Payment Page: https://www.thepathfinders.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Horsemanship-2018-Payment-Page.pdf
Registration Page: http://www.troop49oakland.org/survey/index.php/179891?lang=en

 

When: Leaving day after Thanksgiving from OLPH at 9am.  Returning Saturday at 2pm.

Horse lovers, here is your opportunity to earn the Horsemanship Merit Badge and have an opportunity for trail riding.  The plan is to arrive at the Ranch by 10:30 and start the program at 11.  The merit badge program will go into the afternoon.  Afterwards we will head off to Happy Days Campground for dinner and tenting.   In the morning we will pack up the campsite and head back to the ranch for an hour trail ride.   Info on the ranch is available here: http://www.rollingstoneranch.com/boy-scouts–girl-scouts

 

Pricing:

The Troop Committee has agreed to a subsidy for scouts on this trip.

• Scouts: Merit badge, tenting, and trail ride $110.
• Scouts: Merit Badge only, not staying over $55.
• Adults: tenting only $25, riding $55

Note: Scouts must attend the Merit Badge Session in order to ride on Saturday.

 

Meals:

Please bring bag lunch for Friday. We will need cooks for dinner Friday night, breakfast on Saturday and a cold lunch on Saturday.

 

Clothing:

Dress in layers suitable for the weather.  We will be outside for the duration of the event.  Obviously, we will be in places where horses spend their days.  It will be MUDDY.  Sturdy shoes are absolutely required for your comfort.  Sneakers would be a poor choice for footwear.  For camping, a complete change of dry clothing in which to sleep.

Questions:

Call or email Scoutmaster in Charge Jim Angus: angusj2002@gmail.com or (201) 788-3334

Requirements:

The following are the merit badge requirements:

1. Do the following:
   1. Describe the safety precautions you should take when handling and caring for a horse.
   2. Describe the fire safety precautions you should take in a barn and around horses.
2. Name the 15 main parts of a horse.
3. Name four breeds of horses. Explain the special features for which each breed is known.
4. Describe the symptoms of colic. Name and describe four other horse health problems.
5. Explain what conformation is and why it is important. Explain the difference between lameness and unsoundness.
6. Explain the importance of hoof care and why a horse might need to wear shoes.
7. Demonstrate how to groom a horse, including picking hooves and caring for a horse after a ride.
8. Explain how to determine what and how much to feed a horse and why the amount and kind of feed are changed according to the activity level and the breed of horse.
9. Do the following:
   1. Name 10 parts of the saddle and bridle that you will use and explain how to care for this equipment.
   2. Show how to properly saddle and bridle a horse.
   3. Demonstrate how to safely mount and dismount a horse.
10. Explain and demonstrate how to approach and lead a horse safely from a stall, corral, or field and how to tie the horse securely.
11. On level ground, continuously do the following movements after safely mounting the horse. Do them correctly, at ease, and in harmony with the horse:
    1. Walk the horse in a straight line for 60 feet.
    2. Walk the horse in a half circle of not more than 16 feet in radius.
    3. Trot or jog the horse in a straight line for 60 feet.
    4. Trot or jog the horse in a half circle of not more than 30 feet in radius.
    5. Halt straight.
    6. Back up straight four paces.
    7. Halt and dismount.