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There's an interesting article in the March issue of "HOrse and Rider" 
which says that foals raised alone, or even in the company of older 
horses but not with age mates, may not learn social skills.  This can 
lead to real problems later in life if such a horse is introduced into a 
herd.  It can also lead to problems in relating to the human's around 
it.  "Inadequate species specified socialization" - how's that for a 
mouthful.  I'm sure we've all run into horses that just don't seem to 
know, or be able to learn the rules of good behavior.  This might be one 
reason.
Laney

Alexa Olney wrote:
> I believe that combing or creating a herd of horses is
> a difficult job no matter what the sex.  I  have grown
> up around horses and seen many different situations. 
> I have come to see that there is more of a problem
> with combining young horses who dont have proper
> social herd skills with older horses who do. I have
> seen more than one almost get chased through the fence
> when the dominant horse gets tired of them.  It is
> definetly a trial and error process, you can't just
> put them together and think that everything will be
> fine.  I have seen a dominant horse in one herd be the
> low man in another.  
>
>   If a gelding were being that aggresive towards mares
> as to "rape" them I would definetly have a vet examine
> him to make sure he  does not have a retained testicle
> (proud cut).  We did have an exprience with this once
> at a ride.  Some friends had just bought a "gelding"
> who got loose and proceeded to try and "rape" the mare
> tied to our trailer.  They had him examined and he
> indeed did still have a testicle  left.  Some one did
> not want to spend the money to have the surgery on
> this crypt-orchid.  The only times I have seen
> geldings mount mares the mare was very persitent that
> he do the deed.  When that behavior was seen they were
> seperated and put into a different group.  So in the
> long run you just have to wait and see what happens. I
> have come to learn that horses and horses sociaty is
> very unpredictable in some instances or maybe they
> aren't??
>
> Safe Horsin Around
> Alexa Olney 
>
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