Give a Horse a Second Chance: Adopting and Caring for Rescue Horses
Every year hundreds of thousands of people adopt feral mustangs and other untrained horses as well as rescue previously abused animals. Give a Horse a Second Chance helps the reader decide which “gift horses” are within their ability to help and then describes how to go about giving the animal a happy, healthy, and useful environment and life.The author, a longtime expert dealing with rescue horses, offers practical and sympathetic information on such subjects as:• Why adopt a horse?: the pros and cons of adoption• Adoption process: where to look and how to adopt• Choosing a horse: breeds and types, conformation, age, temperament• Homecoming: introducing the horse to its new home• Veterinary considerations: including conformation and soundness issues• Caring for an equine senior citizen: care and exercise for the older animal• Training: replacing bad habits with good ones• Selling or donating the horse: if you can no longer look after the animalWith an appendix by natural horsemanship trainer Dan Bowman and a list of equine adoption agencies, Give a Horse a Second Chance is a comprehensive and compassionate guide to this timely subject.