{"product_id":"ultimate-guide-for-horses-in-need","title":"Ultimate Guide for Horses in Need: Care, Training, and Rehabilitation for Rescues, Adoptions, and Horses in Transition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA resource of astounding scope illustrating recommended management and retraining practices for horses and donkeys that have been ignored, neglected, abused, or starved. Whether given a second chance through purchase, adoption, or rescue, the horse in the \"wrong\" situation should have a chance to find his way to the \"right one.\" Veterinarian Dr. Stacie Boswell's goal is to restore health and comfort to every horse in transition, and to help him learn how to function as the horse he is expected to be from the Thoroughbred off the track to the grade pony from the field down the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her unparalleled reference, Dr. Boswell explains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere they come from: The origins of the unwanted, neglected, or abused horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravel and intake: Safety, regulations, identification, and quarantine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNutrition, dentistry, and colic: Body Condition Scoring (BCS), Refeeding Syndrome, nutrition, long-term weight management, colic prevention and treatment, and dealing with gastric ulcers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVaccination and parasite management: Deworming, identifying and treating skin conditions, viruses, and respiratory diseases.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoof care, lameness, and wounds: Evaluating hoof structure and the horse's movement, trimming and shoeing, abscesses, laminitis, arthritis, and bandaging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirth control: Castration and mare management.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoal rescue: The birthing process, working with orphans, halter training, and hoof handling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"down\" horse: Identifying and treating underlying problems, rolling a horse, bed sores, slings, and quality of life considerations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorking in disaster scenarios: Preparedness, identification, transportation, communication, and first aid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuthanasia: Compassionate guidelines, procedures, and aftercare.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique training considerations: Coming into work according to BCS.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow horses sense and respond: Equine vision, training principles, and working with the fearful horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping a relationship with your rescue: Social integration, developing trust, overcoming fear, handling feet and legs, halter training adult horses, preparing a horse for medical care, groundwork, and riding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Boswell has compiled hundreds of case studies highlighting the areas of concern in the horse \"in need,\" and in these pages details proactive methods of handling common medical problems and health issues, from nutrition and dentistry to deworming and hoofcare to traumatic injury and emergency rescue scenarios. She explains the ways that, as a new horse is rehabilitated physically, specific training techniques can help him adapt to the positive changes in his care and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the United States alone, it is estimated that almost 150,000 horses per year are \"unwanted.\" This number grows exponentially when you consider horses worldwide. Horses that are old, injured, sick, unmanageable, or fail to meet expectations deserve to be treated with dignity and given every chance for a comfortable life in the company of humans. Dr. Boswell's book helps make this possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStacie Boswell,\u003c\/strong\u003e DVM, DACVS, is an equine veterinarian who completed five years of specialty training beyond veterinary school, earning Diplomat status with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS). Through this training, she has worked with horses in veterinary medicine in Virginia, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Montana, completed a three-year surgical residency, and spent additional training time with pathology, radiology, anesthesia, and internal medicine specialists. She has raised and trained her own horses for over two decades, and is a lifetime member of the AQHA and APHA, as well as participating in Backcountry Horsemen of America (BCHA), volunteering to keep trails open to riders and maintained in her region.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Dr. Stacie Boswell has created a book that is packed with extremely valuable information for not only equine rescues, but a book that horse owners in general can also glean a lot from. She takes a pragmatic and all-inclusive approach to explaining the good, the bad, and the ugly involved when it comes to operating an equine rescue successfully. \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Guide for Horses in Need\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have book for both current rescues and those thinking of taking the leap into horse rescue--the importance of knowledge in this field cannot be underestimated if you want to run a truly successful rescue operation, and Dr. Boswell provides a solid foundation of that knowledge.\" -- \u003cb\u003eAshley Harkins, Director, United Horse Coalition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's an essential read for compassionate individuals who seek to rehome and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003erestore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunwanted horses that require an extra portion of love and attention.\" --\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCowgirl Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafalgar Square Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54527846056246,"sku":"9781570769627","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/imageloader_bc7bd5a9-c00f-4241-8625-bfbb9bb0d57a.jpg?v=1788901730","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/ultimate-guide-for-horses-in-need","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}