Newborn Foal Training-PLEASE DO THIS! (Imprinting Tutorial)

[@lisaevelynne1593]

You are soooo patient and gentle with the foal. There is just a lot of good information on this video. THANK YOU😊

[@HorsePerfect]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes patience is key with young ones!

[@INJURYCOMP]

Imprint training. You learn something new everyday!! Thank you for this video!

[@amyloredo5253]

Great video, short and sweet and very practical!

[@HorsePerfect]

Thanks! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! 😊

[@kittypage333]

Thank you, this is pure delight!

[@HorsePerfect]

So glad you enjoy the video!!

[@emerwatchorn6971]

This is so important but ive recently watched Warwick Schiller try somethimg different with his foals. The first time he tried it was with his now 2 year foal. He said he was one of the calmest confident foals hes had so far. He started with connection rather the imprinting. Very interesting.

[@HorsePerfect]

There are many different methods! If you imprint a foal and then also work with it when it’s 2 you’ll be happy you did it. If you get to 2 years old without imprinting you can’t go back and imprint them so I would say better safe than sorry!

[@katemaree5826]

Thank you. Very helpful for our first foal in October 🙏

[@HorsePerfect]

You’re welcome! 🙌🏼😊

[@The_mini_farm]

Excellent video!!!!

[@HorsePerfect]

Thank you very much!😊🙌🏼

[@rjonesyow]

was there ever a time after this video was made, that she didn’t let you put the halter on her or gave you a hard time about something that u thought u imprinted earlier?

[@HorsePerfect]

Hi there, good question! She did react to some things later on but it was much less than other young horses that I have worked with that haven’t been imprinted. So I can definitely say that the imprinting helped in a major way! 😊

[@AmandaHoranGoBookYourself]

How old was this foal?

[@HorsePerfect]

This foal was newborn when the imprinting was done 😊

[@AJ-ld5mv]

Great work. Such a beautiful foal as well 😌🥰

[@HorsePerfect]

Thank you so much!!

[@horseyh8707]

What you're doing is great. Is it your foal? It would be fun to see the progress the foal makes as it grows up.

[@HorsePerfect]

Thank You!! It is my foal! Her Name is Rosie :) True!

[@DamianCarrillo-l3j]

I have a 3 week old foal , Is it too late to try this with him, will it just be a little more difficult since he’s a little older ? Great video by the way! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@HorsePerfect]

Hi! It would be to late to imprint him yes but you could absolutely start working with him with him standing up like I did towards the end of the video 😊

[@america10111998]

Our foal was born last night but momma won’t let us close

[@HorsePerfect]

How sweet! That’s sad to hear. It’s very difficult to work with a foal of the mother is not well trained before the foal is born 😬

[@haruaru9695]

how would you do this with a mother that is uneasy and protective? I feel like some wouldn't be calm if you try to approach and touch their foal

[@HorsePerfect]

Hi there! Thats a great question! The best plan would be to work with the mare before the foal is born to build her trust and respect for you. It is rare that a respectful Mare would not let you near her foal. Alternatively, tying up the mare with a halter and working with the foal nearby will work. Even on the other side of the fence is ok as long as they are close enough that they don't get nervous. Being gentle and slow haltering the mare will keep her calm and then guiding the foal away shouldn't be too hard. Sometimes the foal will hide on the other side of the mare so you can have a friend help you if needed. Hope this helps!

[@trickpony69]

My goal is now 2/3 weeks old. Can I still do this?

[@trickpony69]

Foal

[@HorsePerfect]

Hi Sandy, that will depend a lot on how calm your foal and mare are. As far as initial imprinting that won’t be possible now he is a little old to be held on the ground. However you can start to train him slowly with normal desensitizing and exercises.

[@tamer3806]

At what age do you begin doing this? The moment it’s born, a day later, a week later, etc?

[@HorsePerfect]

Hi! The first or second day is best! If you wait 3 or 4 days you will find it very hard to keep the foal on the ground.

[@tamer3806]

@@HorsePerfect Thank you! We have a jenny due next year and are trying to learn all this.

[@HorsePerfect]

That’s exciting! Happy for you!

[@tamer3806]

@@HorsePerfect thank you!

[@gabolujan3109]

Wow! I’m learning a lot. I don’t even have a horse nearby. I grew up riding horses in New Mexico. It’s been a good decade since I’ve ridden a horse.

[@barrelracingsoldier3270]

Soooo cute

[@HorsePerfect]

Aww thanks!

[@almostemptynester777]

Im in school for Equine behavior and we did a study on imorint training and although there are some good aspects of it, there are way better methods. I especially dont like the holding the foal down part...that is not necessary to get a good foal started.

[@HorsePerfect]

Says the one who's never imprinted a foal and then trained it and not imprinted a foal and then trained it and seen the immense difference...so sorry I'm the one who gets to say imprinting is best.

[@ariellewilson730]

Ignore the ignorant horse 'experts' because foals aren't the only baby animals that get imprinted. Yearlings and adult equines also get imprinted, too.

[@chelleyeah]

I don't think you understand the would imprint. But yes all baby animals 💝

[@ariellewilson730]

​@@chelleyeahI should add that I'm okay with people who are in-between imprinting and not imprinting because I figured something out - none of them are bad. As long as the equine is being handled and trained with any method, that's good. But if they're not, then it's a risk to get them disrespectful, and it'll be the humans' fault. By the way, while it's true that we can't blame equines, and it's our fault for what we did, it doesn't mean it's our fault all the time. My saying would be: 'It's never the equines fault, but we can't always blame it on the person when something goes wrong'. What I mean is that accidents will happen, but not being responsible isn't. If you heard of Buck, a woman had a three year colt who wasn't handled because a woman broke her back - plus I don't know why people think injured people can work with horses since it makes no sense to me - but what she should've done is have the colt be handled by someone else while she was healing than leave alone, and that's how you teach a horse to misbehave. Look, I don't like it when someone says, "You can still work with a horse when you broke a bone." To me, that's impossible. Plus, if someone is in the hospital for some reason and has to stay there for a while or longer, they have to have trainers train their horse until they're able to get discharge. Also if a horse runs off with a child, this is another example of blaming the human because the parents are responsible for the child, no one else, and we can't blame people who didn't cause it and we can't blame the horses for anything. Keep in mind that if something does happen that is truly an accident, you can't always blame yourself but you can never blame a horse.

[@barrelracingsoldier3270]

My dream is to breed my 5 year old mare

[@HorsePerfect]

AHH it will be so amazing! Just find the right sire and I wish you all the best! 😊

[@barrelracingsoldier3270]

There are 2 stallions ( ok then are wild lol) one is a 15 hander but he is like a Thoroughbred ( like the shape ) (he is a paint ) and there is a chestnut stocky 14.8 hander which shire should I use maybe? Thank you love barrel racing soldier

[@HorsePerfect]

How tall is your mare?

[@barrelracingsoldier3270]

15 hands

[@barrelracingsoldier3270]

Where do you live ?

[@redturnkey]

This foal is breathing hard and chittering in distress. All you've done is shut her down, forced her nervous system to acquiesce to you (shown by tail wringing), submit to your "dominance" instead of building a respectful relationship. She's just going to act out in fear the moment she gets a chance in the future instead of growing into a mature 1000 lbs of muscle that has a respectful engagement with humans.

[@zacharysarver4644]

It’s like this dude knew my horse just had a baby

[@HorsePerfect]

Aw that's perfect! 😊

[@MegJones7]

Excellent video. Except halter seemed stiff and harsh. Otherwise brilliant thank you.

[@chrisclark9373]

Ha momma did not look happy

[@HorsePerfect]

😂 yea she was making sure the baby was ok!