Full Description
Pet, show-ring competitor, pasture companion, driving partner, patient therapy horse — the Miniature Horse does it all. But whether you dream of winning ribbons or just hanging out, it is vital to have a solid understanding of safe handling and proper stabling; grooming needs and feeding requirements; general care and management essentials; special health and wellness concerns; and basic training how-tos.
In these pages experienced Miniature Horse breeder Kendra Gale of Circle J Miniature Horses provides the most complete Miniature Horse resource available. You not only learn the ins and outs of making a Miniature Horse a part of your life, you gain invaluable professional insight when it comes to buying and breeding, registering and showing, training and handling, and so much more.
Contents
Acknowledgements
PART ONE: Miniature Horse Basics
1. The Horse for Everyone
2. Coat, Colours and Patterns
3. Choosing a Horse
PART TWO: Care and Health
4. Working with your New Horse
5. Housing and Transportation
6. Grooming
7. General Health Concerns
8. Serious Health Concerns for Miniature Horses
PART THREE: Miniature Horse Breed Shows
9. Making Your Horse Look His Best
10. Competing
PART FOUR: The Versatile Miniature Horse
11. Getting Started in Driving
12. More Miniature Horse Activities
PART FIVE: Breeding
13. Is It Right for You?
14. Foaling
15. Weaning, Castration, and Marketing
Afterword
Index
