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The Foaling Primer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising a Healthy Foal

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The Foaling Primer: A Month-By-Month Guide To Raising A Healthy Foal by long-term horse owner Cynthia McFarland is an in-depth analysis and "user friendly" guide to taking proper care of a newborn horse. Exploring the cares for the pregnant mare, assistance at birth, coping with the common problems of newborn colts, what to expect in the first days and weeks, nutrition and the foal, early handling and training, first hoof care, grooming and bath, vaccinations and veterinary care, and weaning the foal, The Foaling Primer is a dependable and comprehensive month-to-month guide to proper care of a baby horse. The Foaling Primer is very strongly recommended, especially to all novice caretakers of newborn horses.

This book is everything I anticipated and more. I really like the format: it *is* a step by step guide, but not a hard and fast training method or inflexible plan. It has accurate and current information in all respects. All the details a person needs to know are there! This is a book I will refer to frequently and I do not feel the need to double-check that the information is accurate.

As an old horsewoman attending her aged mare having her first foal, I was feeling in great need of advice and counsel. This book delivered it. We had everything in place well ahead of time, and the whole thing went like clockwork. I knew exactly when to rip the bag and when to assist with some gentle traction. I hope everyone is blessed with such a textbook delivery. But if you aren't, this primer should see you through until the vet comes.

After four decades of riding, owning, working around, and showing horses on a very small scale, I decided to breed my own mare for the first time. This is THE BOOK I was looking for to complement my veterinarian and trainer's help. Clearly written and organized with sound, practical advice for the novice breeder, this book has been indispensable, especially since I foaled out my mare myself. I now have a healthy, trusting, respectful two week old colt in my stable, and I couldn't be happier with either him or this book!

This book really did get us all the way through our mare's pregancy and foaling and beyond. Made me feel confident to meet any challenges.

The book is edcuational while assisting those of us wanting everything to be perfect for the mare's pregnancy as well as the foals birth. Keeping this in my tack room for quick answers or suggestions!

Bought this book when we knew for certain our mare was getting ready to foal .... It was a tremendous resource! Read book prior to her foaling and when the foaling process hit a bit of a snag I knew exactly what page to turn to for guidance. Would recommend this to anyone who needs either a refresher course or a handy reference on foaling. Read book cover to cover and as the due date grew closer, knowing I had this book at my fingertips I was able to look more confidently and with less trepidation to our mare giving birth. Glad to say mare and foal and me are all doing well. Excellent resource.

Nice book to add to your library......nicely done and I'm glad I made the purchase.

This book covers a lot of things and has very thorough information. I bought a Morgan mare last year and had her bred; she had her first foal in May 2008. It was also my first foal as well. This book gave me a lot of valuable information on how to take care of a pregnant mare, a newborn foal, and a foal as it is growing. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who needs a good run down on how to raise a foal.

I am really enjoying this book. having my first foal is scarey for me and this book is making it easier.