Horse Problem - Foal Training - 6-month-old foals, what other training can I be doing?

Also, you will want them completely vet & farrier safe, so take some time to teach them how to pick up their feet easily, which I go over here, how you can teach that the natural horsemanship way: http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/TrainingTips16.html

Desensitize them to dewormers, which are going to be a part of their life from now on, every other month (paste dewormers should be given on an every-other-month schedule): http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/TrainingTips62.html

Another important thing to get them used to is hoses/being washed, breaking that down into smaller increments, getting used to the hose first, then water. I've seen folks who haven't done that and suddenly the young horse gets a leg injury that might require cold water hosing to reduce swelling, and that's not the time to desensitize them to that for the first time, but far before that. So...that might be something you can get them used to. I go over that topic here: http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/TrainingTips92.html

I would also suggest desensitizing them to plastic and tarps, which I teach more about here -- goes a long way!: http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/TrainingTips84.html

and here: http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/TrainingTips78.html

By the way...an excellent video, I think, for foal handling/training is Josh Lyons' "Foal Handling the Lyons Way" which you can find here: http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/JoshLyons.html (scroll down & click on the video picture there). Very, very good video in my opinion, best on that subject, worth your while to get.

Hope this helps and good luck to you there -- keep up the good work!

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