foal birth

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Re: foal birth

Every time you teach an exercise, your horse will go through the same learning cycle. He'll go from "Bad" to "Good" to "Worse" to "Not So Bad" to "Learned." That's the typical cycle: Bad. Good. Worse. Not so bad. Learned.

You know "Good." "Good" is where we get excited. It's the part where we want to show off to our friends. We want to show somebody how soft our horse has become, so we walk over to brag to somebody, pick up our reins and the horse sticks his nose straight out, stiff as a board. We're embarrassed and our friends snicker. We've just entered the "worse" stage. It's the part where "he was getting but now he's not."

It's during the "worse" part where we typically second-guess our training. "The horse was good but now he's worse. I must be doing something wrong." You begin to think you need to change what you're doing. "Maybe my hand's in the wrong position" or "I'm using too little pressure." You begin to think you're doing something that's not correct. That's when we're most likely to change what we're doing. But that's the most important time for us to not change, to keep on doing what we're doing. You've got to get through this stage by being consistent. Keep doing the same thing over and over so that the horse realizes all the movements that are "mistakes" and which single movement is correct. It's consistency and time that teach your horse.

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Foaling Fundamentals

Foaling Fundamentals covers all aspects to prepare the novice breeder

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This award-winning classic is now on DVD. Used by veterinary colleges in their teaching curriculums. Foaling Fundamentals covers all aspects to prepare the novice breeder. Details the complete care of the pregnant mare, how to set up a place for safe foaling, the equipment you should have on hand, the foaling process (shown in real time), how to diagnose "red alert" situations, a review of imprint training, care of mother and baby and more.

A foaling kit list and diary is included.

60 mins.

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You may also want to check out these related products:

• Bringing Up Baby (book)

• Early Learning (DVD)

• Foaling Fundamentals (DVD)

• Foaling Primer (book)

• Jody Wants To Know (book)

• Josh Lyons Foal Handling (DVD)

• What's For Dinner (book)

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