Review
" 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
Product Description
This user-friendly guide to essential skills includes feeding, haltering, tying, grooming, clipping, bathing, braiding, and blanketing. The wealth of practical advice offered is thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experienced riders improving their skills.
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Award-winning horse handler Cherry Hill provides a user-friendly guide to the essential skills of horse handling. She includes feeding, haltering, tying, grooming, clipping, bathing, braiding, and blanketing. The wealth of practical advice offered is thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experienced riders improving or expanding their skills. Includes charts and glossary.
From the Back Cover
Master dozens of horsekeeping skills from basic through advanced -- it's as easy as one-two-three! Most horse owners realize that "know-how" is the key to safe and enjoyable horsekeeping. This user-friendly guide, created by respected equestrian author Cherry Hill, offers a wealth of practical advice on mastering dozens of essential skills, illustrated with 350 how-to photographs. Horse Handling & Grooming includes correct techniques for: -- Leading -- Haltering -- Tying -- Grooming -- Clipping -- Bathing -- Braiding -- Hoof Handling Horse owners of all ages and abilities will find Horse Handling & Grooming indispensable. Clear, step-by-step photographs and concise captions provide exact instructions for each activity, thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experienced riders improving or expanding their skills.
About the Author
Richard Klimesh cares for five horses on a 70-acre horse facility in Livermore, 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.
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.
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.
