Equine Facility Management

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Equine Facility Management

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Knowing Horses

• Benefits and Responsibilities of Horse Ownership
• Horse Behavior as it Relates to Management
• Needs of a Horse
• Levels of Management

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Benefits of owning a horse
• Allows you to identify your character
• Companion or partner after the rules have been
  set
• Relaxing
• Morning trail rides
• Running free in a pasture
• Exercise
• Social benefits
• Horses dont talk back

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Responsibilities of owning a horse
• Money
• Purchase cost
• Housing costs
• Feeding costs
• Health costs
• Farrier costs
• Tack costs
• Misc. costs
• Showing
• Trailering

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Feed
• Predicting intakes
• Horse wt 1000 lbs
• Will eat 2 of its body weight per day
• 1000 lbs x 2 bwt. 20 lbs of feedstuff / d
• 70 hay and 30 grain
• 14 lbs of hay
• 6 lbs of grain

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Feed
• Hay costs 169 / ton
• 16 lbs x 365 d 5,840 lbs / yr.
• 5,840 lbs / 2000 lbs 2.92 tons
• 2.92 tons x 169 / ton 493.48
• Grain costs 225 / ton
• 6 lbs x 365 d 2,190 lbs / yr.
• 2,190 lbs / 2000 1.10 tons
• 1.10 tons x 225 / ton 246.38

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Housing
• Boarding
• 25 to 350 / month
• w/ or w/out feed costs
• Shaving costs
• 12x12 stall
• 6 bags _at_ 60 lbs / month
• 2.50 to 4.00 / bag
• 3.50 x 6 bags x 12 months 252.00

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Health
• Immunization 30
• Deworming (6 times per yr. x 12) 72
• Dental and misc. 50
• Farm call charges 75
• 227
• Farrier
• Shoeing (6 times at 45) 270
• Trimming (3 times at 20) 60
• 330

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Tack
• Saddle
• Halter
• Blankets
• Bridles
• Misc.
• Travel
• Showing
• Entries

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Sample budget per horse per year
• Feed 739.86
• Housing 252.00
• Health 227.00
• Farrier 330.00
• Tack and misc.
• Total 1,548.86

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Benefits and Responsibilitiesof Horse Ownership

• Responsibilities of owning a horse
• Time
• Feeding
• Cleaning
• Riding
• Hard work
• Trade offs
• Legal