All right.
In this video, we are just going to do a, a quick
tutorial on the weekly assignment and kind of what the expectations are.
I, I really felt like this would help you kind of understand what's
expected, and the whole idea of this, you know, weekly assignment that
we're doing in the horse course, is for you to take the
information that we're, we're giving each week, and apply it to an animal.
You know, as an educator I always feel, when, when students apply the information.
They tend to retain it more, you know, and longer.
So, for this assignment, in the beginning we're asking you to choose an
animal, a, you know any type of equid that you would like to own.
Whether it's a horse, donkey, mule, or a hy.
Other type of hybrid, or a zebra, you know,
use your imagination if you're choosing a hypothetical animal.
If you actually own horses, donkeys, mules etc.
You can actually choose one of them and
apply the assignments each week to that animal.
Now, you know, for a quick brief description, you know, in my example I
would say I, I'm choosing a horse i'm going to choose an American quarter horse.
And it's going to be a gelding.
And then I'm actually going to use this animal, to do western pleasure riding.
And that's all we would, we, you know, I'm asking you to use in your description.
That way when each week, you know, and that's going to affect the
type of assignments you know, or the type of plans that you develop.
You know, for example, I'm, I'm doing western pleasure riding.
That means I need to ride this animal almost every day, you know,
through the, throughout the week, doing training,
so that's going to affect its nutrition status.
That's going to affect my health care plan.
That has many implications, so.
So, you know, choose what you'd like and just write a brief description on that.
And then the real focus of this week's assignment is a hoof care plan.
And, we've gone through all the, the information, you know, from basic
hoof care going all the way to laminitis and why it's so important.
So, so the first, you know, part of that hoof care plan is.
You know, trimming feet.
And you have to ask yourself, you know, how often am I going to do this?
So you go back in the notes and look at
frequency, look at the place where you live in the world.
You know, look at those different factors.
And kind of get an idea, well, for this animal
I probably have to do it every six weeks.
Or, you know, for this animal, you know,
it's pretty dry, arid region, maybe every eight weeks.
So, you know, decide on that.
And then ask yourself, am I going to do this myself, or am
I going to have a farrier come in and do it for me?
So, if you're doing it yourself, then I'm going to ask
you to look up your supplies, a hoof pick and all
the other stuff you may, you may need, and just come
up with a brief list, not a very co, comprehensive list.
But just a brief list of the tools you'll need,
and, and, and price those out using your local currency.
Where you are in the world.
Now if you are using a farrier.
Then, then find out how much it would cost for
a farrier to come in and trim all four feet.
So you could make a quick phone call.
You can look on the internet.
Use any resource you want.
You know, even in the local paper.
And get an idea of how much a hoof trim would cost you.
Chris J. Mortensen, Ph.D.Professor
