Building a Five-Star Relationship with Your Horse: Using the Five Domains of Animal Welfare [Paperback]

Introduction 1. Nutrition 2. Physical Environment?3. Health 4. Behavioural Interactions 5. Mental State.? Epilogue/ Postscript

This book explains, in accessible, everyday language, how to apply the Five Domains of Animal Welfare throughout the horse world, whatever type of equine is concerned or whatever role he or she fulfils.

This book is a vital addition to any horse lovers library. Its objective is to use The Five Domains of Animal Welfare (formerly known as The Five Freedoms) to give specific equine information as reliable guidance for owners; maybe principally to novice and slightly above, but hopefully for rather more experienced owners as well. Following truly horse-friendly ways of managing and riding horses must improve our relationship with them and that is what the book aims to do.?Susans writing ability, and love for the horse, is obvious and needs no validation.?

Anne Wilson, author of?'Top Horse Training Methods Explored', 'Riding Revelations - Classical Training from the Beginning' and editor of 'Tracking-up' magazine

The Five Domains of Animal Welfare, when applied to horses, can act as a safe, reliable source of advice and information for conscientious owners, and also a benchmark by which the practices of the more experienced can be measured, scrutinised and held to account. They provide standards to be met rather than levels to be tolerated.

This book explains, in accessible, everyday language, how to apply the Five Domains throughout the horse world, whatever type of equine is concerned or whatever role he or she fulfils, from pet to Thoroughbred racehorse, from informal friend and hack to Olympic competitor. The Domains have been expertly devised, carefully constructed and logically categorised so that anyone can find trustworthy advice on just about any problem or issue they are likely to meet in their lives with horses.