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Re: [RC] Women who ride stallions - heidiThis is for women who ride stallions or handle them alot, who have gone thru a pregnacy (their own). I have noticed that since I have become pregnant, that both of my intact boys are behaving much calmer and carefull around me. My older stallion, Black Streak(now 8 years) is a high energy come out of the stall telling the world how great he is, now behaves like a 20 year old gelding. Rarely, announcing his prescence and when he does, restrains himself to one stallion whinney and calmly walks/leads to his paddock. My younger stallion, Kaysa Jerry (now 7 years) is my main riding horse, tho much more layed back, once on the trail, raring to go. He is now content to walk, restrains his once in the while spooks to a minium. Jerry has always been protective of me and thinks my place is on HIS back and no others. Now seams even more protective. I have had both of these stallions for 4 and 5 years, nothing has changed other than their growing a little older and I am now pregnant (about 11 weeks). I noticed a significant change in their behaviors when I was about 2-3 weeks and at the time was wondering WHAT was going on with them, as I didn't know I was pregnant until a week or so later. I am just curious if any other women who have gone thru a pregnacy noticed any changes in the behavior of their stallions towards them in the above mention fashion. Although I lost both of my pregnancies, no, I didn't notice any difference from my stallions. And although I've heard this sort of thing quite a bit, I personally think that any change in behavior is reflective more of our OWN changes in behavior due to our hormonal changes and their reaction to that change than it is to our changed hormonal status. In the women who remark on this that I've known personally, *I'VE* even been able to notice a difference in their personalities, and I am pretty sure I am not sensing hormonal changes directly. The women who don't seem to alter personality much with hormonal alterations also don't have their stallions change their behavior. Just my observations over many years with stallions and with clients with stallions... Heidi ============================================================ At the end of the day maybe the definition of endurance isn't the length of the ride but rather the spirit in which it is ridden. ~ Maryanne Stroud Gabani ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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