Down-to-Earth Natural Horse Care : Keeping Your Horse As Best Suits His Mind, Body, and Soul

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781570764349
• ISBN10: 1570764344
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Summary

Introducing the basics of natural horse care, this manual provides a wealth of information about managing horses as if they lived in the wild. Although domestic horses can't run free, the guide explains how understanding their natural behavior and creating a landscape that supports foraging will offer horses happier lives and improve the fertility of the land at the same time. Topics covered include herd behavior, natural training, changing seasons, protection from heat and cold, water supplies, and the dangers of dehydration and poisonous plants. Natural approaches to grooming and medical care are also described in detail, including coat and hoof care, equine dentistry, foaling, parasites, overuse of antibiotics, and how to take a horse's vital signs.

Author Biography

Lisa Ross-Williams is an environmental plant scientist, a natural horse-care consultant, and the host of the If Your Horse Could Talk webcast. A founder and former senior editor at Equine Wellness Magazine, she is the associate editor of Natural Horse Magazine. She lives in Cornville, Arizona.