Horse Care Part 3

Overview

Understand the things that can stress a horse and increase its susceptibility to problems. Know how to manage situations (eg. events, travel, weather) to minimise risk. This course complements Horse Care Part 1 & 2, but will also stand alone.

Aims of the Horse Care Part 3 course from Warnborough College

• Explain the uses of a horse blanket in a specified locality.

• Evaluate three different types of horse blankets, in terms of various factors, including: *price *application *quality *longevity.

• List five situations when bandages are used on a horse.

• Describe the methods of bandaging horses, as listed above.

• Demonstrate the use of bandages on horses in two specified situations.

• Explain the different reasons why boots are used on horses.

• Describe the use of boots on a horse in two specified situations.

• Define terms used in the health care of horses.

• Describe the symptoms of five common ailments in horses.

• Develop a checklist for evaluating the health of a horse.

• Evaluate the health, using the checklist developed above, of a chosen horse.

• Describe, in an illustrated report, how to take a horses temperature.

• List the minimum components and their uses, of an equine first aid kit for two different specified situations.

• Explain different horse restraining techniques, including the use of: *stalls *twitch *sidelines *crushes *hobbles.

• Determine the criteria which must be satisfied before, and during, the isolation of a horse.

• Explain why the isolation procedure is used in a specific situation.

• Describe the use and maintenance of tools and equipment required for preparation of a horse for showing.