Stripe13
Well-Known Member
Well, I have some good news! I sold Rebel a little while ago, but with that I decided to buy another mini 
I looked around and decided on a sweet filly named Melody! She’s a bay Tobiano (possibly Overo as well) and I’ll be picking her up from her breeder soon. With that being said, it’s been around 6 years since I trained a foal (Rebel was my last). So I was wondering if you guys had any tips for me?
She is currently being weaned, and her breeder is working on halter breaking her soon. I know with foals you can’t teach them a ton until they’re older, but what about the basics? I’ll probably be having very short training sessions on tying, picking up feet, basic handling, standing, halter training etc.. what do you choose to work on with your foals and at what age do you start “serious” training with them? I know I’ll eventually be using her for all around events like showmanship, halter, in hand trail, jumping, and driving, but I know she can’t start working on jumping or driving until she’s a couple of years old at least. At what ages do you start working with them on events like the ones I mentioned?
I have been considering possibly bringing her to a few shows sometime while she’s still young. Would this be worth it for the experience? I’d either just bring her for a halter class, or maybe another simple class, nothing too big. I may not even show her, but just have her there so she can experience everything. What has your experiences been like taking foals to shows?
Any help would be great!
And of course here are some pics of her!



and here’s a pic of her gorgeous dad,
Abrias Signature Buckeroo

I looked around and decided on a sweet filly named Melody! She’s a bay Tobiano (possibly Overo as well) and I’ll be picking her up from her breeder soon. With that being said, it’s been around 6 years since I trained a foal (Rebel was my last). So I was wondering if you guys had any tips for me?
She is currently being weaned, and her breeder is working on halter breaking her soon. I know with foals you can’t teach them a ton until they’re older, but what about the basics? I’ll probably be having very short training sessions on tying, picking up feet, basic handling, standing, halter training etc.. what do you choose to work on with your foals and at what age do you start “serious” training with them? I know I’ll eventually be using her for all around events like showmanship, halter, in hand trail, jumping, and driving, but I know she can’t start working on jumping or driving until she’s a couple of years old at least. At what ages do you start working with them on events like the ones I mentioned?
I have been considering possibly bringing her to a few shows sometime while she’s still young. Would this be worth it for the experience? I’d either just bring her for a halter class, or maybe another simple class, nothing too big. I may not even show her, but just have her there so she can experience everything. What has your experiences been like taking foals to shows?
Any help would be great!
And of course here are some pics of her!



and here’s a pic of her gorgeous dad,
Abrias Signature Buckeroo
