| From the “Weekly Pile”: 2010 Guilford County Extension Horse Management Short Courses
Guilford County Agricultural Center, 3309 Burlington Road, Greensboro,
NC 27405 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m
Monday, February 8 Pre-Purchase Exams, First Aid & Emergency Health Care
Carolina Equine Hospital, Reidsville, NC
Monday, February 15 Hoof Care & Corrective Shoeing –
Joel Hunt, Area Farrier High Point, NC
Monday, February 22 Forages & Pasture Management for Horses, Hay/Forage
Quality Ben Chase, Extension Livestock Agent
Monday, March 1 Laws & Regulations for Hauling Horses On North Carolina
Highways Trooper NR Landreth, North Carolina Highway Patrol
Monday, March 8 Equine Welfare Issues – How To Body Condition Score
Horses NC Certified Equine Investigators,
Meredith Bernard - Southern States Equine Representative
Monday, March 15 Natural Horsemanship – Bits/Shanks & Round Pen Exhibition
Brock Griffith - Griffith Horsemanship
- Registration Fee: $30 for entire series or $5.00 per session.
- Registration Fee will be waived for 4-H members presenting an official
current 4-H Program Membership ID Card.
For additional information, call Ben Chase, Rockingham & Guilford County
Extension Livestock Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
at 1-800-666-3625, 342-8235 or Email- ben_chase@ncsu.edu.
In case of inclement weather, please call 1-800-666-3625 or 342-8235 for
a recorded message.
NCSU Hoof Care & Shoeing Short Course March 12-13, 2010
Location - Holiday Inn & Suites Cary & NCSU Equine Educational Unit
Presented by: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, NCSU
Extension Horse Husbandry NCSU Equine Educational Unit
Using a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, this course will
offer the professional horseman and horse enthusiast up-to-date
information and experience in the care and management of the equine
hoof. Participants will learn to recognize quality farrier work and gain
understanding on how to trim and shoe a horse. Instructors will offer
ideas and techniques used to maintain the hoof in a healthy state.
Topics to be covered will include: equine hoof anatomy and physiology,
equine limb form and function, creating the balanced foot through
trimming, strategies for improving and maintaining soundness, basic and
corrective shoeing, and selection of farrier’s tools. Hands-on labs will
include: evaluating equine movement, trimming the hoof, & shoeing the
hoof. This course is designed for the horse owner ages 19 and older
seeking to further their knowledge concerning care and management of the
equine foot and basic hoof trimming. An unlimited number of participants
can attend Day 1 which includes lectures. Participants wishing to
participate in the laboratory sessions and actually trim and show a
horse should enroll for both Days 1 and 2. Participation on Day 2 is
limited to the first thirty students on a first come basis. Completion
of the course will not qualify participants to be a farrier. Individuals
seeking to become a farrier will need to acquire additional training.
FEE: A short course registration form and fee of $75.00 (Day 1 only) or
$125.00 (Days 1 & 2) must be postmarked prior to February 12, 2010. A
$25 late fee will be charged to participants registering after February
12, 2010.
Please remit a completed registration form and check payable to NCSU
Cooperative Extension Foundation and mail along with the form to:
Extension Horse Husbandry
Equine Short Course Series, NCSU Box 7523, Raleigh, NC 27695-7523
919-515-5784
• | | Equine Medicine Symposium
February 20, 2010The most up-to-date information straight from the NC State University veterinarians on subjects that directly affect your horse's care and management. This is the longest-running equine continuing education program at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. It began when the college began! Its overall goal is to bring new health information to horse owners. The discussions are aimed so that novice owners and experience professional trainers all have an opportunity to take home new information that they can apply to their horses. We try also to have some exhibitors available so attendees can learn about individual products or organizations during breaks. Registration FeesRegistration fee is $65, which includes lectures and lunch. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation within four (4) days of sending your registration, please check your spam folder. If it is not there, contact our office at 919-513-6366. Cancellation policy: Full refunds will be granted for notices received in writing by seven days prior to the course. After that time, there will be a 25% cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted after the course has begun. Click for registration form to fax/mail SECURE ON LINE REGISTRATION HERE | | Winter Horse Health Seminar
Carolina Equine Hospital and Rockingham County 4-H would like to invite
you to the Winter Horse Health Seminar on February 6, 2010 at Northern
Guilford High School. The program is from 9am to noon. There is no cost.
There will be free breakfast, exhibitors, door prizes and great
information! Speakers and topics are: Dr. Cali Fogle from NCSU College
of Veterinary Medicine on Colic and Dr. Mark Crisman from
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine on the
Geriatric Horse. Please RSVP by calling 349-4080. We hope that lots of
horse youth and adults can join us that day! This is a great opportunity
for everyone to gain great horse knowledge. Focus on Equine Welfare
March 27, 2010 Overview Join the NC State Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP) for a Saturday Seminar at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine on the most significant and pressing welfare issues in the equine industry. Key leaders in the equine veterinary community will lecture on their experiences tackling these equine welfare problems. Topics will include the unwanted horse, recent recommendations made by the AAEP racing committee, the role of the FEI veterinarian, welfare issues of the Dressage horse, and current welfare issues in the Western Performance world. This seminar is intended for equine veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and equestrians who want to be informed about the current welfare issues in the equine industry. RegistrationRegistration for this course is $99 for veterinarians and veterinary technicians, $49 for the general public, and $29 for veterinary students. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration within three (3) days, please check your spam file if you have one, or you may contact us at 919-513-6259 with any questions about your registration status. Please use this form to register.
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