Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series) [Paperback]

Judith Dutson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Horse-Wise Guides Series | Publication Date: January 11, 1998

This book answers hundreds of questions prospective horse owners have: What do I need to know to choose a horse? What will my horse need for housing, feed, exercise? How much will all this cost? Medical terms, handling techniques, and a compendium of breeds are included.

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From the Back Cover

Pick the perfect horse and enjoy years of happy trails!

Buying your first horse is an exciting, buy often daunting, experience. Make the best possible decisions with the expert guide in Getting Your First Horse.

You'll find answers to all your questions as author Judith Dutson takes you step-by-step through the buying or leasing process, including:

-- What you need to know before you buy

-- What to look for in a horse

-- The characteristics of different horse breeds

-- What your horse will need for housing, feed, and exercise

-- How to be safe around your horse

-- How to keep your horse healthy

"The information provided here will save horse owners a great deal of time, money, and heartache, because it provides them with the knowledge they need to buy and care for a horse responsibly."

-- John Lyons

About the Author

Author Judith Dutson owns and operates Horsefeather Farm, a recuperative care facility for horses recovering from surgery or illness, located in Plain City, Ohio. Judith is also a part-time research assistant at the Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department at the Ohio State University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580170781
• ISBN-13: 978-1580170789
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the horse owner or the want to be horse owner, September 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series) (Paperback)

I am a horse owner and I found this book to be not only informative but enjoyable to read. With so many other books on the subject of owning horses they are so dry that they do not hold your interest long enough to impart their information. Ms Dutson not only informs you but makes reading about things you think you know fun. Sometimes along the way you realize you learned something new.

I think everyone who is thinking of buying a horse needs to read this book before they jump into the horse ownership boat. We all have known people that think that buying the horse is the most expensive part of owning a horse, whereas we know that it is not even close to the most expensive part of being a horse owner.

I applaud Ms Dutson for her thorough inspection of all aspects of buying your first horse. For someone who has already purchased my first horse I wish that someone had given me this book before hand so that I could have made a more informed choice. Thank you, Miss Dutson

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What you really need to know about owning a horse., December 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series) (Paperback)

I think someone gave this book to me as a joke. I have had horses for more than twenty years and thought I knew a lot about horses. As I read the book I became more and more convinced that Ms. Dutson has put together, in a much better way than I have ever seen before, what you need to know if you want to own a horse. I found it a great review and learned a few things while reading it. I think John Lyons, in his forward to the book, put it best " Judith Dutson has done both the prospective horse owner and first-time horse buyer a tremendous service in writing this book.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A let down, April 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Your First Horse (Horse-Wise Guides Series) (Paperback)

This book does have some good information for true beginners, but if you know even a teeny tiny bit about horses, you probably are too advanced for this book. The book also has an odd habit of introducing more advanced topics all of a sudden, with no explanation about them. If you want to learn more about any of these important topics, the author reccommends you ask someone who knows more than you do, or read another book! She does this frequently throughout the book, and I feel that some of these topics are truly the most important things to know about horsekeeping! Some of the info is dated, and it is poorly organized, and she presents many controversial topics, but neglects to say that there are more than one school of thought about it and just gives you one opinion as gospel. I was quite dissapointed with the book overall.