Stablekeeping: A Visual Guide to Safe and Healthy Horsekeeping
Cherry Hill is America's expert on common sense horse care, training, and horsekeeping...her quiet wisdom is a reliable source of advice for any horse owner.\ —Lisa Kiser, Marketing Manager, Equitana USA and EqWest\ A Complete Stablekeeping Reference\ Happy trails begin at home. From design to management to maintenance, good stablekeeping minimizes repairs, reduces feed and veterinary bills, helps to ensure that horses are safe and content, and provides a pleasant workplace. Learn how to keep...
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Hill shares decades of horsekeeping experience to help readers provide a safe, efficient, healthy living environment for their horses. More than 250 photographs address topics such as stalls, tack rooms, work and storage areas, sanitation and pest control, feeding practices, safety and emergencies, and more.
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Barn Features Lighting - Ventilation - Aisle Flooring Chapter 2 Stalls Kick Walls - Grilles - Heaters - Doors - Latches - Stall Flooring - Stall Mat Installation Chapter 3 The Tack Room Tack Room Details - Saddle Storage - Bridle and Blanket Storage - Plumbing and Refrigeration - Ventilation and Heat - Repair and Cleaning Areas Chapter 4 Work Areas A Safe Place to Tie - Tying - Grooming Area - Farrier Work Space - Vet Area - Wash Rack Chapter 5 Tool Storage - Grooming Supply Storage - Hay, Bedding, and Blanket Storage - Coils - Lofts Chapter 6 Tools Hand Tools - Forks and Rakes - Brooms and Shovels - Carts - Equipment Chapter 7 Turnout Areas Turnout Pens - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Connectors - Gate Latches - Pen Maintenance - Mud Control Chapter 8 Vices and Prevention Vices - Prevention - Wood Chewing Chapter 9 Sanitation & Pest Control Bedding - Cleaning a Stall - Odor Control Products - Disposal - Building a Manure Pile - Parasite Control - Fly Control - Stable Pests Chapter 10 Hay Hay Quality - Buying, Transporting, and Storing Hay Chapter 11 Grain Types of Grain - Mineral Supplements - Psyllium and Sand Colic Prevention - Grain Storage Chapter 12 Feeding Practices Calculating Hay Ration - Evaluating a Horse's Condition - Guideline for Cold-Weather Hay Increase - Feeding Areas - Making Mat Anchors - Feeders Chapter 13 Water Natural Sources - Automatic Waterers - Tanks and Barrels - Water Buckets - Winter Tanks and Barrels - Winter Water Buckets - Hydrants and Faucets - Mud Prevention - Hoses Chapter 14 Safety Handling Horses - Facilities Safety - Fire Prevention - Safe Lights - Clean Floors - Security Chapter 15 Emergency General Preparation - Injury to Person or Horse - Natural Disasters - Power Loss - Water Supply - Lights - Heat Source - Evacuation - Fire - Wind and Storms - Floods - Extreme Heat - Extreme Cold - Earthquake Chapter 16 Seasonal Reminders Year-Round Periodic Appointments - Fall - Field Washing a Fly Sheet - Winter - Spring - Summer Appendix Resources - Recommended Reading IndeX
