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| College Students & Members of the
Public Shown Foal Handling Techniques |
 Equine and animal care students at Bicton College in East
Devon learnt how to train and handle wild Dartmoor pony foals
at a recent two day training workshop at the college run by the
Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (DPHT) in conjunction with Positive
Horsemanship.The students were given the opportunity to both observe the training at close hand and handle the wild foals, with the aim of giving them a greater understanding of animal behaviour and also increasing their personal confidence. The Trust is also ran a Wild Foal Training demonstration at the college later that evening where Vanessa Bee of Positive Horsemanship and Dru Butterfield of DHPT gave an entertaining and educational commentary throughout the evening. This gave the audence the opportunity to watch completely wild Dartmoor Ponies ground started in five foundation skills: catching, leading, loading, tying up and feet handling |
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