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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 560713" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>I have geldings next to my mares all the time and no problems. I say next to and not with, what I do is I have divided a pasture into about 1/2 or 3/4 acre paddocks. Their paddocks are seperated buy a very hot electric fence (poly tape) the horses can reach over and still make contact with each other, but I control the herd bound issue and playing hard to catch in a big pasture. Sounds like your mare needs some alone time in a secure paddock or round pen to get over the herd bound issues. After she gets over that, than I would do some round pen work to get her to bond with you and not so much the other horses. On a side note, I have 4 horses that have been imprinted at birth and one that was not (5 total), all have been trained basicaly the same way and 3 are the same personality types. I have spent much more time with the gelding that was not imprinted and he is by far the worse mannered horse of the bunch (Walks or trots away when I try to catch him, not a long battle but fustrating compared to my other horses), by the way he has the same personality type as the other three (3 half brothers and the mare). My imprinted horse, including a two year old stud, will run to me when I enter thier turn out, no treats just me and a soft hand, 100% trust of me, I trust them 75% (any horse any day thing).</p><p></p><p>So is why I keep minimal contact between horses and believe strongly in imprinting at birth and maintain the primary bond with me, not another horse. If your horses just as soon run over you they need manners and a shock to their system on who's in charge.... a round pen will do this in a few days.</p><p></p><p>JMO,</p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 560713, member: 378"] I have geldings next to my mares all the time and no problems. I say next to and not with, what I do is I have divided a pasture into about 1/2 or 3/4 acre paddocks. Their paddocks are seperated buy a very hot electric fence (poly tape) the horses can reach over and still make contact with each other, but I control the herd bound issue and playing hard to catch in a big pasture. Sounds like your mare needs some alone time in a secure paddock or round pen to get over the herd bound issues. After she gets over that, than I would do some round pen work to get her to bond with you and not so much the other horses. On a side note, I have 4 horses that have been imprinted at birth and one that was not (5 total), all have been trained basicaly the same way and 3 are the same personality types. I have spent much more time with the gelding that was not imprinted and he is by far the worse mannered horse of the bunch (Walks or trots away when I try to catch him, not a long battle but fustrating compared to my other horses), by the way he has the same personality type as the other three (3 half brothers and the mare). My imprinted horse, including a two year old stud, will run to me when I enter thier turn out, no treats just me and a soft hand, 100% trust of me, I trust them 75% (any horse any day thing). So is why I keep minimal contact between horses and believe strongly in imprinting at birth and maintain the primary bond with me, not another horse. If your horses just as soon run over you they need manners and a shock to their system on who's in charge.... a round pen will do this in a few days. JMO, Alan [/QUOTE]
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