Foal Handling Online Clinic
$299.00
What you get for only
AUD$299
14 video based lessons
Over 6 hours of video training
Lifetime access
Streaming video
If you breed a foal, it's your responsibility to take care of him from day one.
Give your foals the gift of their lifetime with Neil's Foal Handling Online Clinic.
''I have been using Neil’s training advice since our foal’s birth and seeing great results!'' Mariana Martin
About Neil Davies
For over 50 years Neil has dedicated his to understanding and training horses and now you can take advantage of his knowledge and experience.
Neil has seen it all, from $100 backyard ponies to thoroughbreds worth millions. He's handled thousands of so-called bad, mad and wild horses over the past half century.
His knowledge is original and unique. It’s not something he read or saw or copied from someone else. He knows what he knows from working with so many horses, day after day, month after month and year after year.
“Neil Davies has penned the defining horse training manual for the 21st Century. It will be a very long time – if ever – before a better user manual for horses is written.”
Colin Dangaard, Malibu, California
HOW FOALS ARE HANDLED IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THE HORSE WORLD, BUT IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN EVERY HORSE’S EDUCATION
Correct handling as a foal gives every horse a head start in life. When your youngster is old enough to be ridden, it will be no big deal.
If every foal was started off correctly, there'd be no "problem" horses and no "rejects".
Handling a foal is like painting on a blank canvas. What you paint is up to you – every foal can be taught to be confident and relaxed, just as every foal can be taught to resist and fight.
People often ask me to "retrain" their horses and make them confident and relaxed. That's impossible. No-one can erase any horse's memory. That's why it's so important to start every foal correctly in the first place.
Lessons
Lesson 1
Using the catching pole to place a rope around the foal’s neck. Positioning the mare to make it easy for the foal. How to approach the foal without making a fight. Placing the halter on for the first time.
Lesson 2
Using the mare to keep the foal relaxed. Placing the lead around the foal’s neck and placing the halter on. Working on both sides of the foal to build confidence. Rubbing the foal’s neck on both sides.
Lesson 3
Teaching the foal to step around to me and keep her head with me. The importance of going to her and showing her, rather than forcing her.
Lesson 4
Approaching the nervous foal and placing the rope around her neck before fitting the halter. More steps in the circle. Building confidence and teaching the foal to think.
Lesson 5
Going to the foal instead of expecting her to come to me. Using the long stick to teach the foal to step forward.
Lesson 6
Building more confidence. Forward steps without the long stick. Standing and bringing her head around. Leg handling begins.
Lesson 7
How to deal with a nervous, worried horse. What to do when you lift a horse’s leg for the first time. What not to do when handling legs.
Lesson 8
Taking the mare away for the first time. Holding the foal’s legs off the ground for longer. Reinforcing forward movement.
Lesson 9
Teaching her to walk a correct circle around me. Moving her legs into the shoeing position. Building up in small steps.
Lesson 10
Never chase the foal. Always go to the foal and get a rope on. More circles and leading alongside for the first time. Leg handling continues.
Lesson 11
Teaching the foal to lunge around me at the walk and trot. First lead out of the small yard. Teaching her to concentrate on me and move where and how I want.
Lesson 12
Trimming her feet for the first time. Shows how to keep each approach short and easy.
Lesson 13
How to introduce a saddle blanket, saddle and girth to the foal. More lungeing and leading out of the small yard.
Lesson 14
How to catch the foal in a big area. Leading and lungeing in a big area. Tying up for the first time demonstrated and explained.
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