1. Please check the site where you attended the clinic:

3. How did you learn about the clinic? Please check all that apply.

4-H Newsletter 4 Flyer from Tack Store 1 Did not answer 2

4. As a result of attending today’s clinic do you plan to do anything differently?

If yes, what do you plan to do differently?

3 Remove the cherry trees; 2 more frequently worming, pay more attention to my horses; 5 weigh food; 5 pasture management; manure management; 2 feeding, pasturing, 3 hoof care; 5 pick the dirt out from the back to the front; rotate wormers more often; checking of animals; cross seed with clover not a grass mixture this Spring; research building more carefully; rethink getting horses; feeding grain, I learned more about feeding horses hay and grain related to body weight; basic care and buying; be more critical when looking to purchase a horse; different feed schedule; less corn; soil test; look for better hay; get two salt blocks (mineral and salt); reminds me to do my daily stuff; check the pony’s body parts, look and watch how she moves; better and more exciting people; learn more medical stuff; maybe put orchard grass in.

5. Overall, what did you like best about the day?

15 the vet was interesting, rest was hard to sit through; excellent information to look at the horse "dream" in a realistic fashion; 5 everything; great, we are planning to start a boarding facility thought Dennis had a great section; that it teaches us stuff and tells us stuff and you learn stuff; gen edu slides and comparisons; 4 farrier; 2 the first presentation; very well organized covered everything pretty well; very nice to have a snack supplied :); good professional presentations; demos; 2 when they talked about hooves; open question allowing class to ask for more info; 3 pasture management; very useful basic information; feed talk; 5 speakers; I really liked hearing about how to take care of wounds because I want to be a large animal veterinarian; learning more about horses; Donna’s presentation covered a lot of information; Dee’s presentation was very professional; slides; relaxed learning environment; good general overview; focused approach

6. One way today’s clinic could be improved is?

4 more hands on; someone with tack and harnesses; harness repairs; more time for speakers less overlapping info; 5 real horse (outdoors); 2 more question answering; a lot of good info but dry; have the vet go more into basic things to look at if the horse is sick when buying or having it at home; 4 more time allowed for the vet to talk about day to day basic horse care; 2 moving the white screen things slower so you can read them; 3 demos; more slides for vet presentation; more info on pasture restoration cross seed etc.; maybe 1/2 hour lunch and end at 2:00; have a more prepared farrier; the vet portion could concentrate more on what is normal behavioral/ailment and what requires vet attention and how soon to call the vet, talk about warning signs for serious and not so serious ailments or conditions; not long lectures, interactive, show, maybe outside lessons, sign up for what you want lessions in; go through what you should check before you decide you want that horse; a full days worth; farrier;

7. If future horse educational programs are held, what types of topics would you like to see covered?

2 diseases to watch for; more of a medical overview; tack and harnesses; draft horses; boarding; 2 anatomy; more specific on each topic covered today; but not feeding and pasture management (this was covered adequately); 6 riding; injury prevention for the horse; what is best for the horse when it comes to housing (cement floors, wood, dirt, etc…) more about training; how to make a tempered horse nice; how to tell if something is wrong with the horse; lumps, discoloration, limping; washing the horse; 2 grooming; behavior and handling esp. with children; equipment; techniques; about the hooves again; colic and how they get it; home first aid and recognition of problems in more detail; more personal care of horses, more geared to our young riders catch there interest; getting started with a draft or mixed use horse; handling of horses and horse behavior; more on horse illness/assessment and treatment; more on winter care of horses; more indepth feeding management program; 2 more detail, complex information on the same subjects an advanced course; like to have one at someone’s barn and have parts with live horses; some tips on working with your horse for example getting a good headset and slowing down canter, things like that for showing; driving; proper saddle and bridle fitting and care; conditions a horse who has not been ridden for a while; hands on more demonstrations; more concentration on tips for beginners ie horse care; what you will need to ride; kinds of riding; more of the same; basic care for easy treatable horse illnesses; more indepth on horse care, maybe health related problems; more on pastures; psychology; massage

8. Would you be interested in taking an online internet course about horse care?