Training your Foal

Training a foal is no child’s play! It can be a fascinating experience, but it
requires the correct mixture of horse knowledge and intuitive feeling.
Correct training follows from knowledge of how horses develop physically,
mentally, and behaviourally. A horse which has been treated incorrectly as a
foal may never be reliable. It may be prone to suspicion and panic reactions
throughout its entire life. A well-trained foal is much easier to back, and its
fi rst hack will be a less risky undertaking.

In addition to the essential basic knowledge, the author offers tips and
suggestions to ensure the successful training of your foal: Imprint training,
fi rst learning steps, learning with mother, weaning the foal, problems of
adolescence, obedience and discipline, fi rst gymnastic exercises, initial backing.

About the author
Renate Ettl is an equine sports therapist, Western style rider, judge and horse
trainer. She has published several successful books with Cadmos, and lives in
Germany.