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Horse Care Track

by KBerg — last modified 2008-08-06 13:14

One of four tracks in the online Equine Facilitated Activities and Therapy Program.

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Online Course Description

Horse Care emphasizes the care and maintenance of horses used in equine facilitated activities and therapy and to do so in a cost effective manner. It provides the biological basis for making management decisions regarding nutrition, designing and implementing disease and parasite control programs, care of teeth and feet, recognizing lameness, selection of the horse for appropriate therapy activities, how conformation affects way of going, behavior, and physical conditioning.  Design and care of facilities is included.

Download the Equine Facilitated Activities and Therapy program pdf now!

 

Objectives

  • To present the basic biology of the horse
  • How to use the information to take care of the therapy horse
  • How to utilize the horse in a safe manner.

 

What You Will Learn

  • Parasite and disease control programs, how to keep the horse healthy
  • Evaluate condition of feet and how the horse has been shod
  • Recognize lameness
  • Care of the teeth
  • Selection of the horse for specific uses and how conformation affects its way of going
  • Behavior - how it affects use of the horse, stabling and working with them in safe manner
  • Selection of hays
  • Nutritional needs and how to meet them
  • Physical conditioning

 

Benefits to You and the Profession

  • Improved confidence in working with and handling horses

  • Better conditioned horses with improved performance

  • Safer working environment

  • Improved care of the horse

  • Enrich your experience working with horses 

 

Who Should Attend

  • Personnel in charge of horse care and maintenance
  • Personnel who work around and handle horses
    • Volunteers
    • Side walkers
    • Center directors
    • Riding instructors
    • Therapists (physical, occupational, speech language, psychologists)

 

Textbook

Horse TextbookHorses: A Guide to Selection, Care and Enjoyment, 3rd Edition, by J. W. Evans (List Price $34.95). Student is responsible for purchasing textbook.

 

Cost

  

Further Your Learning

After the introductory course in this track, you can further your learning through an internship and research.

 

Continuing Education

Successful completion of this course earns the participant a certificate of attendance from Texas A&M University and 60 professional development hours or 6.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) appropriate to course content.

CEUs:

  • Are nationally recognized units earned for participation in qualifying continuing education programs
  • May be used for professional advancement or as evidence of increased abilities, but not for college credit.

 

 

 

Instructor Bio

Dr. J. Warren Evans, author of the book, Horses: A Guide to Selection, Care and Enjoyment, brings to the course his 35 years of experience teaching introductory through advanced graduate level horse production courses. He has conducted many short courses and lectures to horse owners and users giving him a practical understanding of the audience needs. Dr. Evans taught the Horse Care & Management course to horse owners for UC Berkeley Continuing Education in a face-to-face setting for five years. A past president of the Equine and Physiology Society, he is also the author with A. Borton, H. F. Hintz, and L. D. Van Vleck of The Horse.

If you have questions about Care and Management of the Therapy Horse, please contact Dr. Evans at: jwarrenevans@aol.com 

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