The Backyard Horseman

By Ron Rude

Whether you already have a horse or are thinking of buying one, you'll find plenty of practical advice and valuable information in The Backyard Horseman, a down-to-earth guide to raising and caring... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878422110
• ISBN13: 9780878422111
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Mountain Pr
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Especially for those horse owners operating on a limited budget

Next to dogs and cats, horses are the most popular pet in America today. More than two million Americans own horses. The care, feeding, and sale of horses is a $39 billion dollar a year part of the overall American economy. Now in a fully updated and expanded second edition, Ron Rude's "The Backyard Horseman" is a practical and 'user friendly' introduction and instruction guide for anyone charged with the responsibility for raising and managing a horse on a limited budget. Such core subjects as buying a horse, feeding and training a horse, horse health, gear shelter, pasture management, shows events, and the ethnical considerations to be taken into account for horses that have grown old are all covered. More than just another manual on horse ownership, "The Backyard Horseman" presents a philosophy upon which is founded a true companionate relationship between a human and a horse. Deftly written, profusely illustrated, and superbly presented, "The Backyard Horseman" is especially recommended for community library Pets & Wildlife reference collections, and an ideal addition to personal reading lists, especially for those horse owners operating on a limited budget and wanting to do right by their equine companion.