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<blockquote data-quote="S&amp;amp;S Farms" data-source="post: 562095" data-attributes="member: 6262"><p>Thanks for the replies!!</p><p>"Are you positive the geldings are not proud cut?"</p><p>I was ready to send in a testosterone assay on the younger gelding (8 yrs old) when I realized that it wasn't just the younger one acting that way, it was my old reliable gelding (23 yrs old) that I have had for a long time acting that way too.</p><p>I had the horses separated one new horse with one of my old reliable geldings most of the winter and that worked fairly well, but when my really old gelding died this spring, I put the 3 remaining together and they immediately reverted to instinctive horse behavior. I agree, they are not respecting me as their leader, they seem to battle constantly to establish their own pecking order and never seem to get there. (I no longer have the second facility to run 2 separate groups of horses) They have been together for several months now. The rules at our house are simple: I am the only one that goes into the pen with the horses when they are not separated. I do separate them into stalls for feeding time, (I bleed less that way) but facilites are not adequate to keep them separate for more than a few hours. I do carry a buggy whip with me to correct the behavior of running over the human. I am sure there is a better way, but I am ignorant and time for research is a premium--haven't done that yet.</p><p>Sad part is the rotten mare (12 yrs old) is actually ruining the behavior of my sweet old gelding. (I know underneath it all he is still a HORSE, but his ground handling behavior has become dramatically worse since she has been around)</p><p></p><p>Thanks in Advance</p><p>Holly</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S&S Farms, post: 562095, member: 6262"] Thanks for the replies!! "Are you positive the geldings are not proud cut?" I was ready to send in a testosterone assay on the younger gelding (8 yrs old) when I realized that it wasn't just the younger one acting that way, it was my old reliable gelding (23 yrs old) that I have had for a long time acting that way too. I had the horses separated one new horse with one of my old reliable geldings most of the winter and that worked fairly well, but when my really old gelding died this spring, I put the 3 remaining together and they immediately reverted to instinctive horse behavior. I agree, they are not respecting me as their leader, they seem to battle constantly to establish their own pecking order and never seem to get there. (I no longer have the second facility to run 2 separate groups of horses) They have been together for several months now. The rules at our house are simple: I am the only one that goes into the pen with the horses when they are not separated. I do separate them into stalls for feeding time, (I bleed less that way) but facilites are not adequate to keep them separate for more than a few hours. I do carry a buggy whip with me to correct the behavior of running over the human. I am sure there is a better way, but I am ignorant and time for research is a premium--haven't done that yet. Sad part is the rotten mare (12 yrs old) is actually ruining the behavior of my sweet old gelding. (I know underneath it all he is still a HORSE, but his ground handling behavior has become dramatically worse since she has been around) Thanks in Advance Holly [/QUOTE]
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