Common Sense Horse Keeping Is Now Available!
Book Information
Common Sense Horse Keeping Book Information
Common Sense Horse Keeping is now available in paperback and E-book. The book will be available at your local bookstore, in tack shops, and online. Please contact me if you are interested in carrying the book in your store!
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, 1st 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. Contracts, insurance, employees and barn rules are discussed. It also delves into the implementation of disaster plans and the importance of understanding horse's mental well-being, among other valuable subjects.
Laminated Quick Reference Sheets
Now Available!
Consisting of 10 sheets (for a total of 20 pages), these sheets will provide important information to keep handy in the barn. Secured with a ring, it can be hung up in the tack room, feed room, or lounge and is perfect for boarding barns with employees and for horse owners.
These sheets will provide an area to write in your barn emergency information with a sharpie on the first page, and will include valuable information such as:
- Vitals chart
- Stocking the 1st aid kit
- Identifying emergencies
- Signs of good health
- Signs of a sick horse, signs of colic
- What constitutes an eye emergency
- Vaccination chart
- Deworming chart.
- Feeding rules
- Nutrition chart, hay chart, reading a hay analysis/calculating hay chart
- Blanketing guide, and diagram showing how to apply leg straps
- Horse handling rules
- Barn maintenance tips.
- Evacuation kit items
- Tips for sheltering in place
- Wildfire checklist
- Heat index chart
The front page can be customized, please contact me for information.
Please visit the Shop Page to order!
About Lori Tankel
Lori Tankel grew up loving horses, which were to be found on her grandparent’s farm outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. and she has made sure that they have always been a part of her life. Following her parent’s divorce and a subsequent move to Florida, having a horse meant having to do all of the work herself in order to keep costs down. She was fortunate to have found the best of mentors who taught her correct horsemanship and stable management.
Tankel’s equine experience spans more than 5 decades and includes roles as barn manager, vet tech, and competitor in eventing, dressage, hunters, and jumpers. She has been a trainer, instructor, volunteer and she was a co-founder of a non-profit equine rescue. When her two daughters joined the United States Pony Club, she became involved as a District Commissioner and was passionate about teaching horse management and volunteering at rallies as a horse management judge.
Today, Tankel resides on her farm, Calypso Ridge Farm in DeLeon Springs, Florida, with her husband, Peter, and an assortment of animals, including her Thoroughbred, Gabriel. Her blog of more than a decade (commonsensehorsekeeping.beehiiv.com) strives to educate horse owners and stable managers in the proper way of caring for horses.
Speaking Engagements
Lori is available to speak at local horse clubs and events on the following topics:
-Fire Prevention
-Disaster Planning
-Stable Management
Stable Consultations
Lori is available for stable management consultations on fire prevention, disaster planning, & stable management. Available in person within a 100 mile radius of Central Florida or via phone consultation. Email for details.
In the works
Coming in 2025 will be the release of Common Sense Horse Keeping for the Young Rider, which will provide insight into the whys and reasons of doing things in the barn and on horseback.
Common Sense Horse Keeping Blog
Common Sense Horse Keeping blogs are published bi-weekly on topics such as disaster planning, fire prevention, pasture management, equine welfare, the latest topics in the horse world and more!
Mission Statement
Common Sense Horse Keeping Mission:
Common Sense Horse Keeping is an essential guide for horse owners and stable managers, providing comprehensive advice on proper horse care, whether through the book, through social media, and through my blog! I believe that the horse should always come first, including both its mental well-being and its physical well-being. I believe it is possible to achieve harmony with horses, barn managment, and our wallet, without sacrificing quality of care.