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One-Month-Old Orphaned Filly – Moving Freely in the Arena for the First Time
This is one of the happiest and saddest videos I have ever made…
Uri Peleg here, www.UriPeleg.org.
A month ago, one of the finest mares I have ever owned, Mighty, passed away.
Ten days before she died, she returned from the hospital after receiving successful and professional treatment from the team led by Dr. Amos Tatz. On the very day she came home, she gave birth to a beautiful filly.
During the foaling, something either tore or became infected. Despite every effort and all the treatments she received, Mighty died from the infection when her nursing foal was only ten days old.
The devoted team at Ramot Farm, together with Odelia, has cared for the filly professionally and lovingly.
She is now one month and ten days old, eagerly drinking milk replacer and beginning to nibble on solid food.
Notice two important things:
- The filly is running around me—because, as far as she is concerned, I am her mother.
- Because she has been bottle-fed every three hours at a height of about one meter, she has developed beautiful natural flexion.
It is almost preparation for collection…
Training a Foal to Cross an Obstacle While Being Led from the Ground
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Today, I’m talking about leading a young foal from the ground when he is afraid of the mud.
Of course, if I had had time to apply pressure and then allow him to rest in the mud, or if I had another assistant working in coordination with me — applying pressure from behind and releasing the pressure every time the foal took a step forward — the process would have been faster.
Here, I’m showing a situation where I am working alone, using a lunge whip from behind while also leading the foal from the front.
Training for the First Halter — First Catching and First Leading
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Today, I’m talking about working with a nursing foal, about 10 days old: presence, touch, and, for the second time, imprinting him to accept his first halter, with a short leading session.
Enjoy.
Imprinting — Presence and Weight for a 10-Day-Old Foal
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This time, we are looking at the first “ride” on a 10-day-old foal.
We have a great opportunity to begin training the young foal to accept presence and weight, which are two of the main parameters in riding.
Of course, the weight must be proportional to the foal’s size.
Just like teaching the first halter lesson, exposing the foal to presence and weight above the height of the horse’s ears can greatly contribute to keeping him calm later on in the training process for riding.
Enjoy.
Imprinting Presence and Weight for a One-Month-Old Foal
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This time, this is stage 2 of imprinting for future riding, demonstrated with a one-month-old foal.
It is clear that a foal like this will be much more comfortable and safer in future training and riding, as long as we continue the process of exposing him to presence and weight — in proportion to his size and age.
Long reins steering – with a handler
And today a video about first steering from the ground using long reins and with the help of the handler. Notice how much the presence of the handler helps the horse’s response to my requests despite the difficult wind conditions and the waving flags. Remember: professional training is composed, among other things, of presence and weight. Here I used the steering from the ground with long reins also to accustom the horse to presence with the help of the flags.
How to build leading on the weak-eye side of the horse
How @ do you build leading from the weak right eye, for a frightened horse in basic training? … We will use two halters, one for leading from the front and the other handler will lead from the right until continuous movement is achieved…
Teaching a first stop in the round pen for a horse in the training process
First lunge walk in the round pen to teach a stop to an untrained horse. And thanks to Hillel who filmed.
First leading for a two-week-old filly
I hope this time it will upload.. this time a video: empowering through softness, first leading for a two-week-old…
Training a Young Foal to Tie
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Today we’ll be talking about training a young foal to be tied.
It’s not recommended to teach young foals to tie before the age of 3–4 months.
From around four or five months of age and onward, you can train the foal to stand tied for longer periods — but only if the foal has already been fully weaned, or at least partially weaned (I explain what that means in the video).
The most important condition for teaching a foal to tie is good leading training. Proper leading is an essential requirement before teaching tying.
Thanks to Hillel for filming.
Enjoy!
