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Foal Training Explained: The First Two Years
Mare owners, if you'd like to get your colt or filly started out with a proper foundation, I would suggest the investment of $5.99 in my foal-training course.
- Download and print from your home computer
- 5 days, 5 chapters
- Learn at your own pace
An excerpt from "Your Foal: Essential Training for the Young Horse":
A frequent question is "How much time should I spend training?" I typically answer (for an adult horse) "Twenty minutes training followed by a twenty-minute break followed by a second session of twenty minutes." (Never mind the horse, twenty minutes is about as long as the average human can stay focused.) For the younger horse, you may want to stick with about twenty minutes flat, maybe add another ten minutes or so if he stays focused and learning. Stick with the "no sweat" rule and you'll be fine for that period of time. While the mind of an adult can be kept occupied for longer periods, you'll find that the younger horse just sort of burns out just as a human child. Once they're "gone" they're gone and you're not going to make much improvement. Work 2-4 times a week and adjust according to good old-fashioned common sense.
Other available courses include:
Stop Bucking (reviews)
Round Pen: First Steps (reviews)
Rein In Your Horse's Speed (For Owners of Nervous or Bolting Horses) (reviews)
Trailer Training (read the reviews)