This message is from: "sandra church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi-hope everyone's enjoying their fjords in this wonderful fall weather. I could use some advice on how to handle a 5 month old weanling. Unfortunately, she's not a fjord but I had the opportunity to "adopt" a PMU foal and she's been here a week. She's half Belgian & half quarter horse & is a palomino unless she changes color later. She's unbelievably quiet & sweet & obviously had some handling. Our retired thoroughbred is her "Uncle Icy" & they have bonded. Her feet are in horrible shape and I want to have her cooperate for the farrier next week but she simply cannot balance on 3 legs. She will let me pick up her front feet & clean them but she falls when I try to clean her back feet. Any suggestions on how to help her learn to balance herself? Another little wrinkle is that she has NO interest in being led...I can back her, turn her in a circle but she plants her feet at going forward. She won't follow "Uncle Icy" while my husband leads him around. Maybe I'm expecting too much of her too soon and I will admit that I'm not a trainer. My plans are to keep this filly until Averett University's riding program can use her...they can train her to be ridden or I'll have professional training done at the right time here at home. Loki has been very interested in the new filly. They are about the same height & her legs almost match the size of his. I think she'll grow into a BIG girl...I personally prefer to ride my 14 hand Loki & leave the big horses to the hunter/jumper folks around here! Any suggestions will be welcomed. It's been 6 years since we've had a foal on the place & handling/teaching them from birth was so much easier than this adoption experience but this PMU filly has been a pleasure so far. I grew up riding my grandmother's Belgian work horse bareback every Sunday afternoon in the Smith Mountains so that may explain why this half Belgian filly is out back right now! Thanks-Sandra in Va.
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