2009 Foals - How are they doing - post pics

Sorry i've never given any new updates, my job is keeping really busy.

Tucker's doing okay. He's huge, smart, strong, and he knows it. He's doing ok with his halter training I suppose. He's been rearing up on me, and wont stop. A lady is letting me borrow her Clinton Anderson dvd's on foals and weanlings. I'm not finished watching them now, but it doesn't look like it will be much help on the rearing.

Today I gave him his first bath (no soap though). And he did really good. I did it after a training session so it probably felt good. And he got dewormed, he did really good with that too. I measured him to be around 11.3 to 12 hands, and he's hip high right now too. He'll be 4 months old on the 23rd, and i'm going to take his momma to a stable.

So here's the pics.















How are the other foals?

I will have topost some new pics of Caddo and Maggie. I weaned Caddo yesterday he is adapting pretty well though my bf said that when he went to the barn caddo nickered at him and he nickered at him when he left the barn as well. Caddo is 5 months now and Maggie is 6 months old now. I will get some new posts as soon as I have a day off.

Oh, my goodness. Tucker is huge and gorgeous. What a muscular boy LOL. I haven't had any trouble with Rafe rearing (thank goodness) but he did have an issue with learning to stop when I did. I would just walk him around and slowly stop, if he bumped into me or tried to walk past, I would put pressure on the noseband of the halter. If that didn't work, I would push a thumb into his chest and make him back up several steps. About 20 minutes of doing that consistently and he started to stop when I did. I guess I need to get some more new pix of him but I will post the newest that I have. They are from a couple of weeks ago. If my memory serves me right, he was 11.3 when I measured him then.

Oh, wait. Sorry for the double post but I just remembered that I have a few good ones of him from when we started driving John and Bessie.





He was pretty anxious to get in the middle of all the harness LOL.

They are all so cute! A few I have been watching since birth... it's amazing they are that old already!
Rafe it getting HUGE and looks like he may be growing into his head. and Tucker, man is he handsome! keep your hands tight on him, he'll be a looker for sure!

What exactly is a "dummy foal"?

So cute! :)

Shakespeare is absolutely gorgeous

Here's an article about it:
The Horse | Dummy Foals

Cute babies, everyone!

awesome article thanks!

adorable foals everyone!! and Shakespeare totally stole my heart!!