Re: RC: Stallion Behavior

[SandyDSA@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/01 4:46:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lanconn@tds.net 
writes:


> What I meant was I
> expect my horse to stand or slow down and let another horse trot by
> without kicking, biting, or any other form of aggression.  I expect him
> to allow another horse that he has never seen to trot right on his butt
> without kicking. 


Yes indeed to expecting any horse in public to GENERALLY (everyone gets 
excited once in a while, especially riders!) stand for this sort of thing. I 
don't however EVER want another horse, mine or someone else's, right on my 
horse's butt - besides the obvious - getting rightly kicked - is the 
potential for stepping on the heels of the horse in front. Sheesh - too many 
miles of having horses scraped by tailgaters speaks loudly to me - stay off 
of other horses' butts. Most people would feel horrible if their horse 
stepped on the horse in front of them and pulled a shoe. Most people. 
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