Comments on: Owning a Manageable Stallion

By: We’re All Racing: Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily

We’re All Racing: Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:03:00 +0000

[...] she was or who the mare was, so she was telling me about her mare and how she wanted to breed to a stallion with an excellent mind. So she ended up breeding to Royal Shake [...]

By: Happy and Healthy Stallions: Part 3 – America’s Horse Daily

Happy and Healthy Stallions: Part 3 – America’s Horse Daily — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:02:24 +0000

[...] says showing a breeding stallion does offer some difficulties, even with one as well-behaved as The [...]

By: Happy and Healthy Stallions: Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily

Happy and Healthy Stallions: Part 2 – America’s Horse Daily — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:03:25 +0000

[...] everyone raises stallions the same. Ignoring their social needs often results in stallions that are difficult to handle or [...]

By: gwen

gwen — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:05:34 +0000

I got my stud colt at 4mos. He has been handled daily, turned out with the other foals and mares and geldings and i do believe it made him what he is today. The mares taught him to be a gentleman and watch his manners. Handling him is so easy now. Hes 2 now and learning to be a stallion. He is so sweet to the mares, he respects the other horses, even when there is a mare in heat. I do keep an eye on him,watching for some stallion behavior to pop out, but hes so laid back,easy going and wants to be with you. i beleive this is my once in a life time stallion that you dream for.

By: David

David — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:07 +0000

I have a six year old miniature stallion who is very well mannered. Until we brought an elder mare into are herd! He attacks her and runs her, and they fight like they are both studs. I’m not sure why, but we now have to keep them seperated. Does anyone no what I could actually do t stop this from happening?

By: tom

tom — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:50:14 +0000

the 1 1/2 year old stud colt i have trys to bite all the time and has a habbit of trying to turn and halfway kick and is rareing up at me when he does not want to do what i want him to do like a kid refuseing i am think of geting a stud chain so he quits rareing but both of his parents were prety calm horses i owned both is it just his age will he grow out of being so defiant

By: tom

tom — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:45:16 +0000

i have a few horses but have gotten rid of some so i am down to 1 1/2 years old stud two mares and gelding they have all been together since they were born just waundering when to pull the stud colt away so he does not breed and if i can keep him with just the gelding in another pasture where they can all see each other or will he try and fight the gelding when the mares come in heat eeven if there not in the same pasturei had two stalloins had both of them cut they were tareing the place up and fighting all the time because the mares were to close but both had been bred before

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:57:31 +0000

I believe that the early years in a stallions life paly a huge part in his attitude. I have an AQHA stallion that is now 12 years old and you could not ask for a better behaved stallion. He can be run with mares and foals (he’s nicer to the foals and more willing to share grain than the mares). He has never been aggressive towards people and my children have always been allowed in the stall or the field with him. He can be hand bred or pasture bred and shown and ridden with mares and geldings. I have even run him with geldings (not during breeding season) when no mares were in the pasture next to him. I believe that the fact that he was raised in the pasture with other horses (a bossy gelding and older mares) has had a huge impact on his attitude. He has never been top-dog and it doesn’t occur to him that he can be. I think some people decide when a foal is a weanling that they are going to keep it a stud and then they seperate it from other horses at a young age creating a lot of future social issues.I on the other hand really had no intention of having another stud when my oldest daughter’s show mare gave birth. The foal was such a beautiful palomino colt that I decided we would wait to geld him and if he exhibited any aggressiveness towards people then he would be gelded immediately. My children were small at the time and I could not have risked having an horse on the property that I had to worry about. We bred my stallion to 2 mares as a two & three year old and then sent him to a reining trainer. I realize this is backwards to most people but, the reining trainer had him for two weeks and called me to say that he was extremely impressed with him. He said he had a better disposition and attitude then all of geldings he was training at the time. The fact that he was more mature and had already figured out the breeding end of things helped keep him focused. At any point throughout his life if he had exhibited a bad attitude he would have been gelded.

By: Birgit

Birgit — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:57:08 +0000

My stud stand in the winter together with my other stud and one gelding. On the other side is a mare with all rhe weanlings. He is so nice and smart. I do not have any problem with him. I would never breed a agresive stallion. I am a horsetrainer and I train all kind of horses even 17 years old stud, s. But my offspring is easy to train , smart and perfect in every way. Thanks to my stud.

By: Shaneen

Shaneen — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:30:31 +0000

I have a two year old stud, he’s very smart and has been to one clinic on training colts. He just bit someone for the first time last summer and you can tell he knows he not supposed to, but as soon as you turn your back to him he will go in for the bite, i can pick up all his legs, lead him and trailer him but i’m always looking over my shoulder. I tried putting him in with some bred mares to see if they could hopefully teach him some manners and just found out today that when i went to go and give some oats because of the cold weather he was top horse over these older mares chasing them away from the oats. Help anyone & please don’t tell me to cut him!

By: sadie

sadie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:58:42 +0000

We have a very dominant Arabian mare that is in her 20’s and will put most horses in their place. When we have a stud on our property she is who we put them with because she wont let them breed and kicks their butt. It has worked great. The stallion learns to be around a mare and so its not that big of a deal to him anymore. Also he learns to be lower in the pecking order.

By: Elizabeth Duncan

Elizabeth Duncan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:07:57 +0000

I enjoyed the article and agree with the fact that studs need to learn early who’s the “boss” without being unfair or unduly harsh. I’ve heard several times that stallions can be run together in the same pasture. But I’ve never found anyone that has actually done it. We have two stallions, one the sire of the other. We also have several mares and a couple of geldings. Does anyone know who I can talk to to find out how and if these two studs can actually be kept in the same pasture and what if any size requirement in the field enclosure? Sure would like to accomplish this if it is infact possible.