Offers practical advice on the basics for a grooming kit and an effective grooming routine. This book includes information on daily hoof care, mane and tail maintenance together with bathing basics. It also provides information on how to trim faces, fetlocks and bridle paths.
Horse owners need a ton of knowledge and tools to keep hayseed-size problems from ballooning into haystack-size ones. Each book in the Horse Illustrated Simple Solutions series zeroes in on a common problem faced by horse owners and is the perfect fast-reading source of answers for every horse lover. For example, did you know that a cranky, poorly behaving horse might be just saying, in the only way he can, "Ouch! That hurts!"--a problem that might be found in a chafing saddle or too-tight bridle? And did you know that grooming your horse not only promotes her health and well-being but also mimics the mutual grooming behavior of horses in the wild and so helps create a bond between the horse and her groomer? Find out more in this new series!