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| I hope this doesn't sounds stupid or but I would like to educate myself. How do people get their studs to become so well mannered and also run them with other mares around and not even bat an eye. Would just like to know what people to do make them that we'll mannered. Do you start from a weanling to be that way? I currently have a coming two year old stud colt that my dad wants to keep a stud, but I don't think he should be. Hoping to get some answers on how pepole do it.
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | We always expected ours to act like a gelding so we treated them that way. Some need harsher reprimands than others, just depends on the stud. My Burrs First Down stud was very soft hearted and just raising your voice got him under control. I am riding a FG son that is very respectful but also playful. His intelligence is just unreal. If you give a stud an inch, they will take 3 miles. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You start with manners as soon as you start to handle them, or as soon as they hit the ground. The two stud horses that I raised were like my geldings you could do what ever with them. Never ever let them get away with anything. But dont keep them all to themselves either, they have got to be able to socialize with other horses. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | We have a 2 yr old in training for a BB here and they put manners on him before he got here. He has had a few reprimands since he's been here, but he learns his lessons well and is very well behaved. He will test his boundaries every so often, but knows his limits and a raised voice brings him back. Very nice colt and well bred to boot.
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Location: Nevada | I have stud that is 4 this year most of the time he acts just like a gelding. He can be tied next to a mare all day, trailer ed with mares in a stock trailer and is stalled next to mares. It really depends on how you treat him yes they need to be disciplined but we really try not to isolate him. He is always exposed to other horses and he is around mares all the time. |
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| What do you do as reprimands? To discipline. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I have a stud. He's always shared a fence line or out with a gelding. He forgot his manners towards the end of last breeding season, so he is currently turned out with 4 mares. He is behaving himself and found his manners. I have had him since he was 6 months old so I know him inside and out. He wears a clinton anderson rope halter for everyday use and a leather stallion halter for hand breeding. If he's tied to the trailer or under saddle, he gets in trouble if he talks. If he's in his pasture or on his own time, he is allowed to talk. Consistency is key. I very seldom hand feed treats. He's never been mouthy but I don't take chances. He is better minded than my gelding so he is teaching my daughter how to ride. I do catch him daily right now while he's out with the mares and either lunge him or work him to keep in his mind that I am still the boss. Here's a couple of pics of him with the gelding, out with the mares, and with the kiddo.
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Canchaser532 - 2015-05-05 7:23 AM What do you do as reprimands? To discipline.
Depends on what they are doing. If you are riding or leading one and they get to nickering and dropping the wee wee, they may get a "HEY HEY" and backed up, a little spur, a smack with the lead rope on the chest. Honestly whatever it takes to get their attention back on you ASAP. They are too big to play cutsie with, and far to dangerous to you and everyone around you if you are afraid or too soft to descipline. Never beat a stud, you'll lose their respect and they may just get some revenge down the road. I always thought one of the most important things to remember with a stud is no matter how gentle they are, they are still a stud often ruled by horomones. You have to always respect them, and also earn their respect. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I agree it is getting respect from them. I, honestly, never have to do much with Scorcho. He has the mind and manners almost already built in. He get's a little fussy sometimes, but a slap on the chest is usually all it takes to get his attention. He doesn't use a stallion chain or any other kind of correctional devices on him. He rides with mares, even when they are in heat. So, my answer is, yes, get them to respect you, but start out with a good, trainable mind. |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| It is also about consistency. My stud knows that when he has a rope halter on, no funny business is allowed...at all. But when he has his leather halter and chain on, it is time to take care of his manly duties. Even during breeding season he knows the difference and acts accordingly. If you aren't set up for consistency, someone is probably going to get hurt. |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Whiteboy - 2015-05-05 10:09 AM It is also about consistency. My stud knows that when he has a rope halter on, no funny business is allowed...at all. But when he has his leather halter and chain on, it is time to take care of his manly duties. Even during breeding season he knows the difference and acts accordingly. If you aren't set up for consistency, someone is probably going to get hurt.
This and the fastest way to ruin one is to be scared of the raging horomone on the other end of the lead shank when he is in his "breeding attire". We never let ours rear or try and walk ahead of us, but he could scream to his little hearts delite as we lead him to be hand bred. He was on the muscle and ready for business, but he still had to remember we were there. He never got punished unless he was forgetting we still had his lead.
If you are still able to ride them and keep manners daily, it is much easier than a stud that is crippled and stalled. We were lucky that ours could still be in pasture with the geldings up to the day we got him in to turn out with mares and he went back with geldings the day we pulled him out of the mares. From when we bought him as a 2yr old to his death, he was never alone more than a handful of times. But he was a soft breeder, get after him and he would lose interest. I heard his sire was the same way from the man that used to handle him in the breeding shed. Some are naturally easy and some are just pigs. Some are so bad, no matter how well bred or money $$$, they need cut IMO. |
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