Cherry Hill, America's most trusted equine expert, teams up with Richard Klimesh, a professional farrier and her frequent writing partner, to address the twin topics of hoof care and horseshoeing. Proper hoof care is one of the most important contributors to a horse's health and well-being. Without sound, well-maintained hooves, an otherwise healthy horse can become lethargic, grouchy, and sullen. With healthy hooves, a horse's noble personality shines.
Horse Hoof Care covers what every horse owner needs to know about this critical key to a horse's overall health and performance. Hill and Klimesh explain the anatomy of the hoof, the role of the farrier, and all the principles of good care and maintenance. They also address the ongoing debate on whether or not to shoe and how to proceed with either choice. From addressing gait problems to training a horse for shoeing, and from feeding a balanced diet to performing daily hoof checks, if it affects horse foot health, it's covered here.
As with many aspects of horse care, daily routines and consistent treatment can prevent future problems, but even with the best care, horses may develop foot ailments. Readers will find comprehensive coverage of lost shoes, hoof cracks, thrush, clubfoot, contracted heels, and many other common problems, along with advice on treatment. A complete chapter on issues that require a veterinarian tells readers exactly what to look for and how to proceed.
Horse Hoof Care is the fifth book in Cherry Hill's Horsekeeping Skills Library, dedicated to giving horse owners the information they need to care for horses in every situation.
Richard Klimesh cares for five horses on a 70-acre horse facility in Colorado. He is a Certified Master Farrier, who has written hundreds of articles on hoof care and horse facilities. He is the Webmaster of www.horsekeeping.com and the producer of Horsekeeping Videos.
Cherry Hill is an internationally known instructor and horse trainer and has written numerous books, including 101 Arena Exercises for Horse & Rider, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, How to Think Like a Horse, What Every Horse Should Know, and Horse Care for Kids. Visit her at www.horsekeeping.com, where you can find information on her books, DVDs, and horsekeeping knowledge.
Cherry Hill is an award-winning author of over 30 books and videos and over 1000 articles on horse training and care.
Cherry was a horse show judge for 25 years for several national breed organizations. She also taught college equine courses from 1975-1985 in the US and Canada, including Olds College in Alberta, Canada and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Cherry instructed courses such as Horse Behavior, Ground Training, Mounted Training, Western Horsemanship, English Equitation, Riding Instructor Training, Equine Evaluation, Stable Management, and Equine Production.
Cherry has been a free-lance equine photo-journalist since 1975 and has written for such publications as Horse & Rider, The Quarter Horse Journal, The Chronicle of the Horse, the American Farrier's Journal, The Horse Journal, Western Horseman and over 20 other national equine publications.
Cherry Hill received the Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Award twice for her books. The Top Hand award is one of the most distinguished writing awards in the regions with competition from fiction and non-fiction books on any topic. Cherry received the CAL Top Hand Award in 1995 for 101 Arena Exercises and in 1999 for 101 Horsemanship and Equitation Patterns.
In 1994 the American Farriers Association presented Cherry with their Journalism Award for meritorious service in collecting, editing, and presenting information of interest to farriers.
Cherry was the recipient of the 1992 American Horse Publications first place award for editorial excellence in the category Service to the Reader for a series she wrote on liability in the equine industry.
In 2002, Cherry Hill was the recipient of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor in the Non-Fiction Companion Animal Category for her book Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids. It was selected for its outstanding ability to teach young readers a new way to care for animals and natural resources that we all share.
For more information on Cherry Hill and her books and videso, visit her website at http://www.horsekeeping.com
Videos and DVDs by Cherry Hill:
101 Horsekeeping Tips: 3 volumes Handling and Grooming Feeding and Health Care Faciliites and Tack
The Horse - El Caballo A Journey for Kids A bilingual video horse book on DVD
Books authored by Cherry Hill:
El Cuidado de Tu Caballo, Tutor, 2005.
Monta Western, Hispano Europa, 2005
HORSEKEEPING ON A SMALL ACREAGE, 2nd edition, Storey Books, 2005.
Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids, Storey, 2002
HORSE HOUSING (With Richard Klimesh)Trafalgar Square, 2002.
RIDING WESTERN 2002.
STABLEKEEPING Storey 2000.
TRAILERING YOUR HORSE Storey 2000.
101 HORSEMANSHIP AND EQUITATION PATTERNS , Storey, 1999.
101 LONGEING AND LONG LINING EXERCISES, ENGLISH & WESTERN, John Wiley 1999.
LONGEING AND LONG LINING THE ENGLISH AND WESTERN HORSE, John Wiley, 1999.
BEGINNING WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998. INTERMEDIATE WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998. ADVANCED WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998. BEGINNING ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998. INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998. ADVANCED ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
HORSE HANDLING AND GROOMING, Storey 1997.
HORSE HEALTH CARE, Storey 1997.
HORSE FOR SALE, Howell Book House, 1995.
101 ARENA EXERCISES, Storey 1995.
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LAMENESS IN HORSES with Ted Stashak, DVM. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.
YOUR PONY, YOUR HORSE, Storey, 1995.
MAXIMUM HOOF POWER, with Richard Klimesh, Trafalgar Square, 1994.
Very good book for any horse owner. I would love to have to hear from any one who can tell me more about some of the books like this out there that go into a little more detail on the products they recommend for the hooves.I wish that it went into more detail on the products. But overall very good.
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