The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse (United States Pony Club Guides) [Paperback]

Susan E. Harris (Author), Ruth Ring Harvie (Editor)

Book Description

Series: United States Pony Club Guides | Publication Date: September 17, 1997

The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse provides the kind of information all riders and horse owners need about leg care, bandaging, and keeping your horse's legs sound. It explains the many kinds of bandages and bandage materials, their purposes, and when to use them. Detailed drawings and step-by-step instructions teach you how to apply bandages for shipping, stable, exercise, and various treatment bandages safely and correctly. It also provides tips on the best types of bandage materials to use and making your own leg pads.

This guide will be helpful to Pony Clubbers and other horse owners and riders as well as instructors, trainers, and grooms who are interested in learning or teaching their students about bandaging and taking care of their horses' legs.

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The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse provides the kind of information all riders and horse owners need about leg care, bandaging, and keeping your horse's legs sound. It explains the many kinds of bandages and bandage materials, their purposes, and when to use them. Detailed drawings and step-by-step instructions teach you how to apply bandages for shipping, stable, exercise, and various treatment bandages safely and correctly. It also provides tips on the best types of bandage materials to use and making your own leg pads.

This guide will be helpful to Pony Clubbers and other horse owners and riders as well as instructors, trainers, and grooms who are interested in learning or teaching their students about bandaging and taking care of their horses' legs.

About the Author

About the Author SUSAN E. HARRIS is a riding instructor, clinician, author, and artist from Cortland, New York. She has taught all seats and styles of riding, and travels nationwide and internationally to give clinics in Centered Riding and horse movement. Howell Book House publishes her classic Grooming to Win; Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement; the three USPC Manuals of Horsemanship (Basics for Beginners/D Level; Intermediate Horsemanship/C Level; and Advanced Horsemanship/B,HA, A Levels); and two other USPC Guides (Conformation, Movement and Soundness and Bandaging Your Horse).

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (September 17, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876056389
• ISBN-13: 978-0876056387
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan E. Harris is a renowned horsewoman, artist, riding instructor and international clinician who conducts Centered Riding clinics and Anatomy in Motion™ demonstrations in the United States, Europe and around the world. Her unique Visible Horse presentation, in which she paints the skeleton and muscles on a living horse, has been a popular attraction at clinics and expos. With Peggy Brown, Susan created the Anatomy in Motion™ Visible Horse and Visible Rider DVDs.

Susan Harris is a regular contributor to EQUUS magazine, and also illustrates other horse books. When not writing or traveling, she enjoys riding her Clydesdale cross gelding, Masquerade. Her website is www.anatomyinmotion.com.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding and informative for even a beginning horseperson, May 5, 2000

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This review is from: The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse (United States Pony Club Guides) (Paperback)

Like most of the other books published by the United States Pony Club, this one is tops. It not only explains how to bandage your horse but shows you with clear illustrations as well. I am a member of the U.S. Pony Club and found this book useful in studying for ratings. It taught me so well that I scored higher than average. This book is the best book on the topic ever written!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference for all ages!, January 3, 2012

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This review is from: The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse (United States Pony Club Guides) (Paperback)

I use this with coaching kids in our 4H group, and find it easy for kids to understand. Complete, covering many basic wraps (polos, standing wraps, etc), to advanced & seldom used (wrapping hocks, knees). Great reference at a great price point. Makes a useful gift!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference: a must have for all horsemen!, February 15, 2010

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This review is from: The USPC Guide to Bandaging Your Horse (United States Pony Club Guides) (Paperback)

I was very impressed with this compact, to the point book. Susan Harris is at her best, assembling diagrams and directions for all types of wraps!

I have used this book as a teaching tool with a beginner, explaining polo wraps and shipping wraps, shared it with experienced horse men & women, and we've all been helped and pleasantly surprised by the clear, step by step writing and great illustrations.

This is a great tool to have on the book shelf to help you when you wrap areas you seldom need to wrap, as it includes clear directions on the spider wraps, how to wrap knees and hocks, and much more!

I am certain several pages of this book will be copied, laminated, & posted in my barn for reference for years!

Makes a wonderful gift for any serious horse owner!