20

Synopsis

The BHS Book of Horse and Pony Care is a comprehensive guide to owning and caring for a horse or pony. Beautifully illustrated, it will appeal to everyone who wants authoritative and practical advice, whether they are beginners or more experienced riders. This unique handbook is created and produced in association with the world-renowned British Horse Society, the leading authority on both horse welfare and rider safety. It is written in a friendly, easy-to-read style by a team of experts, including a top veterinary surgeon, with specialist knowledge of horses and their health problems. It features up-to-date information on every aspect of horse care, from basic stable management, handling and diet to health care, preventing common injuries and show preparation. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of specially commissioned practical colour photographs, many in easy-to-follow, accessible step-by-step sequences, this is the complete reference for all new and potential horse and pony owners. Foreword - British Horse Society Introduction 1. Choosing a horse or pony 2. Housing your horse 3. Grass management 4. Safety and equipment 5. Handling your horse 6. Grooming and shoeing 7. Feeding and diet 8. Exercising your horse 9. Transporting your horse 10. Showing and competitions 11. Keeping your horse healthy 12. Health disorders and injuries

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The Horses and Ponies Protection Association

Sheltoe Before

Sheltoe After

The Horses and Ponies Protection Association is one of the oldest and most respected Charities for equine welfare. HAPPA was founded in 1937 to help fight against the transportation of large horses to the continent for slaughter.

However, complaints of horses, ponies and donkeys being ill treated, starved and abused were reported to the Association, and since then we have investigated many thousands of complaints.

1997 saw this Association (HAPPA) celebrating its Sixtieth Anniversary. 1997 also saw the saving of 16 racehorses! One would think this could never happen. But it did! It took HAPPA staff from the Shores Hey Rescue Centre hours to save them from the squalid conditions they were living in.

These once proud, now emaciated horsess were standing 3ft deep in their own manure, they were crawling with lice and covered with open sores. HAPPA staff also found the dead body of another horse rotting among them under a pile of pallets!

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Learning to Read Your Horse

by Claraetta Olney

Each horse needs either a firm; insistent approach, such as a pressure/no pressure method, or a gentle approach. A bossy horse would require the first method, and a more timid horse would require the second method. Other horses may need a combination of methods.

This is why I say you need to learn how to read your horse, observe its reactions to different methods. You must train your horse according to its temperament. A good way to start is just to watch your horse either in the pasture or in the stall where he is at home. Also in its home corral. Observe it with other horses present to see where it fits in with the herd.

The horse I rode when I was a teenager was one of those horses that needed a firm hand. He was the kind that thought he could rule the roost. I had to make him see I was head horse in order to get him to mind me. The horse I have now is a timid horse, so I treat her with much more gentleness than I did the other horse.

Cindy( my present horse) was two and one half years old when I bought her. As a brown and white pinto filly, she was a wild untamed mustang. She was very unsure of herself and other horses could chase her away from her feed. I treated her very gently in order to get her confidence in me.

The first few weeks I worked with Cindy, I gave her two short lessons per day, one in the morning and one at night. Later I worked with her once a day. She was kept in a round pen at first and was very hard to catch. Later I moved her to a pen with corners and developed the training method I call the "Y Stance"

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