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Good for you….. but this isn’t a horse question.
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Can anybody tell me Where i can get good TRUE fact all about horses? Like and websites or books Im doing a report for school. Thanks
it depends. Each breed has associations with websites.
Ex: Paints—-> The American Paint Horse Association
type in a breed and the association should come up.
Look on the United States Equestrian Federation website. The Kentucky Horse Park has lots of info on their website.
http://www.kyhorsepark.com/
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I asked a similar question a few days ago, but I now have more specific details and wanted to ask again.
I am doing a two day horse camp in June, 9am-4pm both days (I’m a professional and give lessons on a regular basis with 25 years of equine experience).
I would like to know your opinions on what a reasonable rate would be to charge for our camp.
The camp will be open to kids ages 7-12. Kids would learn the basics of safety, feeding, grooming, saddling, riding, and other general care. They would also learn a little about different breeds, colors and markings, and other interesting horse facts. We will work in a craft or two as well and are providing snacks and drinks. Kids would need to bring their own lunch.
So, in your opinion, how much would you pay for a camp like this? Or what have you paid in the past for other special interest camps (cheerleading, soccer, etc.)?
My original thought was $150 (that would break down to $10 an hour), but I’m considering going less as I want it to be affordable in this crummy economy.
If it matters – our barn is a pretty, a little above average, 8 stall barn. Lots of trees, riding areas, and a pond. It’s not top of the line, but it is a lovely, serene place to be. We don’t have expensive show horses, but we have a variety of kind, kid-friendly, well-cared for horses. We have an indoor facility with a bathroom and kitchen – a place to get out of the heat and take a break if necessary.
As a parent, what do you think would be an appropriate price?
It may depend on where you are, and what the "going rate" is for horse camps in your area, if there are any to compare to.
There are several horse camps in my area that run different lengths of time, but the pricing per hour seems to average $10-20/hr. My daughter loves horses, but until I got a new job recently I was never able to fork out that kind of money.
There is another horse camp near us that advertised only $150/week for about 7am to 5pm, and they provide transportation. We have some neighbors who had gone to the horse camp and I figured you couldn’t beat that deal, so I sent her for two weeks. During the second week, she came home telling me she had fallen off a horse while trotting and had a couple of skinned areas on her leg and hip. I was upset that horse camp had not informed me of an incident, so I called them but they didn’t return my call. The next day I went to the camp to talk to them, and discovered why accidents like that happen – there was one adult "supervising" 16 kids, though at some times of the day they had two adults. It was basically a free-for-all, with little real instruction on how to handle horses. The man in charge told me that she was responsible for ensuring her horse was properly saddled, but she hadn’t "tightened the cinch" and that is why she fell off. On one hand, I want kids to learn responsibility and I know horses are large and potentially dangerous animals. But on the other hand, I was upset that there wasn’t more supervision or an adult double checking the kids’ work. She should have been required to return-demonstrate the skill before being allowed to do this on her own. When you consider that many of the kids there had little to no previous instruction on how to handle horses, I was no longer surprised that an accident had happened.
I am now considering a horse camp that has a higher ratio of adults to kids and offers real instruction on grooming and saddling, as well as riding. One of the horse camps I am looking at costs $300 for 5 days, 6 hours a day, bring your own lunch. This sounds about the same price as what you are offering, just with different hours. This is far more expensive than what I paid before, but they only have 8 kids at a time and 3-4 adults, so there is much more individual instruction. I can’t afford as much time at the horse camp at that price (that probably accounts for the popularity of the cheap horse camp), but I believe it would be worth the investment. I’d rather pay more to know that my daughter is in an environment where safety and instruction is a priority, not just free time with horses.
The catch is, many people can’t afford much for stuff like this. But horses are also more expensive to care for than, say, soccer equipment at a sports camp. I don’t how to judge whether a camp is reasonably priced, but I would consider it if there were plenty of adults to supervise and really teach the kids, and as long as the kids spent sufficient time with the horses.
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Please tell me some facts about donkeys.
Are they like horses in the way they behave or are they less intelligent?
No! I think they actually have more intelligence in some areas, especially making the connection that their humans = assistance and recognizing threats without being "spooky."
We had a donkey as a companion for an orphan foal. He was VERY bright…he taught the foal how to harrass my hubby mercilessly…while building our barn, "Willie" the donkey would "steal" gloves, chalk line, anything he could get his mouth around, and "hide" it from him.
Hubby always petted and paid attention to them before he started working on the barn. One day he felt the ladder shake…Willie had his front feet on the rungs…must not have been done being petted yet.
He was our tattle tale and announcer. He would bray relentlessly if something wasn’t right, until we came out. When investigating his big mouth, we found everything from an empty water trough (he was standing in it, hollering), a horse with a leg in the fence, a fugitive (horse had got out) and stray dogs harrassing the herd.
He would also pick up his food bucket in his mouth and bring it to you.
Donkeys are great protectors, they will fight (and kill) attacking predators, from wild dogs to coyotes to big cats.
Mules (1/2 donkey) are also very intelligent. A careless or thoughtless person can ride a horse to death…not a mule. They’ll quit first.
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Originates in Mongolia:
Quoted from a website:
Physical Description: The coat of the __________ horse ranges from brown to dun, with a pale underbelly and muzzle, a dark tail, a dorsal stripe, striped legs, and a dark, short mohawk–like mane. The head is large, and the body is short and muscular.
Size: The ____________ horse stands about 13 hands high at the shoulder (a little more than four feet) and has a head and body length of less than seven feet, with a tail close to three feet long. Adults can weigh between 550 and 750 pounds.
Geographic Distribution: Before their population dwindled, these horses spanned regions in Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and China.
Status: The World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened Species listed the __________ horse as extinct in the wild until 2008. Causes of extinction were hunting, harsh climate, loss of habitat, and loss of water sources to farm animals. However, successful reintroductuions qualified this species for reassessment in 2008, and they are now classified as critically endangered.
Habitat: Steppe vegetation, shrubland, and plains
Diet: __________ horses eat grasses and other vegetation
Cool Fact:
__________ horses have never been tamed for riding, which means that they are the last truly wild horse in existence today.
Wow, first guess, good job! next time I’ll put a little less info in there!
The Przewalski’s horse.
Pronounced She-val-skee.
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I need a site that tells a few good Horse facts Guide Amazon’;return true;” onmouseout=”self.status=””>facts about horse’s health. It doesn’t have to be too complicated, but not TOO basic
This is a GREAT website. Cherry Hill speaks in a very easy to understand manner. It has just about EVERYTHING you might want or need to know.
Enjoy!
http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse-training-care-info.htm
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Please make them unique and ADVANCED!
Medical Terms would be great to! Any terms! ANYTHING ABOUT HORSES…
They have no gag reflex, they have no gall bladder……
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Make them unique about anything…advanced facts plz!
The Horse belongs to the Equus Family. Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "QUICKNESS"
One of the first horses was called a Hyracotherium. It lived about 50 million years ago and was as tall as a fox. It had toes! This horse changed over millions of years to become a modern horse.
Did you know that the Pliohippus was the first ancestor of the horse to have hoofs?
The world’s horse population is estimated at 75,000,000.
There are over 350 different breeds of horses and ponies.
The longest tail measured was 22ft long was grown by an American Palomino named Chinook
The longest mane was 18 ft long and grown by a Californian mare named Maude
Horses have "2BLIND SPOTS". One is directly behind them and the other is directly in front of them.
A horse’s "HEART WEIGHS" about 10 pounds!
The average horse’s HEAD WEIGHS 11.84 pounds
You can tell how old a horse is by how many teeth it has. A horse gets all of its teeth by the time it is five years old. After that, they just get longer.
Horses can communicate how they are feeling by their facial expressions. They use their ears, nostrils, and eyes to show their moods. Beware of a horse that has flared nostrils and their ears back. That means it might attack!
Most foals are born at night under the cover of darkness and away from prying eyes and possible danger.
In the wild horse world, the mare decides when and where the herd will go while the stallion follows.
"LAST PRIMARY ANIMAL" to be domesticated.
Horses can drink up to ten gallens of water a day
It’s impossible to predict a horse’s color from the foal coat color. They generally will go through several color changes. The color finally becomes "fixed" around two years of age.
Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are standing up!
with his long limbs and large heart and lungs, the horse is designed for galloping. Jumping is not a natural activity for horses and left to their own devices most will go around obstructions.
China not only has the most people in the world, but also has the most Horses with 10,000,000
There is no such thing as a white horse. They are all called gray horses because they have little black and white hairs that combine to make them look white. Horses which are white with pink eyes, a pink mouth, and pink ears are called albino.
Horses cannot vomit.
HIPPOPHOBIA – Fear of horses.
EQUINOPHOBIA – Fear of horses.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds re ceived in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Horses cannot breathe through their mouths. That’s why you’ll never see one panting like a dog.
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Whats the typically life span?
When will a horse that starts racing at two get arthritis or other problems?
Any other facts about the negative side of racing would be appreciated. I did a lot of research but couldn’t find some things.
yes the neg. side. How they start racing at two, race till 13 unless they die, 5000 horses a year die from it, 15000 are bred for racing each year,EIPH, all these bad things 
something horrible for human entertainment
Good group therapy session guys! I wonder if anything has sunk in. Thumbs up to all the doctors present!…
"Horrible for human entertainment" you say? I’ll tell ya what is horrible for human entertainment, and that is the male singers on this seasons "American Idol"…lol
I am beginning to get the aroma of a troll nearby. Where’s my handkerchief? :- )
…Billy Ray
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