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Re: [RC] stallions at rides - Dyane Smith----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Talking is, IMO, unacceptable. EVERY vocalization in public should be quickly interrupted, and the stallion's mind brought back to you. When you handle stallions, you (hopefully) learn to have a subliminal running dialog going with them at all times so that you keep their attention on YOU where it belongs. Tell them "no" quietly when they are just THINKING thoughts of vocalization or of getting chummy with another horse. Maryanne can probably speak to this with more authority than I, but when I was a kid I rode stallions almost all the time in Libya and Pakistan because they just don't usually geld (or didn't then, a 100 years ago, who knows now). I used to ride a colt that reared all the time and some others that reared, but I don't remember any talking at all. It's true the horses were usually very socialized and no one thought much about whether you were on a stallion or not because mostly you were, but I never had a problem with a mare in heat. I did have a couple of instances where two stallions dumped their riders and mixed it up a little, but in four years and many, many horses those were the only times. Here, in California, I see owners that are very, very careful with their stallions, and, as Heidi says, I guess rightfully so. Maybe I've led a charmed life (God protecting fools...), but I just don't think I have the energy to manage a stallion. People who think campaigning a stallion is easy should really read this thread. JMO, Dyane N. N. Ca =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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