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    How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
    How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
    How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
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    How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse

    By Vince Stead

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    Learn how to raise and take care of your Missouri Fox Trotting horse, and learn how to have fun doing chores required to maintain your horses health and happiness! 
     
    1. The Characteristics of Missouri Fox Trotting Horse 
     
    2. What to Do if your Horse Spooks at Something 
     
    3. How to Saddle a Horse  
     
    4. How to Muck out a Horse Corral 
     
    5. How to Raise a Pony 
     
    6. How a Bit, Harness and Reins Work 
     
    7. How to Use a Hoof Pick 
     
    8. What Kind of Shelter does your Horse Need? 
     
    9. How to Use a Round Pen 
     
    10. The Best Ways to Keep Flies of your Horse 
     
    11. The Different Kinds of Horse Saddles 
     
    12. How a Cow Horse Performs 
     
    13. How Horseshoeing is Done 
     
    14. How to Enter your Horse in Shows and Rodeos 
     
    15. Nice Safe Toys for Horses to Play With 
     
    16. How to Break and Train your Horse  
     
    17. How to Clean a Horse Stall 
     
    18. What to Do When your Horse is Going to Have a Baby 
     
    19. What to Do if Your Horse Breaks it's Leg 
     
    20. How to Trailer your Horse 
     
    21. How to Make Sure Your Horse Does Not Colic on You 
     
    22. What to Feed your Horse 
     
    23. How to Prevent your Horse from going Barn Sour 
     
    24. Mare, Gelding, or Stallion, and What is the Best Horse for your Needs?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVince Stead
    Release dateFeb 10, 2012
    ISBN9781516330904
    How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse

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      How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse - Vince Stead

      By Vince Stead

      How to Care & Raise your Missouri Fox Trotting Horse

      Copyright © 2012 by Vince Stead

      All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      ISBN:  978-1-329-17415-3

      1.The Characteristics of Missouri Fox

      Trotting Horse

      2.What to Do if your Horse Spooks at Something

      3.How to Saddle a Horse

      4.How to Muck out a Horse Corral

      5.How to Raise a Pony

      6.How a Bit, Harness and Reins Work

      7.How to Use a Hoof Pick

      8.What Kind of Shelter does your Horse Need?

      9.How to Use a Round Pen

      10.The Best Ways to Keep Flies of your Horse

      11.The Different Kinds of Horse Saddles

      12.How a Cow Horse Performs

      13.How Horseshoeing is Done

      14.How to Enter your Horse in Shows and

      Rodeos

      15.Nice Safe Toys for Horses to Play With

      16.How to Break and Train your Horse

      17.How to Clean a Horse Stall

      18.What to Do When your Horse is Going to Have a Baby

      19.What to Do if Your Horse Breaks it's Leg

      20.How to Trailer your Horse

      21.How to Make Sure Your Horse Does Not Colic on You

      22.What to Feed your Horse

      23.How to Prevent your Horse from going Barn Sour

      24.Mare, Gelding, or Stallion, and What is the Best Horse for your Needs

      1.  The Characteristics of a Missouri Fox Trotting Horse

      It was during the mid-19th century in the robust Ozark Hills where the famous Missouri Fox Trotting Horse was born.  The breed developed to aide settlers around the hills who wanted easy riding experiences and horses that would be durable when mounting and climbing the rugged terrains in the area.

      They wanted horses that would be able to travel far and wide or even breeds that would be sure footed and would have a great gait as well was desired, hence came along the development of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse.

      The main characteristics of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse would be noticed with its gait, foxy gait.  The way it walks around with its front feet and the hinds used for trotting.  Such gait would allow the riders to have an easy ride because the hind feet of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse stay in place while movement is on.

      The breed is known to move with rhythmical gaits and thus the speed the horse maintains is quite consistent for a very long period, nil or very less fatigue for the horse involved.

      These are the reasons why the settlers of the Ozarks preferred the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse.  The breed very soon became popular amongst cattlemen, sheriffs, country physicians, doctors, and even tax collectors as well.  This was at a time when roads or even cars were not around, and the only mode of transportation for these men was Missouri Fox Trotting Horses.

      The Missouri Fox Trotting Horse has great stamina, is of sound nature and has a disposition, which is quite gentle for the human choice of riding.  Even kids can use them for mounting and the breed is known to have helped many novice riders learn the art of riding as well, since they are willing to help.  It is because of the smoothness in the gait of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse, which does not allow bouncing to happen for those who are learning or inexperienced at riding horses.

      The gait of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse is very diagonal and they walk and trot front and behind in a certain rhythmic way.  The tail and the head of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse are elevated a little, which makes the animal carry you gracefully.  In addition, when you ride the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse, you would hear the hooves produce a rhythmic pattern, which is pleasant to the ears.  Not once would you feel bumpy riding the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse, for the nodding stance of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse while riding the breed would put you at ease.

      The average size of a Missouri Fox Trotting horse is 14 to 16 hands.  The average life expectancy is roughly in the late 20's to mid-30's, with some horses known to live into their late 30's and even 40's sometimes, but that is more rare than the average horse life expectancy.

      Most say the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse is very animated by the way; it travels especially its style and

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