This message is from: "Werner, Kristine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Julie - sorry to be redundant - I was gone Friday and just got back. I read one or two of the contributions and then snapped off one of my own before I went any further. Funny how similar we wrote! > -----Original Message----- > From: Julia Will [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Freitag, 21. August 1998 03:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: stallion behavior > > This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth to the stallion discussion. I was > just > in Norway this spring at the stallion show, and overall the horses > were > EXTREMELY well mannered, even with 39 in the ring at once. One 3 year > old > reared a couple of times but that was the worst we saw in hand. Many > were > handled by young women. In the performance, one beautiful 5 year old > acted > up in the ring under saddle, refused to canter and to go to one end of > the > ring, and his license to breed was taken away. In the 6 week program > of > schooling for stallions, he had been a problem on more than one > occasion. > > We have two stallions, an 11 year old and a 3 year old. Both are very > "virile" and show beautiful presence, but both are completely safe to > be > around, to go into the pasture with, to feed, groom, breed mares with. > Yes, I use a stallion chain when going from pasture to barn, and I > NEVER > forget that it is a stallion on the end of the lead. And going down > the > aisle with horses on both sides, I want to have a firm grip on that > lead. > But neither horse would EVER offer to attack me, strike at me, kick, > bite, > etc. Several years ago we were raising a very promising young > stallion > prospect, a colt that had been handled since birth by experienced > horsepeople. By age 14 months, I was afraid to go into the paddock > with > him, as he would bite (not nip) at me. One day he left black and blue > marks on my upper arm and I called the vet. He is a wonderful > gelding, > owned by a 12 year old girl. We had a similar experience with a 3 > year old > that came to us as a stallion who had not been handled much. He > charged me > in the pasture with teeth bared....another gelding that is doing > wonderfully. > > So I guess that pretty well spells out my opinion. Julie @ Old > Hickory Farm
