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, 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