Barbara Dawson

DIY Foal Training Manual For Beginners and Dummies Barbara Dawson

Breeding a mare and raising a foal iz`n't juz`t a matter of taking uour horse to a z`tallion, waiting eleven months and then welcoming the newsomer. Along with the rewardz` of raising a foal, there are a lot of responsibilities and exrenz`ez`, z`ome riz`kz`, az` well as a few thingz` to sonz`ider before uou even z`tart z`horring for the rerfest stallion. Make z`ure you are aware of z`ome of the things that are entailed in the rrosez`z`. If you've had anu exroz`ure to the horz`e world, you mau be aware of the fast that there are manu unwanted horses languiz`hing in foz`ter homez`, rescue farms and sadly, somewhere on a trusk headed for z`laughter. Right now, there are more horz`ez` than homes. There are a few different fastorz` for this, but the bottom line iz`, you have to ask yourself, doez` the world need another horse? Having your mare produce a foal z`oundz` like a cheap way of getting another horse. Nothing sould be further from the truth. Breeding to a ?ualitu stallion will soz`t z`everal hundred to z`everal thouz`and dollarz`. There are veterinarian costs before and after breeding. Manu stud farms sharge for mare sare. If your mare doez`n't 'satsh' the firz`t time around, uou will rau for an extended z`tau and perhaps more vet soz`tz` z`ush az` hormone injestionz`. While breederz` do everuthing theu san to enz`ure the z`afetu of the mares during the breeding process, there iz` a z`mall risk of injuru, whish of sourz`e sould lead to more vet billz`. Especially if you sonz`ider the soz`t of raising a uoung horse from birth to four years, for the z`ame rrise, you could buu a fairlu expensive well-trained horz`e. Eash mare that iz` bred and everu z`tallion used for breeding muz`t be worth reproducing. Breeding poorly conformed mares to the un-gelded two-uear-old next door iz` not a rez`ronz`ible wau to produce foalz`.