Product Overview

Is this book right for you? Please note: This is a training book; it is not a care and feeding book. See contents listing below. When choosing, you may also want to check out the reviews for my other books here on Amazon.com like What I'd Teach Your Horse and What Is Wrong with My Horse?

Do you have a foal on the way? Maybe you've got a weanling who's growing like a weed but in need of training and possibly getting dangerous?

Do you know what training is essential for baby horses, how to approach the work - and how much is too much?

You have years till you can ride your colt or filly - but there's a lot of training that needs to be done in the meantime. They need to cooperate for the farrier, to stand near you politely, to be lead around the barn, to respect your space - they need to become a cheerful member of your family. This is your step-by-step guide; it shows you exactly what to do, what to look for and in what order.

Train your foal to be safer and:

to respect you and your space
to deal with fear
to lead and stand calmly
to begin giving to pressure, the very foundation of all training

If you were the first person to someday ride your weanling, would you feel safer if the colt did - or did not - have a proper foundation?

Your Foal: Essential Training for the Weanling Horse is broken down into five Days or sessions.

Table of Contents

Section I:

Day One: Look At Me - Build Body Control
Day Two: Sacking Out and Desensitizing
Day Three: Halter Training Your Foal
Day Four: Leading a Horse: Colt Basics
Day Five: Cleaning Horses: Bathing Your Foal

Section II:

Teach Your Horse to Stand Tied (Follow this script - and in no time you'll be able to tie the horse that doesn't tie.)
Horses That Bite (Biting is the worst vice a horse - of any age - can have. Here's what to do about it.)
Pick Up Your Feet - When I Point! (Teaching your horse to lift its feet on cue is really very simple. Here's how.)
Sidepassing to You On the Ground (This trick, with its huge wow factor, is actually easy to teach to any horse - young or old! And it's a great fix for horses that won't stand still at the mounting block!)
Teach Your Horse to Come to You (Rather than chasing your horse around the pasture, wouldn't it be a lot easier to whistle and let it come to you?)

Based on the gentle and proven techniques of John Lyons, Days 1-5 teach your horse to respect your space, to deal with fear, to stand calmly and to begin giving to pressure. Section II contains additional how-to that you'll likely need at this stage in your young horse's life.

I call the individual segments days but you'll take this work at a speed that's comfortable for both you and your foal. While you'll fly through some days, others will necessarily require that you spend more time to really nail the material. You might want to split it up over days, weeks or months.. It's completely up to you - after all, you've got years till he's big enough to carry that saddle or pull that cart!

Each chapter gives you a plan, a goal, theory and homework. The whole thing might take you a week - and it might take you months. Every trainer's different, every foal is different. Regardless, when you arrive at the other side, you will have made significant progress in your foal's training and you'll be miles ahead when it comes time later to break him to saddle.