horse help?

Question

i am asking help from experienced horse owners and those who have experience raising foals. i have purchased a yearling philly, i have been around horses all my life but have never raised one on my own. what should i feed this little filly and what things can i do to help make her more managable when it comes time to break her.

Answer 1

I would feed her Purina's Equine Junior. It's formulated specifically for young horses. As for what work to do with her, just general handling and LIGHT ground work. Anything that will teach her to yield to you. Lean on her, lay over her back, but not with all of your weight, keep your feet on the ground. Get her used to having her feet picked up. Your option are only limited my actually putting weight on her back. Teach her to yeild her head in both directions to pressure on the halter or bridle. The more you can teach her now the less the trainer will have to teach her later. Work on ground training in general, just like your older horses, just not as heavy a work load. Ten to fifteen minutes maximum of light work a day will make a huge difference.

Answer 2

well congrats my family has owned a breeding farm my whole life with a minimum of 30 mares at any time we love the feed Farr Develop it has a great ballance of all the right vitamins and minerals for their bones also you could feed Omalene Growth but make sure you feed a calcium phosfate(spelling?) because that feed does not have enough and that is especially important for pregnant mares or your foal will have crooked legs

as far as makeing her manageable untill you can ride her start NOW you need to halter train her teach her to get gromed and bathed and cross tie and clip and load and whatever else you can think of this will help you bond and make life easier later because you wont win the "NO don't wash my face" battle or any other task when that filly thurns into a 1,000 pound mare

if you teach her all these things she will also learn to trust you then when you start riding her she will just no think any thing of it

it will be just another thing your teaching her I have also used Monty Robert's Join Up Which is amazing It makes the worst problem stallion trust and work with you by simply asking the horse in their own language to accept you as the boss

Read up on the Join up if you don't know about it already It will help with every part of training because you make a real bond and that filly will do whatever you ask like I said I have gotten Problem stallions to follow me like a dog after only 10 min. of working with them

Good luck I hope I helped

Answer 3

You need to ask your vet what would be the best diet for your filly. Each horse is different and to be sure she is getting everything she needs, some blood work may need to be done. Nutritional deficiencies can cause problems for her such as stunted growth in extreme cases. Also, expose her to as many different things as you can before it's time to start training under saddle. Desensitizing her to water, mailboxes, trailers, clippers...etc etc will help make her a more confident, relaxed riding horse when it's time to ride.

Answer 4

raising babies has always been my first love. they are such blank slates, you can make them anything you want. first thing to remember is that 'once done, that bell is forever rung'.. its an old saying from my grandpa when it came to horses. means that every little thing you do around a horse, and a young one in particular, is imprinted on their minds. and they have very long memories. always try to keep human association pleasant and calm when working with youngsters.

your job with a yearling is only to create an attitude of calmness and a willingness to please. serious work doesnt start until after they reach riding age. i always enjoyed just hanging out with my babies, walking them around and showing them different things. everything is new so they will take their time and look carefully at everything. let them. wait while they arch their neck and snort at the new thing, they may paw the ground and want to retreat, but just pat them and speak softly and quietly, and wait until they look bored, and move on. once they touch something with their nose and sniff it they usually relax about it. you can even act a little like a horse yourself and stiffen up when you see it, snort.. then walk up slowly and touch it with a foot and make sniffy sounds to simulate a horse and then act bored with it by turning your back on it and slouching on one foot and sighing loudly. sounds funky but it works like crazy. ive found that it also makes your baby look to you in the future for his cues as to how to behave. be sure to visit the same thing a few days in a row and ignore it yourself to set in stone their relaxedness about it (however you say that. lol)

and as the other person said, all the ground training stuff you can be doing at odd moments.. picking up a foot, brushing a flank, scratching an ear. after the baby got generally calm i used to carry an old towel and gradually use it to sack him out. just carry it at first, but then after he gets bored with it after a couple of days, i would rub him with it, then toss it around a bit, little at a time.. always making sure not to cross his threshold of comfort. until hes not the least bit afraid of the blanket whizzing around him, under him, over him. then you have a foundation.

but remember, young horses have the attention span of a flea, so if you aren't doing something interesting, like showing them new stuff as mentioned above, don't do it very long or they will get rebellious. you can tell when that happens because they will start looking at you, not their surroundings, and their ears will go back and they will start to fidget. then you know you've gone too far. try to stop before that.

i could talk on this all day, but i think my space is limited.. lol have fun with your baby. :)

Answer 5

Its filly not philly your not a horse person