Keeping Horses Outdoors - Iveta Jebackova-Lazanska - diskuze

A modern reference for those who wish to manage horses in ways that improve equine well-being by encouraging a healthy, safe, active lifestyle. As times have changed, so has our understanding of the social, psychological, and physical needs of the animals in our care. As open spaces shrink, our view of what is required to keep horses as best suits their nature is expanding. The result is a need for guidance when it comes to making decisions related to modern-day equine management best practices. The hard truth is that the creatures who have long been our companions have also long been expected to adapt to living situations created with primarily human convenience and comfort in mind. With this inspiringly illustrated guidebook, natural horsekeeping expert Iveta Jebackova-Lazanska hopes to help everyone with horses create sophisticated, functional, equine-centric stable systems, in which horses, nature, and people thrive. Jebackova-Lazanska demonstrates how, for those who want to, it''s possible to find ways to make outdoor horsekeeping work via a system that has slowly emerged over time that can work for any property, whether small or large. Already, it has been proven to work well by horse owners all over the world, some of whom contributed their knowledge and experiences to these pages. Topics explored include: Size and type of basic enclosures. Dealing with weather- and environment-related challenges, like mud. Location of, type of, and materials used in sheds, shelters, a
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