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Passing on Temperment to Offspring
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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 523315" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I believe that part of it is environment, part of it is handling and knowledge of the owner, none of it is random(unless, by 'random', you are referring to genetics), and that you have to remember that when you breed a particular mare to a particular stallion you are also breeding that mares mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, etc, temperament - and the same with the stallion. All it takes is one renegade to throw off the whole thing, and that there are no guarantees as to the foals temperament because of it. We bred the same mare to the same stallion 4 times - we got 1 gentle, friendly, even tempered mare, 1 somewhat temperamental gelding who was not all that friendly and had a tendency to buck, 1 somewhat high-strung, stand-offish mare, and 1 very high-strung mare who was friendly as long as you weren't riding her. According to the people in the know, all the bloodlines were great, though. :lol: :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 523315, member: 539"] I believe that part of it is environment, part of it is handling and knowledge of the owner, none of it is random(unless, by 'random', you are referring to genetics), and that you have to remember that when you breed a particular mare to a particular stallion you are also breeding that mares mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, etc, temperament - and the same with the stallion. All it takes is one renegade to throw off the whole thing, and that there are no guarantees as to the foals temperament because of it. We bred the same mare to the same stallion 4 times - we got 1 gentle, friendly, even tempered mare, 1 somewhat temperamental gelding who was not all that friendly and had a tendency to buck, 1 somewhat high-strung, stand-offish mare, and 1 very high-strung mare who was friendly as long as you weren't riding her. According to the people in the know, all the bloodlines were great, though. :lol: :lol: [/QUOTE]
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