Post by Sophie Gurton on Feb 13, 2019 13:42:52 GMT
The key to preparing your animals is to give yourself plenty of time.
The object is to present your exhibit to the judge to best advantage and this includes not only condition, but also behaviour. Unless your animal has been taught to lead and will walk on quietly, showing itself off, the judge will be unable to assess it and will assume that if it doesn’t walk properly it can’t walk properly. To achieve this get them used to a halter. When you start to lead them, do it in an enclosed space. If you set off in an open field or down the road and they pull about and you lose them you will put back the training to square one again. The younger you halter break an animal the better as they are more manageable and will never forget.
Calves that have been shown ‘at foot’ are much easier to train as adults than previously untouched ones. Get your show animals used to being approached and handled by strangers, and also teach them to stand square by positioning their feet with a show stick.
Please comment below to offer any other tips and advice
The object is to present your exhibit to the judge to best advantage and this includes not only condition, but also behaviour. Unless your animal has been taught to lead and will walk on quietly, showing itself off, the judge will be unable to assess it and will assume that if it doesn’t walk properly it can’t walk properly. To achieve this get them used to a halter. When you start to lead them, do it in an enclosed space. If you set off in an open field or down the road and they pull about and you lose them you will put back the training to square one again. The younger you halter break an animal the better as they are more manageable and will never forget.
Calves that have been shown ‘at foot’ are much easier to train as adults than previously untouched ones. Get your show animals used to being approached and handled by strangers, and also teach them to stand square by positioning their feet with a show stick.
Please comment below to offer any other tips and advice