The Yearly Cost of Keeping a Horse
The Horse Staff
September 2, 2024
Use this chart to create your own budget for major horse care expenses.
Use this chart to create your own budget for major horse care expenses.
Horses require regular hoof care to keep them sound and healthy. Print and use this free form to keep track of your horse’s hoof care records.
Print out this handy trailer safety checklist, and keep it in your trailer, tack box, or towing vehicle as a reference for safe horse hauling.
Print and use this checklist to ensure you have the basics for both humans and horses in case of an evacuation.
Keep track of your horse’s distinguishing characteristics and record emergency contact information on this one-page form.
Use this form to give your horses’ caretakers the info they need in case you have to evacuate without your horses.
Use this form to document where you would take your horses and whom you’d get information from during an evacuation.
Use this handy guide next time you move your horse to a new home.
Use this comprehensive form to evaluate your horse’s well-being from nose to tail prior to a vet visit. Record everything from body condition to lameness. Also covered in this form: vital signs, eyes, attitude, skin coat, gut sounds, and more.
Use this handy form to leave your horse and house sitters all the information they need to care for your animals and property while you’re away.
To educate participants and increase compliance with safe practices, show or event managers might want to include an agreement in a stall packet or in online show/event information, requiring a signature on a compliance agreement.
These are general biosecurity guidelines and each event/facility should tailor the agreement to their specific needs and circumstances.
If your horses get loose or need to be identified in case of disaster, having this information on your horse can make your life and any rescuers’ jobs much easier.
Want to keep track of your horse’s medication history? Download and print this medication log and keep it by your horse’s stall with a pen, so it’s convenient to write down everything he gets.
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