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QUESTION: Can you direct me to a good internet site about the eyesight of foals?
REPLY: According to Dr. Robert Miller, an expert on newborn foal imprinting, "The foal, immediately after being born, can see, hear, feel, and smell almost as well as a mature horse."
Here's a link on my web site that goes into more detail about equine eyesight in general:
I'm also going to run your question here by a natural horsemanship trainer colleague, who is also a foal expert, and who is featured in our Whispering Way™ Foundation Training Series: Complete Guide to Horse Breeding, Foaling and Foal Training, Featuring Bob Claymier (more on that video is below).
Bob Claymier's Response: Hi – Sylvia’s links provided good info on your question and there is not much else to add. There is much we still don’t know about horse eyesight in general but recent investigations are improving our knowledge with electronic probes being placed in the effected brain areas for analysis. There was also a recent article in the John Lyons monthly publication, Perfect Horse, which discussed investigations with horse eyesight. What is believed from current information is that prey animals like foals must be ready to successfully run with the herd on the first morning after birth and eyesight is obviously an important part of their survival. My own experience with just-foaled newborns is that they bump around a bit while they are getting their "sea legs" under them, and it has been unclear to me whether that is simply because they are still somewhat uncoordinated right after birth or that their eyesight is limited initially. It is obvious, however, that their sense of smell is working at a high level and that is what they appear to use most in the first few minutes right after being born. -Cheers, Bob
 Complete Guide To Horse Breeding, Foaling and Foal Training
Featuring Bob Claymier
Includes THREE DVDs with a total of over four hours of video instruction and live demonstration covering every aspect of a successful breeding program!
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The Complete Guide To Horse Breeding, Foaling and Foal Training 3-DVD set includes a total of over four hours of video instruction featuring Natural Horsemanship trainer and expert horse breeder, Bob Claymier.
Over one and a half years in the making, the Whispering Way™ Foundation Training Series Complete Guide To Horse Breeding, Foaling and Foal Training is the first video series to show you the entire horse breeding and early foal care process. Expert horse breeder Bob Claymier guides you through every step in a successful horse breeding program -- from selection of the mare and stallion, to mare care and exams, to actual live cover and artificial insemination breeding procedures, to foal birth and imprinting, and finally on to early foal handling and training. Each step is documented with live video examples and is accompanied by expert commentary from Bob and the highly experienced veterinarians, farriers and others that help make his breeding program so successful.
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The Complete Guide To Horse Breeding, Foaling and Foal Training is presented over three included DVDs:
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- Volume 1: Mare and Stallion Selection, Collection, Exams and Breeding (1 hr, 21 min)
- Mare and Stallion Selection, Ultrasound Procedures, Stallion Collection and Live Cover Breeding, Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Check
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- Volume 2: Late Stage Pregnancy, Foal Birth and Imprinting (1 hr, 22 min)
- Late Stage Pregnancy, Foaling Kit, Foal Birth, Foal Imprinting
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- Volume 3: Foal Care and Early Training (1 hr, 26 min)
- Veterinarian Visits After Foal Birth, Farrier’s First Visits With Foal, Halter Training the Foal, Weaning the Foal
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About Bob Claymier
Bob Claymier is the owner and operator of Desert Rose Ranch Arabians (www.desert-rose-arabians.com), a breeding, training and field boarding horse facility located near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the heart of Virginia horse country. Bob provides on-site daily care of the horse facility and trains and shows their younger horses. He has studied and practices all training methods that can be described as Natural Horsemanship, where a calm bonding and loving relationship is developed between humans and horses. His breeding, foaling and foal care program ensures that all foals born at his facility receive the finest handling and training, and he participates in all births and imprints his foals immediately upon birth. Bob’s goal is to produce safe, loving, people-oriented horses that are stamped with his gentle training methods.
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