Use this teaching guide for unmounted HorseSense lessons that teach your students to correctly apply equine shipping bandages and tail wraps.
Purple HorseSense students should demonstrate confident, consistent application and knowledge of materials used, and should be able to discuss the uses, benefits and drawbacks of each bandage.
Lessons cover:
- pros and cons of shipping bandages, shipping boots, and trailering without leg protection
- choosing the right materials for shipping bandages - including making your own bandages
- basic techniques and standards for correct shipping bandages
- uses for tail bandages
- correct application of tail bandages - with cautions for unsafe practices
- tips for creating bandaging practice sessions
Teaching tips include:
- creative ideas for teaching this topic with both private and group lessons
- suggested Challenge materials (games, worksheets, etc.) and other teaching tools
- strategies for adapting for your unique teaching situation
If this is your first time using our unmounted teaching guides, please make sure that you download and read:
HOW TO TEACH HORSESENSE USING OUR TEACHING GUIDES – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
OTHER TEACHING RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL:
- Purple Level HorseSense Study Guide
- Teaching Guide – Orange HorseSense - Wrap It Up
- Teaching Guide – Blue HorseSense - That's a Wrap
- Teaching Guide – Green HorseSense - Bandaging Basics
- Stuff Happens and You Need a Boot or Bandage - Yellow HorseSense
- Teaching Guide – Purple HorseSense - The Long Haul