Keep your horse happy and healthy throughout the entire year. Veteran trainer Cherry Hill provides a comprehensive month-by-month guide to horse care that includes seasonal stable chores and maintenance procedures that promote equine health. Reminding you to check for ticks in April, buy hay in July, and set up winter bedding in October, each month's reference charts, to-do lists, and climate notes will help you establish routines that follow the natural cycles of the animals and the land. Cherry Hill is an internationally known instructor and horse trainer and has written numerous books, including 101 Arena Exercises for Horse & Rider, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, How to Think Like a Horse, What Every Horse Should Know, and Horse Care for Kids. Visit her at www.horsekeeping.com, where you can find information on her books, DVDs, and horsekeeping knowledge. Preface We Horsekeepers Long Tail Ranch Using This Book Late Winter January Tracking your weather Latitude map Setting up records Monitoring vital signs Daily visual exam Good manners for farrier visits Cold weather feed rule Calculating your horse's weight and height Mountain lions Bobcats and lynx Internal parasites Deworming dos and don'ts Windbreaks Sanitation Saddle check Leather tack care Income tax overview Know your knots Rhino #2 for your mare Foaling kit Barn cleaning Maintaining your tractor Beet pulp mash Deworming Bots Winter weather patterns February First-aid kit Finding and choosing a farrier Hay is for horses Hay amount Natural feeding Predators Pasture check Electric fences Spread compost Late winter grooming routine Shedding Bridle check Turnout halter Liability and property insurance Power outages Wood chewing Manure-handling equipment Pill prep Health food for horses Spring March Floods Time change Immunizations Mud season Thrush Beet pulp Chore sandwich Birds Time to let your land rest Manure management Grooming tools for early spring Halters and lead ropes Trailer (shipping) boots Budget Cost of raising a foal Breeding contract Stallion selection Life in the pen Choosing the right mower Natural horsekeeping Flooding in the South April Lightning precautions Time change in Canada Ten skin ailments to avoid Hoof cracks Grains Eagles Turkey vultures Ticks Miller moths Tent caterpillars Spring pasture tune-up Handling manure Helmets Back in the saddle Rain sheets Buying a horse Ground training review Predicting foaling Hazardous wastes Spring cleanup Spring vehicle maintenance Pill paste Horse colors Conformation Midwest tornado season May Hail To shoe or not to shoe Summer caretaker Giving horses treats Snakes Spring pasture Composting How to bathe a horse Clipping Tail care Saddle pad care Blanket storage Lessons Leasing Hay inventory Trailer loading Foaling Round pen size Fire strips Servicing equipment Rotary harrow Correct weight Mold and mildew A continent of pastures Summer June Hurricanes Solstice West Nile virus Laminitis Sand colic Psyllium G

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