The Foaling Primer: A Month-By-Month Guide To Raising a Healthy Foal

About this book

The Foaling Primer captures the foaling experience in amazing up-close photographs taken by horse photographer Bob Langrish. The friendly informative text guides you through the first year of a foals life with detailed descriptions and instructions on birth care handling training and weaning. Perfect for novice horse owners first-time farmers 4-H and Pony Club members and anyone who is fascinated by horses and their lives this introductory handbook provides everything one needs to know to be successful with a foal. The chapters are divided along critical points in a foals developmental timeline: the first 24 hours the early weeks one to three months four to six months weaning time and approaching the yearling mark. There are how-to boxes for such tasks as bottle-feeding introducing a foal to grooming and practicing rope leading; to-do lists for each stage of a foals development; charts of whats normal and whats not (with clear guidance on when to call a vet); lists of supplies and equipment needed; definitions of key words and terms; and forms to use for accurate record keeping. The pages of this hard-working guide are sure to be dog-eared by the time a foal reaches the one-year mark as readers will refer to it again and again for reassurance guidance and complete dependable information.