Tips for Skill 41

This skill will require you to halter, tie, and lead horses. You will also have to apply twitches and clean their hooves. Upon completion of this skill, you will be able to show competency and comfort in haltering, leading equine patients and performing restraint on them using a twitch. You will be able to clean their hooves.

Tips for materials that need to be submitted:

• Video of student:

  • Approaching a horse

  • Applying a halter to a horse

  • Leading a horse

  • Cleaning a horse's hoof

    • Demonstrate on a hoof that needs to be cleaned. Do not demonstrate on a hoof that has just been cleaned and there is no dirt to remove

  • Applying restraint with a twitch

    • You can use a chain or a humane twitch

    • Avoid blocking the nostrils when applying the twitch