This beautiful foal has everyone’s devoted attention, as you can see. And he is so ready to receive, his new family and friends. I have noted that not all foals are so trusting. Often mares whine soft or even argent warning signals to their foals. When a mare warns the foal not to trust people, the foal will resist any close contact. It is natural for mares to prefer to keep their babies to them selves. In the wild, this is the way a mother elk, deer, or horse can secure the life of her offspring. In this case, the foal”s mother is use to her trainer and the slagel family. The mare has been prepared before hand to allow early foal training.
The day the Slagel's foals are born, Slagel's start their training. The process is called “priming For Future Training”. Mrs. Slagel has trained under a local Horse trainer for two years. Mrs. Slagel has become quite skilled at training young horses. This year she will be starting two, two year olds to the saddle. With the ground work the young horses have received, they are now ready for the next step. The Two year olds have been made accustom gradually to reining and commands form the ground. The only thing new to them will be the wait of their rider.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Slagel make a good team. Mr. Slagel built their a wonderful round arena. The arena is ideal for working young horse in. The Slagel's delight in their horses. You can tell by how gentle their horses are. I know that it takes know how to start foals right ,and it looks like they really know what they are doing. Tim Slagel says that he is so proud of his wife. He said that she loves working with horses and that she is good at it.