Author : Lucy Rees
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1908809574
Horses in Company, a revolutionary (¿radically??) new analysis of horse social behaviour, opens the way towards a better understanding of horses on both ethological and practical levels. Based on first-hand observations of wild horses and their evolutionary need for collective defence against predators, it shows how domestic life distorts horses' natural social relations, encouraging misinterpretation, mistreatment and human-horse problems.
Author : Sheri Grunska
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2018-03-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781545355954
This book will open your eyes to the world of horse boarding and all that it encompasses. One of the most often asked questions I get from people who want to start a boarding business is, "Where do I start?" Great question! Most people, including myself, usually start with a couple of horses and then progress into boarding. This book is a step by step guide on what you need to do to get your barn or stable up and going and how to maintain a strong and healthy boarding business. Whether you want to run a large facility or a small stable this book will cover everything you need to know to help you start off with a strong foundation for your business. I have included a current business plan (designed especially for the horse boarding industry), boarding contract and barn rules which is only the beginning. This book will walk you through every step and give you tasks lists and suggestions for every part of your business from designing your barn to seeking a loan. This book includes designing a barn or stable, your tack room, horse stalls and riding arenas. It covers extensive pages on herd management, turnout and paddocks and how to design them and what to think about before you put the first post in the ground. It will include business insurance, accounting and lawyers and what they mean to your business. I discuss the financial part of business ownership throughout the book and how to streamline your chores and hire employees. I discuss conflict resolution, the barn manager's role and client relations and the intention of this book is to help you avoid some of the common pitfalls of barn management and business ownership and that is only the beginning. The topics that are covered in this book are extensive and you won't find a more current book on running a boarding business. This book will benefit any size boarding operation. A large boarding barn equates to a large scale effort and risk. A small boarding stable carries lower financial risk but requires the same planning to be successful and can have many of the same issues as a large facility. Every area of the horse industry is impacted by the boarding stable and no matter the size; each plays an integral part in the success and stability of the equine industry.
Author : M. R. Bain
Publisher : M. R. Bain
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2013-10-19
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1478721987
M. R. Bain shares his experiences of developing successful horse businesses. Told from the standpoint of one who actually did what he writes about, he talks about how to structure your business, how to protect your assets, what you can expense or depreciate, marketing, insurance needs, maintaining your horse business and many other things.
Author : N. Waran
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2007-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0306482150
This book describes the development of horse behaviour, and the way in which the management of horses today affects their welfare. Horses for sport, companionship and work are considered and ways of improving their welfare by better training and management is described. The book assesses welfare, nutrition, and behaviour problems with horses. The authors include internationally-recognised scientists from Britain, Ireland, USA and Australia.
Author : Mortimer Children's Books
Publisher : Mortimer Children's
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 30,13 MB
Release : 2021-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781839350719
The Book of Horses celebrates the world of the magnificent horse. An engaging visual feast, it transports readers from the Mongolian steppe to thrilling racetrack. The lavish pictures - including evocative photographs and horse profiles - tell their own stories without the need for too much text. Discover the white horses of the Camargue that gallop through the sea, the lithe thoroughbreds that race at 43 miles an hour, and the brave war horses that plunged into the horror of battle, and many more. At the same time, readers will learn how to care for horses and ponies, keeping them in top condition.
Author : Julia Felton
Publisher : Ecademy Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1908746513
Felton shares the profound life and business lessons that horses have taught her. Through her candid story telling she provides insights into how horses can help people become more self-aware and connected to themselves and others. The result is improved leadership skills.
Author : J. Warren Evans
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 2000-12-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780805072518
"Comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, Horses, Third Edition is an essential reference book for anyone who cares for a horse, from novice to experienced owner."--Jacket.
Author : Simon Cocozza
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1570769427
Gentle ways to improve the horse’s core fitness while relieving pain related to conditions such as kissing spine. Every equestrian wants to know: what is the difference between the horse that “dances” when you are on him, and the one that doesn’t? According to Visconte Simon Cocozza, Trainer and Examiner for the La Fédération Française d'Equitation (FFE), it all comes down to the horse’s posture. The horse’s ability to use the powerful mechanisms already built into his body relies not upon the strength we can see on the outside but the strength on the inside. This invisible and complex arrangement of internal “core” muscles control the horse’s posture, suppleness, and agility. Their good condition is the key to the dance. Equine core muscles are very difficult to isolate with the traditional training techniques common to horse sports. However, by examining what we do with the human body when faced with a weak core, we can find new methods for conditioning these areas of the equine body. Cocozza has taken principles of the human practice of yoga and used them to develop novel ways of reaching deep within the horse’s body and: Gently “unlock” areas that may be a little “rusty.” Improve core fitness. And even relieve pain related to conditions such as kissing spine. In this highly illustrated book, he provides step-by-step instruction explaining easy mounted exercises that enhance the horse’s posture, and boost his confidence in his body and movement, making him easier to ride, and ultimately, the dance partner you’ve always imagined.
Author : Margaret Elsinor Derry
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802091121
Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse. Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century. Margaret E. Derry shows how horse breeding practices used during this period to heighten the value of the animals in the marketplace incorporated a intriguing cross section of influences, including Mendelism, eugenics, and Darwinism. Derry elucidates the increasingly complex horse world by looking at the international trade in army horses, the regulations put in place by different countries to enforce better horse breeding, and general aspects of the dynamics of the horse market. Because it is a story of how certain groups attempted to control the market for horses, by protecting their breeding activities or 'patenting' their work, Horses in Society provides valuable background information to the rapidly developing present-day problem of biological ownership. Derry's fascinating study is also a story of the evolution of animal medicine and humanitarian movements, and of international relations, particularly between Canada and the United States.
Author : Carol A. Butler
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1603427988
Did you know that a miniature horse weighs just a few pounds, while a giant draft horse can weigh well over a ton? Or that from a standstill a mule can jump, kangaroo-like, more than five feet high? With answers to hundreds of questions about behavior, physiology, training, and special breed characteristics, Knowing Horses has all your horse quandaries covered.
