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Course Companion for BHS Stages 111 & 1V by Maxine Cave Contents: Identification: means of identification, identification documents; Psychology and Behavioural Problems: the stabled horse turned out to graze, stable vices, the horse when ridden; The Field Kept Horse and Grassland Management: improving the grazing, soil analysis, drainage, fertiliser, weed control, grasses and herbs, further procedures requiring the use of machinery, acreage and year-round maintainance; Feeding: nutrients required in the horse's diet, feeds and their nutritional value, additions to the diet, feeding for individual requirements, additional information; Fitness Work/Preparation/Roughing Off/ Different Disciplines: bringing a horse up from grass/rest, the fitness programme, further aspects of fitness work and different disciplines: phase one- associated ailments, care after hard work, ride and lead, lungeing, roughing off; phase two- the final phase- keeping fit, additional information; Saddlery, Its Use, Care and Fitting for Riding, Training and Competition: fitting the equipment, training aids, tack for cross country, dressage, showjumping, additional information; Bitting: the structure of the horse's mouth, basic principles, the snaffle, double bridle, pelham, gag snaffle, bitless bridle, nosebands and additional tack affecting the bitting arrangement; Horse Clothing: bandages, further protective equipment for travelling, specialised clothing; Conformation and the Superficial Muscles: type and condition, the head, neck, shoulders and withers, chest, front limbs, back and barrel, hindquarters and hind limbs, action; The Lower Limb and Shoeing: the structure of the lower limb and foot, what to look for in the newly shod foot, problems casued by poor shoeing, special shoes; Travelling: preparation, loading, the difficult loader, unloading, the journey; Health: how to take TPR, methods of restraint, preventive measures, when to call the vet, minor wounds, isolation procedure, nursing a sick horse, how to recognise lameness, poulticing, tubbing and bandaging, ailments; Breeding: making the decision to breed from your mare or stallion, preparing to go to stud, at stud, care of the in-foal mare, foaling, the foal's first weeks/months; Assessing the Horse's Age: structure of teeth, temporary teeth, permanent teeth, other indicators of age in the horse; The Respiratory System: the respiratory process and basic structure of the system, additional information; The Circulatory System: the heart, arteries, capillaries, veins, blood, circulation, additional information; Other Systems: systems of information and control [neurous and sensory], the skin, reproductive system, mammary system, urinary system; Aspects of Yard Management: accident procedure and reports, communications/routine organisation, collecting and collating information, insurance cover and legal matters, stable construction and maintainance of facilities, knowledge of the British Horse Society. PB, Fulling Illustrated, 276 pages