Health & Care · #foal

Health & Care guides tagged “foal” from the Apex Equine resource center.

• The first 24 hours: the 1-2-3 of a healthy newborn foal — Three numbers tell you almost everything about a newborn foal's first day: standing by one hour, nursing by two, placenta passed by three. Miss the windows and you call the vet.
• Handling the foal: building a using horse from day one — The handling you do in a foal's first weeks shows up under saddle three years later. The goal isn't a clingy pet — it's a confident horse that leads, loads, and stands for the vet.
• Weaning without the screaming match — Weaning is the most stressful day in a young horse's first year — and most of that stress is avoidable. The method matters less than the planning around it.