I totally agree with you,?stallions are not warm and fuzzy but that goes for any horse.? They can be a lot of work.? Their natural instincts kick in and they will buck and rear and hurt you?but I also believe that a healthy stallion discussion is the best thing for a newbie to hear.? You get both sides and a wealth of information so you can make an informed decision.??If I'd had one of these open dialogs before I purchased Sonny maybe I wouldn't have bought him.? We'll never know.? It's too late now,?the dye is cast.? I already have him and thanks to the very informative and patient members on this board, I will have him gelded...in?a year or so.? I truly appreciate all the input.? I don't claim to be a know it all.? I'm here to learn so I really respect everyone's opinion.?
Lisa
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From: twinpinesmt <twinpinesmt@yahoo.com>
To: askavet@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Oct 4, 2009 2:33 pm
Subject: [AskAVet] Re: Stallions
I am just stating facts that I have seen and herd first hand knowledge..now lets say newbies come on here and hear all the fuzzy talk about stallions and how nice they are. so they go out and get one and a mare and hope to have nice fuzzy little babies because they can...and they end up with a monster. Im not mad at you, people need to understand most stallions are not all warm and fuzzy and many of them live very frustrating lives.
My stallion was just like yours (raised, owned, shown, trained horses my entire life) at home. ride him anywhere do anything with him. He was comfortable in his own domain...take him away from home to lessons and he was a totally different horse, challenging everything in site. He wasnt mean about it nore was he too terribly dangerous about it either. But there was NO way in hell that he was going to make a show horse or that I could enjoy him outside the ranch. In otherwords I couldnt get him out in public to prove himself or help the neighbors. I had plenty enough interest in him to get a bussiness breeding, but was I going to let him live a miserable lonly life without a job NO. So I gelded him a year ago, he now can live with all of the horses (he can still 'breed' a mare however), he has been shown and I have been helping the neighbors and they can help me. He is a much much happier horse now.
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