Stallions
Subtitle: species-appropriate management and safer handling
By: Stefan Schneider, Steffi Birk ; [translation, Helen McKinnon]
Contributors: Birk, Steffi; McKinnon, Helen
Publisher: Cadmos
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Richmond, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780857880123
Subjects: Stallions; Horses; Breeding
Description: The book provides well-founded information about everything that stallion owners should know, from basic training and presentation for competitions and shows to breeding and management. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is placed on not transfiguring stallions as a "myth" but presenting them as what they are - horses!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Why stallions?; title: The nature and behaviour of stallions; title: The nature of horses; title: Herd structure; title: Stallion behaviour; title: Managing stallions; title: What makes mares, stallions and geldings different?; title: Raising a stallion; title: Suitable aids; title: Basic training of the stallion; title: The stallion at public events; title: Safe preparation; title: Problem management; title: Rearing, kicking, biting; title: The stallion mounts another horse; title: When two aggressive stallions meet; title: Highly aroused stallions; title: Grading of stallions; title: Selection for breeding purposes; title: German Warmblood; title: The Anglo European Studbook; title: German Riding Pony; title: Icelandic horses; title: Purebred Arabians; title: English Thoroughbred; title: Baroque horses; title: Quarter Horses; title: Ungraded stallions as sires; title: Breeding practice; title: A digression into the genetics of colour; title: The basic terminology; title: The factors (genes); title: Basic colour genetics; title: Types of covering and insemination; title: Species-appropriate stallion keeping.; title: Contents note continued: Some basic information first; title: The stallion at livery; title: The stallion at a training yard; title: The stallion at home; title: The right partner for the stallion; title: The stallion in a herd; title: What about unsocialised stallions that have been kept in isolation?; title: Anatomy and health; title: The sexual organs of the stallion; title: Stallion-specific diseases; title: Hygiene is the best prevention; title: Taking swab samples; title: The pros and cons of keeping a stallion; title: Which person is right for a stallion?; title: The practical benefits of a stallion; title: When is castration appropriate?; title: From stallion to gelding; title: things change; title: Castration methods; title: Appendix; title: About the authors; title: Sources and recommended reading; title: Internet addresses of breed associations.