Fw: Kick these Thoughts around!

["Eric & Gail Hought" <hought@humboldt1.com>]

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> From: Eric & Gail Hought <hought@humboldt1.com>
> To: CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: Kick these Thoughts around!
> Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 10:32 PM
> 
> I think I would like to stand up for the mares too.  I only horse we've
had
> of the ones were ridden and used a lot (I think those are the ones fair
to
> judge), one gelding was prone to kick.  But he wasn't even a problem
around
> other horses, but if there was a dispute he used his heels and he was
boss.
>  He was shown and barrel raced until he was 24.  Of the rest of  those
> horses 2 are studs, about 3 more geldings and most were mares.
> 
> We've always treated kicking like something that not allowed from the
> beginning and they get in trouble the first time they try.  I have one
> friend that has a gelding that was labeled a kicker, we started riding
> together when he was about 9 yrs. old, and I always had to watch out for
> him.  I asked her why she never got after him for kicking and she thought
> couldn't do anything about it.  I told I would at least let him know that
> she didn't approve.  Well, the next time he kicked at my horse she
> disciplined him for and much to our surprise that was the last time he
> tried to kick another horse.  He is 22 now.  If life were always that
> simple.
> 
> Gail and Shaq
> hought@humboldt1.com
> 
> http://www.hought.com
> 
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> > From: CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
> > To: bonifarm@oro.net; ridecamp@endurance.net
> > Subject: Re: Kick these Thoughts around!
> > Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 2:16 PM
> > 
> > In a message dated 98-05-02 13:26:50 EDT, bonifarm@oro.net writes:
> > 
> > << Curious that in all this discussion of "kicking" no one has compared
> the 
> >  proclivity of mares to kick defensively to that of geldings. I find
most
> 
> >  mares kick more frequently than geldings ever think about it, >>
> > 
> > Although I have seen INDIVIDUAL mares that were definite problems, I
> can't say
> > in my experience as both a rider and a ride vet that mares in general
are
> any
> > more prone to kick.  I grew up riding mares in ranch country, and we
> never had
> > a bit of difficulty, either.  
> > 
> > Heidi
> >