Daily grooming is a vital part of horse care, and this Simple Solutions title by Elizabeth Moyer encapsulates the benefits and procedure in an easy-to-read entertaining way. Grooming offers many healthful rewards to the horse and also helps to build a bond between owner and his or her horse. This guide, with colorful and instructive illustrations by Jean Abernethy, offers advice on choosing the right equipment (brushes, currycomb, hoof pick, grooming mitts, etc.) and the best way to groom a horse. Starting with the stiffest brush and progresses to the softest one, grooming should systematic for you and therapeutic for the horse. While the goal is to remove dirt and shine the coat, the groomer is also giving the horse quality time and improving its health and hygiene. There are chapters on hoof care, mane and tail care, bathing, and trimming that offer readers specific advice about grooming the horse’s whole body.

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?Compact, easy-to-care-for, and a bundle of fun” is how author Virginia Parker Guidry describes the irresistible guinea pig. Ideal pets for families with children, cavies (as they’re often called) are clean, odorless, gentle, loving, and entertaining. This Complete Care Made Easy Guinea Pigs encapsulates all the virtues of these perfect small mammals and gives new owners practical advice about how to care for them. In chapter one, ?A Guinea What?” the author talks about the guinea pig’s natural history?they’re neither pigs nor from Guinea, but rather a rodent from Peru?and how scientists classify this very unique mammal. To decide whether the guinea pig is right for you, chapter two discusses who makes the ideal owner and presents thirteen popular breeds of longhaired and shorthaired guinea pigs and the colors available to pet owners today. The chapter ?Finding a Healthy Guinea Pig” offers solid advice about selecting the right guinea pig, where to purchase or adopt, and the preferred sex. A complete chapter on preparing for the guinea pig offers the reader excellent advice about acclimating the new pet to the home, selecting the best cage and hutch, and pig-proofing the home. The subject of understanding guinea pig behavior is discussed in the chapter ?Living with a Guinea Pig,” which also covers daily-care topics such as feeding, grooming, handling, exercise, and litter box training. Keeping the guinea pig healthy is discussed in ?Staying Healthy,” a chapter that covers preventing illness, choosing a veterinarian, and common ailments. The final chapter ?Just for the Fun of It!” explores games, toys, activities, and showing guinea pigs. The appendix includes lists of pig-specific clubs, organizations, and websites. Glossary of terms and index included.

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This book offers 10 original and detailed patterns and the expert instruction to carve whimsical Halloween-inspired characters including a mummy, witch, black cat, ghost, and more.

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Nothing beats a day spent with all kinds of horses! This fun horses coloring book for kids ages 3-6 features 23 charming and contemporary horse-inspired mandala designs of saddles and stirrups, pretty ponies, carousels, unicorns, horseback princesses, and so much more. With repeating circular patterns, brightly colored outlines, and even a dedication page on the back of each design for kids to gift their finished piece to a special someone, this mandala coloring book offers young children a creative coloring experience to express themselves as they decompress. Thick heavy stock pages are perfect for markers, crayons, colored pencils, or even paints, and come with perforated edges for easy removal and display.

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Wendy Beth Baker’s The Healing Power of Horses is devoted to the world’s greatest horsepeople, the Oglala Lakota Indians of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She begins the book by sharing the philosophy of these great horse-loving people: ?There are those who feel the sun rises and sets on the back of a horse, and no matter what obstacles life sets in their way, they never dismount.” The spirit and fortitude of the Lakota Indians inform Baker’s words as she describes how this once-nomadic tribe came to view the horse as sacred and assigned it great significance in their culture, religion, and lifestyle. The Indians who live on the Pine Ridge Reservation have grown spiritually and as a community through their relationship with their horses, and it is through this connection to the natural world that the power of healing and ultimately, health, flows.With photography by Hope Vinitsky, The Healing Power of Horses tells the individual stories of over a dozen Lakota Indians and how horses have affected each of their lives. Baker was able to interview each of these inspiring individuals for inclusion in this book. The empowering stories told come from Wayne Waters, Marlin ?Moon” Weston, Eugenio White Hawk, Wendell Yellow Bull, Aldeen Twiss, Phillip Jumping Eagle and Billy, Dale Vocu, Emma and Shelly Waters, Wilmer Mesteth, Vernell White Thunder, Pat Heathershaw, Lester Waters, and the Carlows. While the stories of each of these exceptional men and women are different, the common denominator in each is the horse’s transformative power to heal their minds, spirits, and bodies. These are stories of artists, athletes, and common noble folk, all of whom have struggled to overcome life’s many obstacles to thrive and become better people.The author’s intention in this book, as she describes in the final section ?The Future of the Lakota Horsepeople,” is to have her readers gain a better understanding of horses in Lakota culture while at the same time affording some of the Lakota people an opportunity to reconnect with their cultural identity. In reading this book, it is clear that the Lakota people have preserved the emotional power of their ancient culture and strength as a people by maintaining their connection to horses, animals that they deeply love. Fiercely loyal to the United States, the Lakota horsepeople are a strong, proud, and brave community who have much to teach all people about life and the pursuit of healing.

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This ultimate collection of blissful coloring is packed with the intricate, intriguing, and inspiring illustrations of Hello Angel coloring artist Angelea Van Dam. With three times as many patterns as standard size coloring books, this big 208-page volume offers a treasure trove of her exotic animals, luxuriant flowers, fascinating doodles, and dazzling patterns! Hello Angel Bright & Beautiful Ultimate Coloring Collection also includes helpful tips from Angelea on expert coloring techniques like patterning, combinations, and shading. Guided coloring pages make coloring easy for beginners, with beautifully colored examples and ready-to-use color palettes. Perfect for decorating with all of your favorite coloring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. This book has earned the DO Magazine Artist Fair Trade Seal of Approval.

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Explore all the possibilities of coloring in the Hello Angel Fun & Fantastic Coloring Collection. Let your imagination bloom as you discover pages of beautifully intricate designs just waiting to be colored into life. Breakthrough coloring artist Angelea Van Dam gets you started with gorgeously colored examples and helpful hints on dazzling coloring techniques like layering, blending, and patterning. Guided Coloring Pages make coloring easy for beginners with ready-to-use color palettes. Perfect for decorating with all of your favorite coloring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display.

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Escape to a creative world of irresistibly cute critters with Hello Angel Irresistible Animals Coloring Collection. Hello Angel coloring artist Angelea Van Dam offers a delightful array of alluring animals to color, from amorous otters, loopy llamas, and sociable whales to silly sloths and a hipster giraffe. Angelea includes helpful tips on expert coloring techniques like patterning, combinations, and shading. Guided coloring pages make coloring easy for beginners, with beautifully colored examples and ready-to-use color palettes. Perfect for decorating with all of your favorite coloring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display.

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New from breakthrough coloring artist Angel Van Dam, Hello Angel Majestic Animals Coloring Collection is filled with intricate and intriguing illustrations for you to color and enjoy. Escape to a world of amazing animals, cuddly creatures, and whimsical wildlife, all waiting to be filled with every color of the rainbow. From tigers and toucans to elephants and iguanas, these 32 beautiful beasts are perfect for decorating with markers, gel pens, paints, crayons, or colored pencils. Angel provides helpful tips and advice on her coloring techniques, along with an inspirational gallery of full-color examples. Printed on high quality, extra thick paper, each page is perforated for easy removal and display.

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Say “Hello!” to the animals of the world with this beautiful board book designed specifically for babies! From monkeys and elephants to lions, sloths, and frogs, Hello, Animals is the perfect first baby book. A great early introduction to animals for your baby, every lino-cut artwork and high contrast design is intentional for a baby’s developing eyesight to make visual connections with simple shapes in simple black and white. Also included is a surprise mirror at the very end of the book to give your baby the opportunity to look at themselves – something babies just love to do! Easy wipe clean board book pages with rounded corners are perfect for children as young as six months.

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Say “Hello!” to the animals of the world with this beautiful board book designed specifically for babies! From alligators and elephants to lions, sloths, and frogs, Hello, Happy Faces is the perfect first baby book. A great early introduction to animals for your baby, every linocut artwork and high contrast design is intentional for a baby’s developing eyesight to make visual connections with simple shapes in simple black and white. Also included is a surprise mirror at the very end of this adorable baby animal book to give your baby the opportunity to look at themselves – something babies just love to do! Easy wipe clean board book pages with rounded corners are perfect for children as young as six months.

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