For the same reason show horse owners make one instead of buying one.? They want one from their horse.? I already have 3 from God only knows were.? If I choose to, I should?be allowed to have one from my stallion but it's sort of a mute point because he can't seem to close the deal without assistance and as I stated in an earlier post, I'm not assisting him so he's out of luck.? If by some miracle he produces another foal, great, if not, that's?fine too.? I love him as he is, job or not :)
And I'm just curious, what on earth does a cat do for a living to earn his keep?
Lisa
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To: askavet@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [AskAVet] Re: Stallions
ok I have to admit children and stallions really really scare me, as do children and colts growing up together.
ranch mare 14yo, was cowboyed on and team penned on for 11 years. came here, and worked her butt off working cows and checking cows in the mountains. She will not be spitting out babies right and left she still has a job to do. A stallion can still breed and work and he can have many many many foals a year.
show mare 9yo, futurity horse/reiner wash out...she is now a cow horse/ranch show horse I am not a cow horse trainer or cutter and I put the fence and the cut on her good enough to win some money at unsanctioned shows for the past 5 years. She was stall raised so she is pretty silly about her feet so she doesnt go into the mountains, but is pretty handy for sorting here at home.
a good stallion will make a GREAT gelding and you can always find that 'diamond in the rough' in another gelding...you keep saying that show horse breeders should go looking for that...so why cant you go looking for another one like him? Instead of making another one.
My animals are a business, almost all of them earn their keep. Including the dogs, cats, goats, sheep and llama. But I also take better care of them than most people do also. I know it sounds harsh. These mares may only have one foal, if they dont add up they dont get to make more..its that simple. They are not having babies for the experience or for the local kids to see the mircle of birth..they can see that with the all the cattle around here....
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