Horse Handling & Grooming: Haltering * Leading & Tying * Bathing & Clipping * Grooming & Braiding * Handling Hooves

by Cherry Hill, Richard Klimesh

Overview

With easy-to-follow instructions and clear photographs, this guide shows you everything you need to know to safely and effectively handle and groom your horse. Veteran trainer Cherry Hill shares expert techniques for haltering, tying, clipping, bathing, braiding, leading, blanketing, and more. Learn how proper horsekeeping not only helps your animal look and feel its best, but can enhance the special bond between horse and rider. Horse Handling & Grooming will help riders of all abilities improve, and even expand, their horsekeeping skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882669564
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	01/04/1997
Series:	Horsekeeping Skills Library
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	83,002
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Cherry Hill is an internationally known instructor and horse trainer and has written numerous books, including 101 Arena Exercises for Horse & Rider, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, How to Think Like a Horse, What Every Horse Should Know, and Horse Care for Kids. Visit her at www.horsekeeping.com, where you can find information on her books, DVDs, and horsekeeping knowledge.

Richard Klimesh cares for five horses on a 70-acre horse facility in Colorado. He is a Certified Master Farrier, who has written hundreds of articles on hoof care and horse facilities. He is the Webmaster of www.horsekeeping.com and the producer of Horsekeeping Videos.

Table of Contents

Safe Handling and Housing

Handling Equipment

Haltering and Unhaltering

Handling the Haltered Horse

Tying

Safe Training for Handling

Grooming Techniques

Bathing the Horse

Clipping the Horse's Hair

Caring for the Mane

Caring for the Tail

Appendix

Recommended Reading

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Editorial Reviews

" If you own a horse or just love horses and would like to know more about caring and handling them, these books are must haves!" - Nashville News

" The wealth of practical advice offered is thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experience riders improving or expanding their skills." - Colombia Station Ohio Rural- Urban Record

" Generously illustrated with excellent black- and- white photos, this books offers truly the most painless way to learn about elementary horsemanship- on the ground." - The Quarter Horse Journal

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