Horses: A Guide to Selection, Care, and Enjoyment
ISBN10: 0805072519
ISBN13: 9780805072518
Trade Paperback
896 Pages
$50.00
CA$68.00
For almost twenty years, Horses has been the definitive horse care manual, an indispensable reference for anyone who shows, races, breeds, or rides horses.
Now Horses is available for the first time in paperback in a completely revised and updated new edition, offering all the latest information necessary for the competent care and recreational use of horses today. It covers every vital phase of buying, managing, enjoying, and raising horses and features a wealth of illustrations and photo sequences showing step-by-step management procedures, as well as more technical information for advanced owners. This edition also reflects recent findings in health care and research, and includes:
* A new chapter on business practices in the horse industry
* Current recommendations for internal parasite control
* Information on equine assisted therapy
* Linebreeding, the Dosage Index, and the Rasmussen Factor
* Recent information on coat color inheritance
* The physiology of conditioning performance horses
* The practical use of behavior for training
Comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, Horses is an essential reference book for anyone who cares for a horse, from novice to experienced owner.
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Horses
Part One
SELECTING AND BUYING A HORSE
CHAPTER 1
Considering Basic Factors
SEEKING HELP AND ADVICE
The novice or less experienced horseperson can get help from a...