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<blockquote data-quote="IHeartCows" data-source="post: 265021" data-attributes="member: 4605"><p>I think a lot of it has to do with his handling early on. Was he taught the difference between work and "play"? The sooner that this stallion instinct is controlled with proper training the less issues you'll have out of them.</p><p></p><p>I broke a 2yo stallion by High Brow Hickory this year and he's the most obnoxious and mouthy sucker on the ground. We purchased him in November of his yearling year and broke him in March. He was just plain spoiled when we got him. He still will bite the living snot out of you if you aren't watching. He's been popped, poked, swatted, pinched, and barely short of having the **** beat out of him and he will still bite. He thinks his name is "aahhnnk" or "no". lol One good thing is that he doesn't talk to the ladies. He never knew what they were for, and didn't learn what they were for until a few months ago when we bred an older broodmare.</p><p></p><p>Then he had other ideas.... *sigh* </p><p>One way we've tried to distinguish work from breeding is the type of halter we put on him. We use ONE black shipping type halter when we breed the stallions. If anything else is on their head and they even so much nicker at another horse they get repremanded. </p><p></p><p>However, riding this colt is completely different. He was very easy to break, no buck, no balk. The only thing I didn't like about him was he was very stiff and hard to loosen up. Sometimes if there was another "new" horse in the arena with him he wanted to pay more attention to them, but soon he learned it didn't do any good. He's been ridden in the same pen as mares and he's quickly learned he's not allowed to speak. </p><p></p><p>If you establish this at an early age then you'll have a well mannered stallion in the future. Just hope that this 4yo stallion has already had those manners established otherwise it may be a more difficult transition to riding safely in groups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IHeartCows, post: 265021, member: 4605"] I think a lot of it has to do with his handling early on. Was he taught the difference between work and "play"? The sooner that this stallion instinct is controlled with proper training the less issues you'll have out of them. I broke a 2yo stallion by High Brow Hickory this year and he's the most obnoxious and mouthy sucker on the ground. We purchased him in November of his yearling year and broke him in March. He was just plain spoiled when we got him. He still will bite the living snot out of you if you aren't watching. He's been popped, poked, swatted, pinched, and barely short of having the **** beat out of him and he will still bite. He thinks his name is "aahhnnk" or "no". lol One good thing is that he doesn't talk to the ladies. He never knew what they were for, and didn't learn what they were for until a few months ago when we bred an older broodmare. Then he had other ideas.... *sigh* One way we've tried to distinguish work from breeding is the type of halter we put on him. We use ONE black shipping type halter when we breed the stallions. If anything else is on their head and they even so much nicker at another horse they get repremanded. However, riding this colt is completely different. He was very easy to break, no buck, no balk. The only thing I didn't like about him was he was very stiff and hard to loosen up. Sometimes if there was another "new" horse in the arena with him he wanted to pay more attention to them, but soon he learned it didn't do any good. He's been ridden in the same pen as mares and he's quickly learned he's not allowed to speak. If you establish this at an early age then you'll have a well mannered stallion in the future. Just hope that this 4yo stallion has already had those manners established otherwise it may be a more difficult transition to riding safely in groups. [/QUOTE]
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