Week 4 – Welcome to Week 4! – August 19 – 23, 2024
Welcome to week 4 of the Ontario Equine Education and Employment Program!
This week you are covering Unit 3 of the course. So, make sure that you are finishing up Unit 2 so you can keep on track and get started on Unit 3. For those who are able to work ahead, make sure you are reading your eManual as well as working your way through the Digital Learning Object for the videos and other information, as well as participating in the online discussions.
After learning about the anatomy and physiology of the horse, this week’s unit will delve into some of the health issues that horses may face. Prevention of disease and injury is one of the important roles of the groom, but also early recognition and management of disease or an injury is just as important, as not all things are easily preventable. This will be an overview of the common things, and as you will see there is much more to be learned but this will give you an introduction to this area. Enjoy the week and don’t be afraid of posting questions and joining in on discussions!
And save the date for our live webinar this week on Tuesday, August 20th at 11:00 a.m. with Dr. Nicole Weidner who will be presenting about equine nutrition basics and what your horse wants you to know! Make sure you join us, as feeding horses is an important skill that all horse owners need – for grooms and caretakers getting started all the way to top competitors, coaches and trainers! And there is always more to learn! New research about that “4-6 hour window” is one example. Join our webinar to learn more.
You may wish to check out the Horse Health Check poster available from Equine Guelph, and the (coming soon) Body Condition Score poster for the barn!
https://www.equineguelph.ca/education/store.php#gsc.tab=0
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(and next week’s meeting with Dr. Susan Raymond is on Wednesday, August 28th at 2:00 p.m.)