The Field Guide to Horses

The Field Guide to Horses
Author: Samantha Johnson
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1616732172

Learn about your favorite equine breeds with this easy-to-use reference on their conformation, colors, and characteristics—from Arabians to Welsh Ponies. Thinking of acquiring a horse? Studying equine breeds and traits? Or simply curious about the magnificent creatures? This book, with profiles of one hundred horse, pony, and draft breeds, is the most comprehensive field guide to horses ever published. Illustrated throughout with fine color photographs, the profiles detail the characteristics and unique aspects of each breed; they also include brief histories and explain distinctions of equine color genetics, markings and patterns, and conformation. Complete, concise, and compact, this field guide is as handy as it is informative—the perfect companion for anyone considering horses.

Horse Owner's Field Guide to Toxic Plants

Horse Owner's Field Guide to Toxic Plants
Author: Sandra M. Burger
Publisher: Breakthrough Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Horses
ISBN: 9780914327622

Features full-color photographs, detailed drawings, and invaluable, up-to-date information on plants both proven and suspected in horse poisonings.

The Equid Ethogram

The Equid Ethogram
Author: Sue M. McDonnell
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781581500905

This book details everything from ongoing daily activites to social interaction among horses to abnormal behaviors. Each behavior is further explained by original line drawings, photographs or both.

The Field Guide to Goats

The Field Guide to Goats
Author: Cheryl Kimball
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1616732180

Kept as pets, raised for their milk, meat, or fiber, or prized for their beauty or rarity, goats are increasingly popular animals on farms large and small. Whether you raise a favored few or a hundred head, this guide is the ultimate resource on North American breeds. The book provides detailed descriptions of more than twenty goat breeds found in the United States and Canada, from the popular Nubian, Pygmy, and Boer to the rare and lovely Golden Guernsey. Illustrated with 150 color photographs, this convenient, easy-to-use field guide includes exhaustive information about behavior, characteristics, breeding, and history, as well as a glossary of caprine terms and a list of breed associations. It is the essential reference that anyone with an interest in goats should not be without.

Careers With Horses

Careers With Horses
Author: Vicki Hogue-Davies
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 193704985X

The comprehensive guide to finding your dream job.

The Field Guide to Rabbits

The Field Guide to Rabbits
Author: Samantha Johnson
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-01-15
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780760331934

When you are researching rabbits, this first-ever, full-color pocket guidebook to all kinds of rabbits will be a valuable resource in choosing the perfect rabbit. This book will help guide you through the maze of rabbits and arm you with information on all of the 47 breeds recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association, as well as provide you with information on their shapes, sizes, colors, fur varieties, and more. In addition, there is a basic history of rabbits; insights on bunny behavior; coverage of pregnancy, kindling, and raising kits; and information about bunny behaviors and tips for showing rabbits. Whether you are just starting out or already have years of experience, this guide puts a wealth of information at your fingertips, so that you can quickly identify a rabbit’s breed wherever you happen to be; whether you’re wandering about a country fair, attending a rabbit show, or shopping at a pet shop. Cuddly house pet, 4-H project, or farm animal, the rabbit is a perennial favorite of children and adults across the country. This first-ever, full-color, pocket guidebook is a handy resource for anyone choosing or caring for a rabbit. For those who want to raise rabbits, whether for pleasure or profit, or for the merely curious, there could be no better guide than this thorough, convenient, and accessible book. • 47 detail-packed breed profiles • Highlights of differences in shapes, sizes, colors and fur varieties • Insights into bunny behavior and tips for showing your rabbits

The Ultimate Guide to Horse Breeds

The Ultimate Guide to Horse Breeds
Author: Andrea Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0785834672

This all-in-one guide covers everything on horses and horse care, including stable management, horse grooming, breed information, and more through 600+ beautiful photgraphs.

The Art of Liberty Training for Horses

The Art of Liberty Training for Horses
Author: Jonathan Field
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 157076980X

Horse trainer Jonathan Field has made a name for himself with his unique ability to give people simple, understandable, doable steps that lead to working with a horse “at liberty” in a safe and progressive manner. True engagement with a horse at liberty isn’t just about removing tack and stepping outside the arena—it’s about connection, trust, and communication through movement. Enrich your relationship with your horse, improve your “feel,” and teach your horse to respond to the subtlest of cues; no matter your discipline, whether you compete or ride for pleasure, liberty training can change the way you interact with horses forever.

The World's Greatest Horse Poster Book

The World's Greatest Horse Poster Book
Author: Samantha Johnson, Daniel Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781610605465

With 43 beautiful full-color posters of horses of every breed, this book should find its way into the hands (and onto the walls) of horse lovers everywhere. All kinds of fascinating information about each breed appears on the back of the posters, and special perforated pages ensure that the pictures won’t rip when you tear them out to put them on your wall.