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I have "imprinted" many foals and those lessons have always stuck with that animal. A horse will remember everything that happens to it for the first 24 hours of life. During that first 24 hours, you pick up the horses' feet many times, you open its mouth and examine the teeth, you put halters on the horse, you look in its ears. All the while making it a good experience for the horse. For the rest of its life, it will remember that and be good about having its hoofs done and its teeth floated.
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I will argue this all day long. I’ve had a lot of whelps come through this house and from the instant they hit the ground I started handling paws.
I’d say my success rate is about 50/50 when it comes to nails. Some stand there like it’s no big deal and some take four adult men to wrestle for nails.