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PATH INTL. CTRI Criteria
1. SECTION 1: CTRE EQUINE MANAGEMENT:
2. CTRE 1.0 PATH INTL. STANDARDS:
3. CTRE. 1.1: Know and Implement PATH INTL. Standards and their interpre-
tation for equine care, maintenance, and usage: Look at Equine Welfare and
Management Standards
EQM6 Mandatory: Is there documentation regarding equine workload limits that
includes the following:
A written policy that sets a maximum limit for each equine's working session to no
more than three continuous hours and workday to no more than six hours?
Written records of the number of hours and types of sessions for each equine per
day?
4. CTRE. 1.2: Know and Implement PATH INTL Standards and their interpreta-
tion regarding the use of safety equipment and adaptive equipment: Adaptive
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equipment must be safe and in good repair (*P14) well fitting and considerate of the
conformation of the horse (P15). Surcingle trees if they are fixed should be fitted to
each horse in- dividually much like a traditional saddle. Surcingles with flexible treesor
soft webbing should not cause stress points or soreness for the horse.
Adaptive saddles should be screened, critically assessed for safety and assessed for
the impact on the horse both with and without additional weight of the participant
(P2). Conformation of the horse to be used with adaptive tack should be taken
into account when choosing equipment that may put additional stress on the horse.
Assessment of the equipment should be done prior to the adaptive equipment being
used with a participant.
5. CTRE 2.0 BREEDS/COLORS/MARKINGS/PARTS OF THE HORSE:
6. CTRE. 2.1: Identify an equine by age, color, and markings, breed character-
istics, height, and weight: Age can be identified by looking at teeth
7. CTRE. 2.2: Know the basic anatomic parts of the horse:
8. CTRE 3.0: HORSE SENSES AND BEHAVIOR:
9. CTRE. 3.1: Know the characteristics of the senses of the equine and how they
contribute to equine behavior: Know the characteristics of the senses of theequine
and how they contribute to equine behavior
10. CTRE. 3.2: Know the behavioral characteristics of a lesson ready equine:
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11. CTRE. 3.3: Know how the senses of the equine and equine behavior affectthe
safety of the riding setting:
12. CTRE 3.4: Identify stable vices, including cribbing, weaving, biting, kicking,and
wood chewing: A stable vice is an abnormal behavior by a horse or pony.
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Vices are considered unhealthy behaviors and are usually caused by boredom,
unhappiness, or nervousness.
13. Cribbing: When a horse or pony grabs a solid object such as a fence or stall
door with his teeth, arches his neck and swallows in a gulp of air.
Sucking in a lot of air can cause colic (severe stomach discomfort) and cribbing is
destructive to property.
Most people believe endorphins are released during this behavior. These endor-
phins give the horse a feeling of pleasure. Horse can become addicted to this good
feeling and will keep doing it whenever they are bored. Some people believedigestive
issues may also cause a horse to crib because cribbing produces extra saliva (spit)
which can help with an upset stomach.
Cribbing is not a curable behavior, although you can help to stop a horse from
cribbing with a cribbing strap. A crib strap goes around a horse's throat and keeps
them from being able to suck in a big gulp of air. The strap should be taken off the
horse for at least an hour a day in order to air out the neck.
14. Weaving: Weaving is when a horse sways from side to side over and over,
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PATH INTL. CTRI Criteria
1. SECTION 1: CTRE EQUINE MANAGEMENT:
2. CTRE 1.0 PATH INTL. STANDARDS:
3. CTRE. 1.1: Know and Implement PATH INTL. Standards and their interpre-
tation for equine care, maintenance, and usage: Look at Equine Welfare and
Management Standards
EQM6 Mandatory: Is there documentation regarding equine workload limits that
includes the following:
A written policy that sets a maximum limit for each equine's working session to no
more than three continuous hours and workday to no more than six hours?
Written records of the number of hours and types of sessions for each equine per
day?
4. CTRE. 1.2: Know and Implement PATH INTL Standards and their interpreta-
tion regarding the use of safety equipment and adaptive equipment: Adaptive
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equipment must be safe and in good repair (*P14) well fitting and considerate of the
conformation of the horse (P15). Surcingle trees if they are fixed should be fitted to
each horse in- dividually much like a traditional saddle. Surcingles with flexible treesor
soft webbing should not cause stress points or soreness for the horse.
Adaptive saddles should be screened, critically assessed for safety and assessed for
the impact on the horse both with and without additional weight of the participant
(P2). Conformation of the horse to be used with adaptive tack should be taken
into account when choosing equipment that may put additional stress on the horse.
Assessment of the equipment should be done prior to the adaptive equipment being
used with a participant.
5. CTRE 2.0 BREEDS/COLORS/MARKINGS/PARTS OF THE HORSE:
6. CTRE. 2.1: Identify an equine by age, color, and markings, breed character-
istics, height, and weight: Age can be identified by looking at teeth
7. CTRE. 2.2: Know the basic anatomic parts of the horse:
8. CTRE 3.0: HORSE SENSES AND BEHAVIOR:
9. CTRE. 3.1: Know the characteristics of the senses of the equine and how they
contribute to equine behavior: Know the characteristics of the senses of theequine
and how they contribute to equine behavior
10. CTRE. 3.2: Know the behavioral characteristics of a lesson ready equine:
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11. CTRE. 3.3: Know how the senses of the equine and equine behavior affectthe
safety of the riding setting:
12. CTRE 3.4: Identify stable vices, including cribbing, weaving, biting, kicking,and
wood chewing: A stable vice is an abnormal behavior by a horse or pony.
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Vices are considered unhealthy behaviors and are usually caused by boredom,
unhappiness, or nervousness.
13. Cribbing: When a horse or pony grabs a solid object such as a fence or stall
door with his teeth, arches his neck and swallows in a gulp of air.
Sucking in a lot of air can cause colic (severe stomach discomfort) and cribbing is
destructive to property.
Most people believe endorphins are released during this behavior. These endor-
phins give the horse a feeling of pleasure. Horse can become addicted to this good
feeling and will keep doing it whenever they are bored. Some people believedigestive
issues may also cause a horse to crib because cribbing produces extra saliva (spit)
which can help with an upset stomach.
Cribbing is not a curable behavior, although you can help to stop a horse from
cribbing with a cribbing strap. A crib strap goes around a horse's throat and keeps
them from being able to suck in a big gulp of air. The strap should be taken off the
horse for at least an hour a day in order to air out the neck.
14. Weaving: Weaving is when a horse sways from side to side over and over,
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