Our foals are slowly coming into the age when it is time to separate them from their mothers, a process called weaning. They already eat all the food and fodder a grown horse does and just drink their mothers’ milk occasionally, for the extra fortification and the extra measure of solace and reassurance, all young…
Category: Foals
The Foal ABC – Good Handling & Training of Young Foals
Watching foals growing up is one of the greatest gifts and deepest joy of a horse breeder. Seeing them explore the world and turn from tiny creatures into horses with a personality and character of their own, is priceless. I love watching young foals going out with their mothers for the first time, but they…
Imprint Training & Early Learning in Foals
Every horse breeder, whether he breeds one time his own future riding horse or whether he breeds commercially to sell the foals, has a big responsibility. He is the one to raise the babies and give them their first handling and training. This should not be underestimated as it is the basis of the future…
Tales from the Life of a Horse Breeder Part 2
Two days after Kirti’s foal was born, the ph value of Ashtami’s milk droplets dropped below 7 and I knew that she would deliver soon. I kept an eye on her all day long and did several trips to the stable at night to check on her, but she kept munching her feed and always…
Tales from the Life of a Horse Breeder
August was the month two of our five foals of 2021 were due and as foals are generally my department, it was a busy, sleep-deprived month for me. I have wanted to write about my experiences before, but got busy with other things, so I will write a series of articles in the next few…