HOWEXPERT VIDEO BOOK - Horse Care 101

How to Take Care of a Horse for Beginners

Created byHowExpert

Last updated 6/2019

English

What you'll learn

Take great care of Horse

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 38m total length

Chapter 1: Bringing Your New Equine Companion Home2:41
Facilitate a calm, gradual, stress-free transition for your new equine companion by ensuring vaccines and a negative Coggins test, then slowly adjust feeding, pasture time, and herd integration.
Chapter 2: Feed Your New Horse3:22
Learn how to feed a new horse with ample roughage, proper hay and pasture grass, gradual grain transitions, and avoiding feeding before or after exercise, plus safe treat guidelines.
Chapter 3: Housing Your Horse3:40
Introduce your outdoor horse to a stall gradually, using familiar food to create positive associations and a calm approach. Provide a spacious, well-bedded stall or run-in shelter to reduce stress.
Chapter 4: When to Call a Vet4:41
Learn to recognize equine emergencies by monitoring vital signs and colic symptoms, and call a vet promptly. Understand colic causes and treatments to relieve pain and maintain hydration.
Chapter 5: Skin, Coat and Hoof Care5:31
Develop grooming for a horse's skin, coat, and hooves; remove sweat after exercise with bathing or hosing, monitor itching and laminitis, and use oil-based sprays or skin supplements.
Chapter 6: Bad Habits5:52
Explore common horse vices such as cribbing, wood chewing, stall weaving, pawing, and stall kicking, and learn practical controls like cribbing collars, enrichment, and stall management.
Chapter 7: Your Ongoing Partnership with Your Horse7:18
Build a lasting partnership with your horse by choosing the right tack, proper bridling and bit options, and respectful handling that prevents pain and promotes trust.
Chapter 8: If You Must Sell Your Horse5:02
Research reputable buyers, post honest ads with riding videos, and ensure your horse finds a happy, healthy new home. Explore options like leasing or share boarding to fit your situation.

Requirements

Be able to ride

Description

This book teaches you how to build a relationship with your new horse, how to care for him, feed him, ride him, and what to do in the event you need to sell your horse.

Main features include:

Acclimating your horse to his new home
Transitioning from an outdoor horse to a barn horse
Adjusting your horse to new horses
Feeding your horse and how to adjust him to new food
Spotting and treating illnesses
Knowing and correcting bad habits, whether in the barn or while riding
Proper equipment and treatment while riding
Proper procedure if you need to sell the horse

If you are new to owning a horse and need to learn the basics (buying, riding, feeding, selling), then this book is for you. The book explains each point in short, easy-to-listen-to paragraphs, so you will not miss anything important.

Additionally, this book explains that horses have feelings, providing a helpful human equivalent to better understand the horse's position. Horses are intelligent creatures, not push-button machines. A horse's feelings can be compared to a human's feelings. Just like humans, horses are individuals with minds of their own.

About the Expert

Karin Bauer is a widow with no children. She is a freelance writer and blogger. She is also an entrepreneur. She runs three online business and enjoys sales and marketing.

Karin has been riding horses for over 30 years. She used to compete in show jumping events, but now rides for pleasure. She rides horses at her local equestrian center and helps care for them.

Who this course is for:

Beginner for Horse Riding