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- From: ktracy@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Karin L Tracy)
- Subject: Re: Stallions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.153032.1687@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:30:32 GMT
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- >I'm afraid I disagree with you here. Stallions can be dangerous because
- >they are stallions. Here in my state there is a law that a stallion can
- >only be turned out in a lot with six foot high fences. This law has been
- >on the books for over 100 years and is sadly ignored for the most part.
- >Recently a local Appy stallion escaped from his lot (only fenced with
- >one strand of eleric fence) and traveled three miles (!) and was found
- >attempting to climb a fence to get in with a mare in heat. Geldings don't
- >do things like this.
-
- >
- >> The degree of discipline depends upon the personality of the individual
- >> stallion. I've seen people really lay into stallions for minor
- >> transgressions. If a young stallion nips at you, you should correct
- >> him, just as you would if a young filly nips at you. A protracted
- >> beating with a whip is IMHO more likely to make him belligerant
- >> in the long run than to instill proper discipline. Stallions
- >> aren't monsters, they are just horses to the nth degree.
- >>
- >>
- >> Debbie
- >> deblev@ipac.caltech.edu
- >
- >Talk to some people who routinely handle stallions. I have. Some of them
- >can be absolutely the best thing to handle with no problem, then suddenly
- >something will trigger them and they turn crazy. One breeder I know says
- >her stallion is absolutely a sweetie until the young colts get about six
- >or seven months old. Then he rages his stall, wanting to get out and kill
- >all the potential male rivals.
- >The woman I know who was kicked in the head by her 24 year old stallion
- >had never had a moment's trouble with him before. And she had had him all
- >his life!
- >The thing you MUST remember is, stallions are very often have their brains
- >in only one place, and that's not in their heads!
- >
- >Sue
-
- As a BREEDER who has two stallions, plus an 'ex' (gelded at 12), my
- question is this, why, unless you are a breeder, do people have
- stallions? Even if the horse is 'breeding quality', the chances of
- attracting mare owners to breed to your horse are nil without a
- great deal of advertising and promotion together with demonstrable
- proof, e.g. show or competion record, that he has more than looks
- and pedigree. I have seen far too many rank, unmanageable horses
- up for sale because someone thought they had a superior animal
- and therefore he should not be gelded. The best stallion prospect
- aalso makes the best gelding, and, unless you are a breeder, you
- and your horse gain a great deal more than you lose!
-
- Karin Tracy and THE MIGHTY MORGANS
-