Learn How to Keep Happy, Healthy Horses in Grazing Paddocks
In this course, you'll learn how to manage the health and condition of horses in different situations. This includes recognising signs of poor condition and ill health, how to address ill health. You'll also learn to recognise what stresses a horse, and how to help. An excellent for course for learning how to manage simple horse issues and reduce risk factors.
Course Duration: 100 hours
Course Structure
There are 6 lessons in this course.
- Blankets, Bandages & Boots
- different blankets and rugs
- fitting a rug
- surcingles and rollers
- caring for rugs and blankets
- types of bandages and their uses
- rules for bandaging
- boots and their uses
- Maintaining The Health Of Horses
- signs of good and poor health
- sick nursing rules
- isolation procedure
- common ailments to recognize
- taking the temperature
- the medicine chest
- first aid treatments
- restraining a horse
- emergencies
- preventing a disease
- Clipping, Trimming & Plaiting
- reasons for clipping
- types of clippers
- types of clips
- preparation for clipping
- how to clip
- finishing off
- hogging the mane
- trimming
- pulling the mane and tail
- plaiting the mane or tail
- Traveling & Care of The Horse Away From Home
- preparing a horse for travel
- preparing a trailer
- loading the horse
- the problem loader
- safety while loading
- before a show
- at the show
- returning home
- Organising and Managing A Horse Event
- organising an event
- contingencies to cater for
- the public, exhibitors and organisers
- costs
- guidelines for planning a show or exhibition
- the facility
- exclusive bookings
- facilities without prior bookings
- booking records
- publicity
- community participation
- Managing A Horse Enterprise
- management plans
- rural finance sources
- banks
- money market
- financial planning
- contract law
- assessing profit
- risk analysis
- standards
- financial records
- cash flow
- E.O.P accounting
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WHY CHOOSE US?
Reputation: well-known and respected.
Industry focus: courses designed to suit industry needs and expectations.
Different focus: develop problem solving skills that make you stand out from others.
Hands-on: develop practical as well as theoretical skills.
Lots of help: dedicated and knowledgeable tutors.
Efficient: prompt responses to your questions.
A long track record: established in 1979 with a solid history.
Up to date: courses under constant review.
Resources: huge wealth of constantly developing intellectual property.
Value: courses compare very favourably on a cost per study hour basis.
Student amenities: online student room, bookshop, ebooks.
