Love this Isabelle! Wish you were in houston to help me with my baby coming in May! I love your content and if you have any suggestions or resources for raising babies.
I can’t wait to see your newborn foal.! My one best advice for you is to make sure that your mare is getting lots of outdoor pasture exercise. Steve has had 350 foals. He’s convinced that a well exercised dam is the key to a healthy foal. Our babies are born outside, not in a stall.
RIght now she's in a pasture at Diamond B ~ maybe I should take her to our place in Burnet - a little more room, and a little more reason to move around! Hope you're well!
I think that is a brilliant idea, especially if she would have some company there. It would be great to have the foal exposed to other horses once dam and foal have bonded and the dam feels safe. We usually put horses together who get along well within a couple of weeks. The foal learning from multiple horses how to socialize translates well into future training. The only downside I see is if you weren't there to imprint the foal when it's born. The sooner, the better! And you want to make sure the mare has milk and the foal is nursing. The first 24 hours in those ways are critical. So, maybe take her there until she's within a week or so of foaling? I'm doing great here in Wyoming. Steve and I share a passion for horses and our growing herd is like a backyard laboratory for me to really assess each horse individually, all helping me to learn how to be with them, getting to know them from the moment they hit the ground, wanting the best for them. Their intelligence and sensitivity challenge me in the best possible ways. I come home from work, I walk into their pasture and they accept me like a member of the herd, coming up to see me, get petted and cooed over. Then when I do start teaching them, the bond gets even deeper, more interesting, more intimate.
Love this Isabelle! Wish you were in houston to help me with my baby coming in May! I love your content and if you have any suggestions or resources for raising babies.
I can’t wait to see your newborn foal.! My one best advice for you is to make sure that your mare is getting lots of outdoor pasture exercise. Steve has had 350 foals. He’s convinced that a well exercised dam is the key to a healthy foal. Our babies are born outside, not in a stall.
RIght now she's in a pasture at Diamond B ~ maybe I should take her to our place in Burnet - a little more room, and a little more reason to move around! Hope you're well!
I think that is a brilliant idea, especially if she would have some company there. It would be great to have the foal exposed to other horses once dam and foal have bonded and the dam feels safe. We usually put horses together who get along well within a couple of weeks. The foal learning from multiple horses how to socialize translates well into future training. The only downside I see is if you weren't there to imprint the foal when it's born. The sooner, the better! And you want to make sure the mare has milk and the foal is nursing. The first 24 hours in those ways are critical. So, maybe take her there until she's within a week or so of foaling? I'm doing great here in Wyoming. Steve and I share a passion for horses and our growing herd is like a backyard laboratory for me to really assess each horse individually, all helping me to learn how to be with them, getting to know them from the moment they hit the ground, wanting the best for them. Their intelligence and sensitivity challenge me in the best possible ways. I come home from work, I walk into their pasture and they accept me like a member of the herd, coming up to see me, get petted and cooed over. Then when I do start teaching them, the bond gets even deeper, more interesting, more intimate.