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The current move away from the extensive use of agricultural
chemicals and the employment of more traditional methods of farming
means that the number of different plant species is on the
increase. Along with the nutritional benefits that this brings,
there is also a risk that many potentially poisonous species of
wild plants may return in greater number, together with those
which, although not outright poisons in themselves, may be toxic to
some degree. Most horse owners are aware of and can identify plants
which are the most common cause of poisoning such as ragwort, yew,
laburnum and bracken, but other dangerous species such as cowbane
or hemlock are not usually referred to except in specialist
literature. This book lists over 50 plants which are commonly
regarded as being poisonous in their own right. An illustration and
profile of each is given, together with its prevalence, poisonous
principle and symptoms.
In this book, Jutta Wiemers describes 100 'smart' games through
which you can achieve a perfect partnership with your horse. The
games are progressive and range from simple leading and lungeing,
through to circus tricks (curtseying, kneeling, lying down or
sitting on command, Spanish walk, and even the Hungarian post).
Along the way there are other fun-packed games involving balance,
sure-footedness, agility and confidence building. All the proposed
games are beneficial to the horse - they will keep his body
healthy, while his mind is stimulated. The training suggested is
sometimes ambitious but always playful, and performed entirely
without pressure. Hundreds of illustrations (drawn by the author)
clarify the sequence of training steps and detail the required body
language of the trainer. Training your horse with these games will
open a gate to your horse's soul and change your relationship with
him forever. For his part, your horse will become self-confident,
happy and very dependable.
In the 1950s - as tractors displaced the use of Highland ponies on
our farms - the breed found a new purpose in pony trekking. In this
book Heidi Sands captures the essence of Highland ponies, depicting
the breed in their natural environment.
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Mud Pony
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Stephanie Baker
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For the millions of girls--and the women they grow into--who are
mad about horses, who live to ride, who spend more time in stables
than stores, who know the difference between a hock and the
fetlock, comes a sweet, charming, wise, obsessive celebration of
the bond between woman and horse. Written and illustrated by Bonnie
Timmons, the award-winning artist whose signature squiggly style
was seen every week on NBC's hit show "Caroline in the City" and is
featured in places ranging from "The New York Times" to "Fortune
500" advertising campaigns, "Hold Your Horses" is 144 full-color
pages of irresistible pleasure and unexpected horse sense.
It starts with First Love, moving quickly to Lessons, including the
gallop: a gait so fast your worries can't keep up, and jumping:
just throw your heart over first, and, of course, falling-otherwise
known as an unscheduled dismount. There are tips on Buying One of
These Things, plus the truth about Care and Feeding. (The trick
here is knowing how much your horse weighs. Easy, really: 1. Weigh
yourself. 2. Weigh yourself holding the horse. 3. Subtract 1 from
2.) And Horsekeeping Truths: A horse knows what you know. He also
knows what you don't know. Written out of a lifelong love, "Hold
Your Horses" gets to the heart of the passion that horses inspire.
Every horsewoman will see herself in its pages.
"Hickman's Farriery" was first published in 1977 and has since been
completely revised and updated to bring it into line with the
latest developments in this field. The new edition demonstrates how
traditional skills can be combined with modern science to benefit
the welfare, soundness and performance of the horse. The book
begins with a short history of horseshoeing, tracing its origins to
pre-Christian times. The authors then move on to explain the
underlying structure of the horse's front and hind legs so that
farriers can better understand the scientific principles of their
craft. The tools used on the foot and at the anvil are described in
detail, as are the various types of horseshoe that can be applied.
The chapter on shoemaking includes numerous practical exercises,
each one illustrated with specially taken step-by-step photographic
principles of their craft. Further chapters examine the care of the
feet in shod and unshod horses, including youngstock; methods of
preventing slipping; and the use of pads. The final chapter looks
at injuries caused by shoes and abnormalities of gait, the shoeing
of defective feet and surgical shoes.
A New York Times Bestseller! From the racetrack to the battlefield
dauntless, fearless, and exemplar of Semper Fi she was Reckless,
"pride of the Marines." A Mongolian mare who was bred to be a
racehorse, Ah-Chim-Hai, or Flame-of-the-Morning, belonged to a
young boy named Kim-Huk-Moon. In order to pay for a prosthetic leg
for his sister, Kim made the difficult decision to sell his beloved
companion. Lieutenant Eric Pedersen purchased the bodacious mare
and renamed her Reckless, for the Recoilless Rifles Platoon,
Anti-Tank Division, of the 5th Marines she'd be joining. The
four-legged equine braved minefields and hailing shrapnel to
deliver ammunition to her division on the frontlines. In one day
alone, performing fifty-one trips up and down treacherous terrain,
covering a distance of over thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded
comrades-in-arms, Reckless demonstrated her steadfast devotion to
the Marines who had become her herd. Despite only measuring about
thirteen hands high, this pint-sized equine became an American
hero. Reckless was awarded two Purple Hearts for her valor and was
officially promoted to staff sergeant twice, a distinction never
bestowed upon an animal before or since. Author Robin Hutton has
reignited excitement about this nearly forgotten legend, realizing
the Sgt. Reckless Memorial Monument at the National Museum of the
Marine Corps, completed in July 2013, and now spurring the creation
of a second memorial at Camp Pendleton, California, where Reckless
lived out the rest of her days. The paperback edition includes a
new foreword by General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the U.S.
Marine Corps. It will appeal to fans of Laura Hillenbrand's
Seabiscuit, Elizabeth Letts' The Eighty Dollar Champion, and the
feature film War Horse.
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