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The Course Companion for BHS Stages 1 & 11 by Maxine Cave Contents: Points of the Horse and Identification: height, markings, colour; Handling Horses in Everyday Situations: catching a horse from the field, tying up, handling, appproaching a horse, leading, turning out; Strapping/Grooming/Quartering: reasons for grooming, the grooming kit, some general points, method; Bedding and Mucking Out Procedure: bedding systems, types of bedding, some general points in mucking out, full mucking out procedure for a straw bed, variations for full mucking out of a shavings bed, muck heap disposal; Psychology and Behavioural Problems: natural instincts and lifestyle,the domesticated horse in the field, horses that are difficult to catch, the stabled horse, the horse when ridden; The Field Kept Horse and Grassland Management: fencing, water, shelter, poisonous plants and trees, maintaining good pasture, daily checks; Feeding: the rules of feeding and watering, feeding and watering systems, types of feed and their preparation, deciding what to feed; Fitness Work/Preparation/Roughing Off/Different Disciplines: bringing a horse up from grass/rest, fitness programme, associated ailments, care after hard work, roughing off, lungeing; Saddlery, It's Use, Care and Fitting for Riding, Training and Competition: tacking up procedure, fitting the equipment, care of the equipment, injuries from dirty or ill-fitting tack; Bitting: basic principles; Horse Clothing: rugs, bandages, further protective equipment for travelling; Clipping, Trimming, Plaiting and Finishing Touches: reasons for clipping, preparing the horse for clipping, preparation and choice of the clipping area, the clipping machine and its care, different types of clip, how to clip, further points, methods of restraint, trimming, pulling manes and tails, plaiting, finishing touches; Travelling: preparation, loading, the difficult loader, the journey; The Lower Limb and Shoeing: the structure of the lower limb and foot, the shoeing process and farrier's tools, parts of the shoe, recognising the need for reshoeing, further points on shoeing; Health: signs of the horse being in good health, signs of the horse being unwell, preventive measures, health records, when to call the vet, minor wounds, nursing a sick horse, how to recognise lameness; The Digestive System: outline and basic working of the digestive system, additional information; The Skelton: why we need to know about the skelton, aspects to note; Aspects of Yard Management: safety, accident procedure and reports, stable construction and maintainance of facilities, knowledge of the British Horse Society. PB, Fully Illustrated, 189 pages.