Horse Care Books
Caring for your horse is an important part of horse ownership. This selection of books will provide you information on horse health, conformation, hoof care, and general information about your equine friends.
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Story's Horse-Lover's Encyclopedia
User friendly A-Z guide to the horse world. This book contains information on Anatomy, Bits, Blankets, Colic, Diseases, Feeding, Health, Hooves, Reins, Tack, Teeth, and much, much more! This is a great book with lots of information.
- Edited By: Deborah Burns
- 8 1/2 x 11" soft cover
- Illustrations throughout
- 480 Pages
- $24.95
- Item # BK46
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The Horse Conformation Handbook
An in-depth discussion of equine anatomy and general principals of conformation and the critical components of horse evaluation: body proportion and balance, body and leg angles, and height. The book goes on to cover real-world applications of the principals of good confirmation.
- Author: Heather Smith Thomas
- 8 1/2 x 10 7/8" soft cover
- Photographs and Illustrations throughout
- 400 Pages
- $21.95
- Item # BK21
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Horsekeeping Almanac
Packed cover to cover with wisdom and advise, this comprehensive book from Cherry Hill guides you through each month and season of the year with topics including: Immunizations, rotational grazing, hay inventory, pasture priorities, bedding, branding, weight gain, and many more.
- Author: Cherry Hill
- 9 x 7 1/2" soft cover
- Illustrations throughout
- 576 Pages
- $24.95
- Item # BK37
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Horse Health Care
A step-by-step photographic guide to mastering over 100 horsekeeping skills. Includes correct techniques for: daily exam, basic restraint, leg wrapping, hoof care, giving shots, dental exams, wound care, and checking vital signs.
- Author: Cherry Hill
- 8 1/2 x 11" soft cover
- Photographs and Illustrations throughout
- 160 Pages
- $18.95
- Item # BK20
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Horse Sense - A Complete Guide to Horse Selection and Care
Dr. Mettler gives invaluable advice on preventative health care for horses, describing immunizations, worming, and dental care and explaining how three common and serious equine diseases - colic, choke, and founder - can be prevented and treated.
- Author: John J. Mettler, Jr., D.V.M.
- 8 1/2 x 11" soft cover
- Photographs and Illustrations throughout
- 160 Pages
- $15.95
- Item # BK22
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The Squeamish Person's Guide To Pulling Your Horse's Mane
Here's the guide to cutting your horse's mane with scissors so it appears to have been pulled. This book guides you step by step through the process.
- Author: June V. Evers
- 11 x 4 1/2" soft cover, spiral bound
- Photographs throughout
- 24 Pages
- $9.95
- ISBN: 978-0-9795780-0-7
- Item # BK62
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The Ultimate Guide to Pampering Your Horse
This book takes pampering your horse to new levels. In it you'll find hundreds of hints for pampering your horse includeing: grooming, bathing, hoof & leg care, stall & stable ideas, toys, parties, games, horse treat recipes, and even costumes. A must have book!
- Author: June V. Evers
- 10 x 7 1/8" soft cover, spiral bound
- B&W Photographs throughout
- 168 Pages
- $24.95
- ISBN: 0-9638814-2-6
- Item # BK58
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Stablekeeping
Good stablekeeping minimizes repairs, reduces feed and verternary bills, helps to ensure that horses are safe and content, and provides a pleasante workplace. This book includes information on barn design and features, stall management, utilities, feed and water practices, emergency action plans and much more.
- Author: Cherry Hill
- 8 1/2 x 10 7/8" soft cover
- B&W Photographs throughout
- 154 Pages
- $19.95
- ISBN: 1-58017-175-3
- Item # BK13
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Storey's Guide To Feeding Horses
In this comprehensive book, Melyni Worth, who is one of the world's leading equine nutritionists, provides down-to-earth explainations of everything from how a horse digests food, to why the horse's summer diet is not suitable when winter comes roaring
in. Topics include: Nutrients in detail, water in the diet, nutritional disorders, feeding at different life stages, making hay, and more.
- Author: Melyni Worth, PhD. PAS
- 6 x 9" soft cover
- Illustrations throughout
- 248 Pages
- $18.95
- ISBN: 978-1-58017-492-3
- Item # BK98
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The Foaling Primer
This up-close, photograhic guide leads you through the process of raising a foal from birth to weaning, include what critical devlopmental signs to look for and how to perform key procedures at each stage. With this advice you can produce a healthy, well-adjusted foal.
- Author: Cynthia McFarland
- 8 x 10" soft cover
- Color Photographs throughout
- 150 Pages
- $19.95
- ISBN: 978-1-58017-608-8
- Item # BK97
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