Overview

This is a practical handbook to help horse owners make it through the cold winter months with a happy, healthy horse. Although winter is only one of the seasons, most horse owners spend nine months of the year getting ready for it, getting through it, and getting over it. It is the hardest and most unpleasant time of year for owners, and the one in which horses can suffer most due to particular health, management, and work related difficulties. ""The Horse in Winter"" presents winter-management practices that really work. In a thoroughly practical and accessible way, it explains how the horse's bodily processes work and relates them to sound horse-care principles, giving many time- and labour-saving tips along the way. It covers climate, body temperature, shelter and housing, feeding and watering, care of the skin and coat, feet and legs, clothing and bedding, exercise, health and condition, winter sports, and all special winter jobs and activities. ""The Horse in Winter"" is an essential tool for all horse owners and caretakers.

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9781592287932

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The Horse in Winter is destined to become a classic. Along with beautiful photos, many of them taken in Vermont and New England, McBane shares sound advice on caring for your horse during the coldest months of the year. --Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar <br> The Horse in Winter is an indispensable handbook for those who care for horses and ponies of all types in winter. --Alaska Horse Journal <br> McBane opens by explaining climate and weather considerations in easy-to-understand language, and in later chapters offers practical ways, based on solid health-care principles, to keep horses comfortable in the cold. This book is well illustrated with numerous color photos all targeting, of course, The Horse in Winter. --Western Horseman <br> The Horse in Winter is a wonderful guide for winter management of horses and ponies. . . Your horse friends may be happier for it! --Blaze Magazine <br>

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SUSAN MCBANE is an equestrian and author who founded Equi in 1980 and served as its editor. She was also the secretary of the Equine Behavior Circle and has over thirty equestrian books in print.

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