Is 13 to young to train a foal?(baby horse)?

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Answer 1

Yes, it probably is. You do not have enough experience or strength to work with the foal.
That being said, I started training foals for my aunt at 12 yrs old. I would do all of the ground work up until the riding part, and she would jump on and ride. I actually did not ride regularly until I was 15 and jumped on top of one of the foals I was training (she is my 8yr old mare now, I am 21). My first daily horse experience was at 12 ground breaking foals. If you have an experienced person to work with and ask questions, and are strong and a dominant type of person (you don't let horses push you around), it may work.

I realize now that I was pretty stupid to jump in like that, but it has taught me a lot about animal behavior. Now I work with horses that bully every other person in the barn (one actually lunged and bit the owner) that do nothing to me- it is all about confidence and how you portray yourself. If you are afraid of that little foal- they will know it and take advantage of it.
Just make sure you take training extremely slow. Go out and see them at least 4-5 times a week and just drag them everywhere with you- go on walks, etc. Expect to have to fight a bit, but if you introduce everything slowly and get the foal to trust you, it will be easy. The foals I trained would follow me around like puppy dogs when they were away from their mother- basically I was a mother in their eyes, I think.

Answer 2

It is not too young to learn how to train a foal under the supervision of an experienced horse person. It would not be a good idea to try to do it on your own the first time.

It is very common for inexperienced horse people to find that they've raised a very pushy and dangerous animal, so you absolutely must raise it with its adult size and strength in your plans.

Read everything you can about horses and their care before getting a horse, take riding lessons, and spend as much time as possible around horses before getting your own. Horses are subject to a number of very serious ailments that can kill them, and you absolutely need an experienced mentor the first few times you raise horses.