Riding a horse means you are responsible for its well-being. These 1000 lbs. animals require a great deal of care, especially those who are jumping and competing as this strains muscles and can often cause bruised tendons. Therefore, it is crucial that equestrians know how to properly care for their horses.
Things all equestrians should know how to do include:
Things all equestrians should know how to do include:
- wrapping your horse's legs (both polo wraps and standing bandages)
- taking your horse's temperature (using both thermometers and stethoscopes)
- giving ingestibles (vitamins and supplements, de-wormers, cough remedies, electrolytes)
- giving injections (both intramuscular and intravenous)
- caring for deep cuts
- applying topicals (both poultice and lineaments)
- caring for pulled and bowed tendons
- caring for stone bruises
- checking for back and neck pain
- detecting and extracting abscesses
- checking for lose or split shoes
- caring for cracked hoofs (hoof testing, dressing, studding)