Merillat Internship Spring 2000

1. Merillat InternshipSpring 2000 Jennifer McGuire

2. MSU MERILLAT • QUARTER HORSE TRAINING AND BREEDING CENTER • ESTABLISHED IN 1989 • DONATED TO MSU 1997

4. STAFF • SHORTY PARKS • MANAGER & MAIN TRAINER • TROY PRIME • ASSISTANT TRAINER • ANGELA MACKLEY • GROOM • KATHY PARKS • SECRETARY & BREEDING MANAGER

5. HORSES • SHOW HORSES • BROOD MARES • STALLIONS

6. SHOW HORSES • WESTERN PLEASURE • HUNTER UNDER SADDLE • WEANLING HALTER • YEARLING LONGE LINE

7. BROOD MARES • QUARTER HORSES • WESTERN PLEASURE PROSPECTS • THOROUGHBRED • APPENDIX QUARTER HORSES FOR HUNTER UNDER SADDLE PROSPECTS

8. STALLIONS • LEAGUERS SHADOW • HUNTER UNDER SADDLE PROSPECTS • ZIPPO’S AFTER SHOCK • WESTERN PLEASURE PROSPECTS

9. LEAGUERS SHADOW“SHADOW”

10. ZIPPOS AFTER SHOCK

11. FACILITIES • SHOW BARN • 40+ STALLS • INDOOR ARENA • 80’ X 200’ • HOT WALKERS • BREEDING BARN • 30 STALLS • BREEDING LAB • OUTDOOR PENS

12. COVERED HOT WALKERS

13. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES • TRAINING • GROOMING • STALL CLEANING • BREEDING • GENERAL CARE

14. SEASONED HORSES ARENA MOVEMENT LOPE JOG SPUR STOP HEADSETS LOW COLLECTION 2 YEAR OLDS ROUND PEN LONGE GROUND DRIVE STALL WALK IN CIRCLES ROUND PEN WALK, JOG, LOPE TRAINING

15. DAILY BRUSH COMB MANE & TAIL WATER BATH WEEKLY SOAP BATH STALLIONS BI-WEEKLY CLIP MUZZLE EARS EYE WHISKERS GROOMING

16. STALL CLEANING • PICK MANURE • REMOVE WET SPOTS • STRAIGHTEN MATS • ADD SHAVINGS AND FLUFF • CLEAN AUTOMATIC WATERER

17. MARES PALPATE CULTURE PREPARATION FOR INSEMINATION INSEMINATION ULTRASOUND STALLIONS WASH PENIS COLLECTION ARTIFICIAL VAGINA PHANTOM MARE BREEDING

18. MARE PHANTOM

19. PALPATION

20. GENERAL CARE • FOAL TREATMENTS • BOTTLE FEED • TAKE TEMPERATURES • IM INJECTIONS • ORAL MEDICATION • MARE TREATMENTS • ORAL MEDICATIONS • IM & IV INJECTIONS • FEEDING MARES

21. GENERAL CONCLUSION • VALUABLE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE • PREPERATION FOR HORSE INDUSTRY • FUN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

22. “HOME SWEET HOME”