Summary:
Weaning
foals in a domesticated environment is different from a wild setting. It’s a short
goodbye from milk and the mother, but it doesn’t last forever. When a foal is
weaned from its mother it’s the first big step to acting like an adult horse
and becoming a part of the heard in the wild circumstances. When you’re in a
domesticated world it’s the start of ground work.
Critique:
When
you wean a foal off in a domesticated situation, it’s the start of training:
ground work. It’s also the beginning process of halter breaking. The foals
certainly do go through a lifestyle change from being separated from their
mothers and now they have a halter on and learning ground work. Usually when
you wean it’s good to do it with another foal so that they have someone to lean
on. In the wild, the foal starts to learn its position in the heard.
Impact:
When I
have to wean my foals, we always do it with a buddy, and weaning is actually
pretty easy, for both the mother and baby.
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