A Horse's Life of Fun and Mysteries by Amelia Dahms

A HORSE'S LIFE OF FUN AND MYSTERIES

10 BUCKS A COPY

A MAGAZINE ABOUT THE HORSE'S LIFE CYCLE

SATGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE FROM FOAL TO ADULT

HOW THE HORSE SURVIVES THE AMAZING WAYS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL STAYS ALIVE

FUN FACTS DID YOU KNOW THAT THE AMARICAN INDIANS ONCE TRAINED HORSE'S

Table of Contents Page 1 - Stages Of The Life Cycle- Foal Page 2 - Stages Of The Life Cycle- Yearling Page 3 - Stages Of The Life Cycle- Young Adult Page 4 - Stages Of The Life Cycle- Adult Page 5 - How A Horse Stays Alive - Some Questions That Are Finally Answered Page 6 - Fun Facts About Horses

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STAGE 1: FOAL

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A FOAL IS USUALLY BORN AT NIGHT, AND IN SPRING. USUALLY ONLY ONE COMES OUT AT A TIME. FOALS START TO WALK AND RUN WHEN THEY'RE 50 ONLY A FEW HOURS OLD, THEY69 LOVE TO MOVE AROUND! AT THE BEGINNING FOALS DEPEND ON THEIR MOM FOR MILK. JUST BECAUSE THEIR LEGS ARE TO LONG TO REACH THE GROUND FOR GRASS. BUT AFTER A MONTH THOUGH THEY JUST START TO NIBBLE ON GRASS AND HAY. ONCE THEY GET JUST A BIT OLDER THEY'RE READY TO EAT TREATS LIKE CARROTS AND SUGAR CUBES. 1

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WHEN A HORSE IS ONE YEAR OLD, IT'S CALLED A YEARLING. YEARLINGS ARE STILL TOO YOUNG TO RIDE, BUT YOU CAN TECH IT SIMPLE COMMANDS LIKE ""WALK"" AND ""STAND"". EATING AND EXERCISING HELPS A YEARLING GROW! AT BIRTH A HORSE USUALLY 50 69 WEIGHS 100 PUONDS BUT A YEARLING NORMALLY WEIGHS 700 POUNDS!

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STAGE 3: YOUNG ADULT WHEN A HORSE IS 3 YEARS OLD IT'S FINALLY A YOUNG ADULT! IT'S ALSO READY TO RIDE. THEY LEARN TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS LIKE 69FASTEST TROT, CANTER, 50 AND GALLOP. GALLOPING IS THE MOVEMENT EVEN FASTER THEN TROT AND CANTER! BY THE WAY, A FEMALE HORSE GROWS UP TO BE MARE AND A MALE HORSE GROWS UP TO BE CALLED A STALLION.

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STAGE 4: ADULT

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A HORSE IS FINALLY AN ADULT WHEN IT TURNS 4 YEARS OLD. BUT WHEN IT'S 5 IT'S READY FOR BIGGER CHALLENGES LIKE JUMPING IN 50ON TRACKS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE 69 TRAINED TO SHOWS AND RUNNING WORK ON RANCHES, MOSTLY THEY END UP HERDING COWS AND OTHER ANIMALS. SOME ARE EVEN TRAINED TO BE A POLICE HORSE!

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WHAT DOES A HORSE EAT? WHEN ON A FARM THEY EAT APPLES,HAY AND SUGAR CUBES. WHEN IN THE WILD THEY EAT GRASS AND OTHER PLANTS.

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HOW DOES A HORSE PROTECT50 IT'S OFFSPRING?

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A HORSE DOESN'T SLEEP LAYING DOWN LIKE HUMANS. HORSE'S DON'T SLEEP MANY HOURS EITHER. BUT THEY HAVE MANY NAPS DURING THGE DAY THAT LAST 15 MINUTES TOPS. THIS IS REALLY HELP[FUL FOR SURVIVAL MOSTLY IN THE23 WILD.

69 A MARE CAN STRIKE, KICK, AND OR EVEN THREAT A DANGER TO ITS OFFSPRING. SOMETIMES IT BITES AS WELL, IT WON'T LET ANYTHING HURT ITS OFFSPRING WHILE THEY'RE AROUND!

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FUN FACTS ABOUT HORSE'S MO ST HORSE'S USUALLY LIVE IN IS G LY W HEN GROUPS CALLED HERDS. ONN S E I A AH B WH A B B E A MALE HORSE IS THE EN S PRE ORSE VE H A T I H T 'S A GNA ES MON . LEADER OF THE HERD R 1 M 1 A B NT O M OUT NTH LY TE A L A M SIX M SO WHILE THE MEMBERS EY H NOR T L D! ER 08 ARE FEMALE HORSE'S. 12 AFT

HERE'S ONE FUN FACT ABOUT THE AMARICIAN QUARTER HORSE! AMARICIAN QUARTER HPRSE'S RUN FASTER ON SHORT DISTENCES THEN ANY OTHER 31 HORSE!

HERE'S A FUN FACT A FUN FACT ABOUT THE ABOUT AMARICIAN SCADDLE HPPABOSSA HORSE! HORSE'S! MANY OIWNERS AMARICAIN TRAIN THEESE INDEANS RODE HORSE'S TO PULL THEESE HORSE'S 23 CARTS. LONG BEFORE US.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A FUN FACT THE ARBIAN HORSE. ARBIAN ARE THE LONGEST LASTING HORSE BREED EVER!

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