AN 345 - Western Horse Industry

3 Credits

This course provides students with a view on some of the markets, opportunities and pitfalls within the horse industry; as well as skills for fitting, marketing horses and operating an equine business. In the lab portion students work as a team to train horses for the purpose of resale in conjunction with AN 366 Student Managed Farm Livestock II.

Rationale:

This course is required for the Equine Science major of the Animal Science Technology program. AN 345 provides students with the public relations, customer service and management skills which allow them to flourish within their niche in the horse industry.

Prerequisites: AN 132 , AN 341 , AN 343  
Corequisites: AN 366  

Course Learning Outcomes:
 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

1. describe how to plan and market an equine event.
2. outline how to fit and market horses for sale.
3. write out a bill of sale.
4. discuss the horse meat industry in Canada and write out an EID.
5. discuss contracts found within the equine industry, as well as infer what their options are should the need arise to collect payment for services rendered.
6. work in a team environment to train, fit and market stock horses.

This course consists of 42 hours of lecture and 56 hours of lab. Lecture is delivered in the classroom with the use of PowerPoints, videos and assignments. The lab component is conducted in the Equine Centre and used to further develop practical riding competencies which coincide with the skills required to handle cattle, competently fit, show or sell horses. Planned seminars, field trips or other activities may occur outside of scheduled class times.

The lecture time involves note taking, videos, guest lectures and discussions. The lab portion involves individual or group work with assigned livestock to complete required tasks. Labs are 4 hours per week with lecture as needed. Additional riding times and instruction are available through AN366 Student Managed Farm-Livestock II. Students are required to keep a notebook and pen in their locker at the arena for note taking. All working of project horses outside of class time must be done with a buddy system for safety reasons, never advancing past what the instructor has directed. The Stable Management portion consists of a regular Monday organizational meeting and daily chore times as directed in the handout, “Horse Unit Policies”. Any deviation from the chore schedule needs to be approved by the instructor. Alteration of the chore schedule for the group should be done as a group at the Monday meetings.

Classroom and laboratory attendance is considered vital to the learning process and as significant to the students’ evaluation as examinations and reports, therefore absenteeism is recorded.

1. Students having a combination of excused and/or unexcused absence of 20 percent or higher for the scheduled course hours can be required to withdraw and would then automatically receive a “RW” (required withdrawal) for the course, regardless of any other evaluation results. (RW is a failing grade).
2. An excused absence is one that is verified with your instructor. Verification should be prior to the absence or the next class day following the absence. Verification of the absence may take the form of a note from your doctor/College nurse regarding illness, or a note from another instructor regarding a field trip or other activity, or authorization by your instructor following an in-person meeting. Be sure to contact your instructor and ask what they will require from you as verification for each absence. An unexcused absence is anything NOT verified by the instructor prior to the absence or the next class day following the absence.

It is the students’ responsibility to know their own absentee record.

Normal hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with potential for evening courses, exams or extended field trips. Students are expected to be available for classes during these times.

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