Re: fighting horses

["Becky Huffman" <tos@htcomp.net>]

We had a rash of young geldings for awhile that were always challenging each
other.  We brought in an older mare and she 'cleaned horse house' <G>. - no
more problems.!

I've run my horses on pasture for almost fifteen years, in many different
combinations.  I have found, in *most* instances, if you have a good
Alpha-B*tch running the show, you don't have too many other problems
regardless of the rest of the mix .... unless you might have the
misconception that you could be in charge of *her*.

also, there are many 'little things' that can make a lot of difference.  At
feeding time, I grain them in the their correct order.  Top mare eats first,
on down the line.  If you elevate someone above their stations for an hour
twice a day, it causes confusion and conflict within the herd. -the higher
ranking horses that were feed down the line are likely to reinforce their
dominance on the hapless souls that were fed at the front of the line as
soon as they can get their teeth on them.

Becky Huffman, Cleburne, Texas
Huffman's Arabians ~ The Original Series ~
http://www.htcomp.net/Huffman/

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from
doing something worthwhile." Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865--1940)


----- Original Message -----
From: Truman Prevatt, PhD <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>
To: <woa@stormnet.com>
Cc: <Howard4567@aol.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:07 PM
Subject: RC: fighting horses


> Well I have the Queen and King who over see the herd. The King is a
gelding and
> of course the Queen is the bitch from hell. If any up starts gets out of
line -
> it only happens once. I two younguns are having a problem they have to
deal with
> the hell bitch. There are four geldings, two mares and a filly (2 yo) who
all run
> together and all get along very well.
>
> So it all depends.
>
> Truman
>
> Bette Lamore wrote:
>
> > And then there is the case of my stallion Saracenjumpstreet and his 29
> > year old gelding who are inseparable and even shared the same stall
> > during the rains here. We call their home, the Gay Caballero paddock. I
> > hear Man-O-War had a chicken he was partial to. Go figure!
> > ;-)
> > As you say, Howard, there are always the exceptions!
> > Bette
> > Bette Lamore
> > Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov
> > (Yes, really 16.2!)
> > http://www.arabiansporthorse.com
> >
> > Howard4567@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/19/01 2:56:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > guest@endurance.net writes:
> > >
> > > << So...my advice is, don't put the mare in with the geldings, or
> > >  put the two new geldings together and put the mare in with the
> > >  other gelding who has been her long time companion (because
> > >  chances are good that he will resent it otherwise).
> > >   >>
> > >
> > > Far be it for me to disagree with you, Kat, but I'll just tell you
about my
> > > herd.
> > > My three horses are inseparable...
> > > Not everything is black and white. Sometimes the standard rule does
not
> > > apply. Horses are as different and individual as people.  Sometimes
unique
> > > things happen.  It sure has in my back yard.
> > >
> > > cya,
> > > Howard
> > >
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