Lesson Structure:  Horse (Equine) Care III BAG302

There are 6 lessons in this course:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Organising & 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
6. 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

Each lesson culminates in an assignment, marked by the academies tutors and returned to you with relevant comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Learning Goals:  Horse (Equine) Care III BAG302

• Identify the use and purpose of protective equipment for horses, including blankets, bandages and boots.
• Determine the procedures required to maintain a horse’s health.
• Develop a program to prepare a horse for showing.
• Prepare a management plan for a horse while away from it’s home.
• Develop a plan for the management of a horse industry event.
• Analyse the management of a horse enterprise, including its marketing and financial viability.

Practicals:

• Explain the uses of a horse blanket in a specified locality.
• Evaluate three different types of horse blankets, in terms of various factors, including:
  • price
  • application
  • quality
  • longevity.
• List five situations when bandages are used on a horse
• Describe the methods of bandaging horses, as listed above.
• Demonstrate the use of bandages on horses in two specified situations.
• Explain the different reasons why boots are used on horses.
• Describe the use of boots on a horse in two specified situations.
• Define terms used in the health care of horses.
• Describe the symptoms of five common ailments in horses.
• Develop a checklist for evaluating the health of a horse.
• Evaluate the health, using the checklist developed above, of a chosen horse.
• Describe, in an illustrated report, how to take a horses temperature.
• List the minimum components and their uses, of an equine first aid kit for two different specified situations.
• Explain different horse restraining techniques, including the use of:
  • stalls
  • twitch
  • sidelines
  • crushes
  • hobbles.
• Determine the criteria which must be satisfied before, and during, the isolation of a horse.
• Explain why the isolation procedure is used in a specific situation.
• Describe the use and maintenance of tools and equipment required for preparation of a horse for showing.
• Demonstrate plaiting using a fibre comparable to horses hair.
• Compare the differences in showing under saddle, with showing on the halter.
• Write a plan for the preparation of a horse for showing, in a specific competition.
• List the situations where a horse might need to be transported.
• Explain the different methods of transporting a horse with respect to:
  • impact on the animal
  • equipment required
  • costs.
• Prepare a set of guidelines for the care of a horse during travel.
• Prepare guidelines for the care of a horse at a specified show.
• Plan appropriate procedures for the transportation of a horse, for two different situations, in terms of:
  •  a timetable of events
  •  husbandry tasks to be carried out
  •  a list of equipment and materials required.
• List the factors influencing the success of different types of events in the horse industry, including:
  • shows
  • races
  • competitions.
• Determine the minimum first aid facilities which should be provided for horses, riders and spectators at a specified type of event.
• Prepare a plan for managing a specified type of horse event.
• Write a report analysing the management of a nominated event in your locality.
• Evaluate the management of a horse event, such as a show, competition or race; with reference to:
  • organisation
  • promotion
  • success (or failure) of the event.
• Determine the factors affecting the profitability of two different specified horse enterprises visited by you.
• Calculate the different costs involved in maintaining a specified breed/type of horse over one year, including:
  • manpower
  • agistment
  • feed
  • veterinary needs
  • transport
  • tack
• Evaluate three different systems for marketing horses in your locality.
• Determine innovative marketing methods for different horse industry situations, including:
  • stud services
  • yearling sales
  • riding instruction.

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