Assistant Breeder
Employer
14445 E Quail Track Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
United States
Job description
Assist Breeder with the following duties: Collect stallions and process semen for fresh insemination, cooled shipment, and frozen shipment. Palpate and inseminate mares with semen, taking into account genealogy, characteristics and insemination techniques to achieve desirable traits. Assist mares giving birth to their foal. Provide general care (e.g. food, water, shelter, bathing, grooming, and medical care) to stallions, mares, and weanlings. Record characteristics of horses, such as weights, growth patterns, and diets. Keep detailed logs of semen specimens used and horses bred as well as records of genealogy, health and birth intervals.
Special Requirements
Training: Breeder's assistant will be trained to use the various computer systems used by Silver Spurs (enumerated in 8a. above) to analyze semen, and record equine data, and and how to order supplies necessary for Breeder to perform it's duties. Breeder's Assistant will also be introduced to Ranch Manager to learn the responsibilities of other ranch personnel.