Basic Needs

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Basic Needs

• American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

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What are your basic needs?

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Space

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What are the BASIC NEEDS of an American Quarter
Horse?

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Space

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Why do horses need food?

• Nutrition
• Energy
• Treats

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What kind of food should horses eat?

• Hay
• Apples
• Oats
• Grass
• Sugar Cubes
• Carrots

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How much food should horses eat?

• Horses can eat up to 12-15 pounds of hay or grass
  a day.
• (Thats the same as between about 48 and 60
  Hamburgers a day!!!)

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Why do horses need water?

• Hydration

To replenish the water in their body.
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How much water do horses need?

• 10-12 gallons PER day!

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Why do horses need shelter?

• Protect them from rain, wind, sun, and snow

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What do horses use as shelter?

• Barn
• Stable

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Why do horses need space?

• Run
• Work
• Exercise
• Grow

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Where do horses have space?

• Pasture
• Arena
• Barn

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So, what are the basic needs of horses?
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Food
Water
Shelter
Space
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Credit to

• http//www.aces.edu/issues/drought/DroughtNewsRele
  ase.phpWATERneeds
• http//www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalr
  esources/components/7540_05.html
• http//www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk/feedingexplaine
  d/calculator.htm