My filly, Fenella de Festina Lente was born in early May. She is the first foal I have ever been able to handle and train, so I wanted to be prepared. As the time was drawing near when Fannie was due to foal, I began researching various training methods, trying to come up with a plan for training the foal right from birth. I knew that I wanted to begin its education as early as possible and not wait until it had formed bad habits, or developed a fear of humans. Very quickly I decided that I wanted to imprint it, if possible. What I read about imprinting just made sense to me. After all, it is reasonable that what an animal is exposed to on a regular basis from the moment of birth should seem normal to it in later life. I did not want to be too extreme with my imprinting; rubbing the baby with noisy clippers and plastic bags just seemed like a little much, and I didn't want to stress Fannie too much. So when Fenella was born, I simply rubbed her all over, handled her feet,