Re: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
On 7/31/07, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I have always wanted a mare cause its the only thing I've never had, but I fear them :) They can be so witchy and make the geldings insane :) Janice Gat is the best, calmest, sweetest mare! I can never tell when she's in heat, I've never seen her act moody--she can be stubborn at times but nothing crazy or witchy. V maybe icelandic mares have different hormones. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
I think I have always wanted a mare cause its the only thing I've never had, but I fear them :) They can be so witchy and make the geldings insane :) Janice Gat is the best, calmest, sweetest mare! I can never tell when she's in heat, I've never seen her act moody--she can be stubborn at times but nothing crazy or witchy. V _ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148
Re: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
interpret this dream I had just this weekend I dreamed someone GAVE me a mare so wonderful there was no way i could turn her down. She was just wonderful in every way, just a perfect horse. I was so excited when I took her home. I wanted to quarantine her for a while so I put her in a paddock separate from the rest. I went inside to relax a minute, heard a commotion, went out and my geldings had run berserk and tore out every fence I had and when i tried to control them they acted like I was invisible and were even turning the shed over, like a police riot or something. I think I have always wanted a mare cause its the only thing I've never had, but I fear them :) They can be so witchy and make the geldings insane :) Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
Oh no! Not another mare bigot. I am a huge fan of good geldings and would always rather ride one. And I have probably owned the witchiest Welsh pony mare ever born, but there are great mares, too, and mares who are never cranky and never exhibit in heat behavior. I have two here right now. At the boarding facility where Hunter lives, they have mare pastures and gelding pastures, but they will sometimes break the rules. There's a big black mare in the pasture where Hunter is and there is a gelding with two mare that our friends keep there. I really don't see the mares upsetting the geldings any more than any new horse would. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
On 7/30/07 8:53 AM, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I have always wanted a mare cause its the only thing I've never had, but I fear them :) They can be so witchy and make the geldings insane :) Janice Oh Janice You are generalizing! You need to expose yourself to Icelandic mares. Karen's or mine or any Icelandic mares for that matter. They advertise that they are in heat only when there is a stallion and they are witchy- bitchy - etc. only when a stallion tries to breed them when they are not ready and I understand that perfectly well. I realize that I am now generalizing about Icelandic mares. But I think I can because I have owned MANY Icelandic mares and never had a single moody one. Anneliese
RE: [IceHorses] Another step in starting the mares...
I realize that I am now generalizing about Icelandic mares. But I think I can because I have owned MANY Icelandic mares and never had a single moody one. Anneliese does have some awfully sweet mares, and I think I do too. Seriously, I can really only think of one real disadvantage to having a mare. If you ride at a public place where you need to tie your horses overnight, there's the possibility of someone else's stallion getting loose and getting to your mare. That's not literally the mare's problem though, but a consideration nonetheless. I don't worry about that when riding most places though, and certainly not with friends or at home. I have about equal numbers of favorite horses who are mares and geldings...and of course, one of my all time favorites is Melnir, who was a stallion until two months ago. Cary's two favorite horses on our farm are probably Maja and Skjoni - one each. I can't honestly say that I have a gender preference. The other complication comes with keeping a single mare on the property with intact males, especially within sight, as I think is Janice's situation. A stallion may be jealous of the mare and the geldings being together, and if the stallion should escape his pasture, he might not only breed the mare but also fight the geldings. I wouldn't want to keep a single mare separated with no friends, so that could be a management issue. I still don't think that's the mare's fault though, it's just what it is. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
