Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Shelves, cupboards, and cubbyholes will help to remind you to return an item to its spot.
This way gear stays cleaner, lasts longer, and is there when you need it. Bins work well for
small supplies such as repair items, bandages, protective boots, spurs, and gloves.
It is convenient to use the tack room for veterinary, farrier, and training records. A corner
of the room can serve as an office. Outfit a small desk with a good light, your files, pencils
and pens, a calendar, and a coffeepot!
Work Areas
Many horsekeeping tasks are performed indoors, so plan for safe, spacious, comfortable
work areas for grooming, tacking, veterinary care, and farrier care.
TACKING/GROOMING AREA
Just outside your main tack room door should be an open area specifically set aside for
grooming, tacking, and clipping. The floor should be a level, nonslip surface, and there
should be a safe place to tie. Whether you use a post or tie ring on a wall or cross ties for ty-
ing is a personal preference. Whichever you choose, it should be well designed and sturdy.
If you use a tie rail, ring, or post, it should allow you to tie the horse at or above the level
of the withers. If you choose a cross tie, locate the rings above the height of the horse's
head so the cross-tie ropes angle down to the cheek pieces of the horse's halter where they
attach.
