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Common Sense Horse Keeping is an essential guide for horse owners and stable managers, providing comprehensive advice on proper horse care. Tailored for those managing a boarding business as well as individual horse owners, this book covers critical topics such as nutrition, first aid, disaster planning, fire prevention, and pasture management. It also offers insights on choosing the right boarding stable and managing horses at home. Readers will learn to interpret hay analyses, perform fecal egg counts, and adopt environmentally friendly practices in the barn. With practical tips from social media, stable owners can enhance their management skills, and horse owners can become better boarders. The book explores various boarding options, amenities, services, and fee structures. It also delves into the implementation of disaster plans and the importance of understanding horses' mental well-being, among other valuable subjects.

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Lori Tankel was first introduced to horses when she was a toddler, by her grandparents on their farm outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. and she never stopped loving horses. Lori's equine experience spans over 5 decades in areas of barn owner and manager, vet tech, competitor in eventing, dressage, hunters and jumpers; trainer, instructor, pony club volunteer, co-founder of an equine rescue, and more. While a volunteer for her daughter's pony club, she began to write about the care of horses, which grew into her blog, Common Sense Horse Keeping. Relying on her experiences and how she saw horses being cared for in boarding stables, the blog expanded into a guide for barn owners and managers, as well as the horse owner. She resides on her farm in DeLeon Springs, Florida, with her husband, Peter, and a menagerie of farm animals, which includes donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, and her OTTB, Gabriel.

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