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Large Animal Rescue Workshop in June

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I received an email a few days ago about an upcoming Large Animal Rescue workshop:

Saturday 28 June – Portland, Victoria. QHC / Cobboboonee Horse Riding one-day Large Animal Rescue information workshop. Cost: $160 (or $130 if paid in full by 31 May 2014), includes morning tea and lunch. Venue: Cobboboonee Horse Riding, 211 Hodgetts Road, Gorae, Vic 3305. Contact: Kelly Gannon 0428 219 090 kvgannon@gmail.com

I am yet to post about the LAR I attended a few weeks back, but can I say these workshops are well worth the investment! You can find out a bit about MaryAnne Leighton’s book Equine Emergency Rescue in my review.  The book was included in the price of the LAR workshop I attended!

“All I need to know in life I learned from my horse – eat plenty of roughage.” – Author unknown

Friday Feature: Land Management (Equine)

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How is Your Land Managed for Horses?

This week’s letter is L. If you missed last week’s Friday Feature, take a look at Jockey.

For any person who owns or leases a horse, they know that land is needed on which to keep it.  There are many properties out there with owners who are willing to keep horses for a fee (agistment or grazing rites).

Unfortunately, much land used for stock isn’t managed to be best of it’s productive capability.

If land is managed well, it will be more productive for horses, safer (less weeds and other pests, more protection from trees and shrubs, etc) and will be able to hold a greater number of horses, thereby earning the owner more financially.

If you have an interest in land management for equines, consider learning:

  • about soil science (as can be found in an agricultural degree)
  • about composting or putting nutrients back into the soil
  • what fodder sources are suitable to grow for horses
  • how biodiversity can benefit a property
  • about rotational or other forms of grazing/pasture management

For other posts that relate to this area of work on Equus-Blog, take a look at:

“You know you’re a horse person when you consider a golf course as a waste of good pasture land.” – Author unknown

Equine Behaviour Course Online at the University of Guelph

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An equine behaviour course is being run in May of this year and although the early bird rate date has passed, it’s still worth a look!

By the looks of things, the course runs over a 3 month period and can all be done online, so there is no need to travel to the university to complete it.  Assessment comes in the form of discussions on a forum, online quizzes and two assignments.

Topics covered include:

  • Introduction to Behaviour
  • Perception
  • Behaviour and the Brain
  • Learning
  • Social & Play, Communication
  • Body Care
  • Ingestive and Eliminative Behaviours
  • Reproductive Behaviour
  • Stereotypies
  • Locomotion
  • Training
  • Handling and Transporting
  • Welfare

Equine behaviour is a particularly interesting and important topic.  For animals that have a mind of their own and that are often in excess of 500 kilograms, the more you can know about why they behave the way they do, the better off you and they are!

“Lessons From Your Horse: when you’re quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick much faster than omnivores.” – Author unknown

American Horse Publications Seminar June 2014

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Got an email via LinkedIn the other day about an annual seminar held by American Horse Publications:

Charleston, SC will be the site of the AHP Gallop n’ Grits Seminar on June 19-21. The three day seminar will feature two days of educational sessions relative to the equine publishing industry. Registration is limited to members of American Horse Publications. More information about the association and the seminar is available at www.americanhorsepubs.org or contact Chris Brune at ahorsepubs@aol.com

If you’re in the vicinity and are interested in equine publishing, I’d encourage you to become an American Horse Publications member and look into attending!

“Words are as beautiful as wind horses, and sometimes as difficult to corral.” – Ted Berkman, The Christian Science Monitor

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