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| Experiences on breeding a mare to help chill her out. Why did you do it and did it work?
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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | Breeding the first time vs the 5th time has not changed either of my mares in any way. I dont know that i believe that as being true or just an old wise tale. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I dont believe it either......its either the mares natural disposition or handling or a feed...so many outside factors....m |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | I didn't notice a difference, my mare is still crazy. She has been bred twice. |
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Location: East of the Pecos | It did not work for me and then I had another one just like her. |
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Location: That part of Texas | I believe the theory is that if you have a jumpy or hyper-sensitive mare, the baby will desensitize her to a certain degree by being around her body, moving around her (especially underneath) and getting her used to touch in that manner. I think there's also something to do with hormones and other stuff that some of the breeders on here may know about -- at least the wive's tale about. In practice, having a baby didn't make a big difference with any of the mares my friends own who fit this type. They only went from having one horse who was jumpy to now having two with those traits because momma passed them along to baby to a certain degree and the rest was taught while they were young and around the mare for the first 6 months or so. |
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| Bug Is Alive - 2016-01-22 11:24 AM
It did not work for me and then I had another one just like her.
This is exactly what I would think would happen. |
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| 1DSoon - 2016-01-22 11:08 AM
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Griz - 2016-01-22 9:29 AM Bug Is Alive - 2016-01-22 11:24 AM It did not work for me and then I had another one just like her. This is exactly what I would think would happen.
Diddo, my 2 have quite the personality...and it didn't come from the stud. |
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| I have a mare that was a handful. She had a baby and now she is a puppy dog. I think it can help a young mare mature a bit. |
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| Mine has had 2 and she is an absolute nut still. 100% wives tale |
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I agree with everyone else. My mare is hot natured and having a foal did nothing to calm her. |
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Location: Vinton, La. | I have one that's the spawn of the devil. She's now 19, has had many foals, and is just at mean and hateful as she was when she was a yearling. I'm thankful her offspring, with the exception of two, have not been like her. |
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| Lol thanks guys. The mare in question is not mean or crazy but due to lack of handling as a young horse could use some maturing. Honestly, I probably won't just because I don't want 2 babies next year but I have a breeding I won't be using this year to a FF stud due to a mare miscarrying and it crossed my mind last night. |
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Location: OH. IO | Lack of handling wont make an easy mom. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Whiteboy - 2016-01-22 10:48 AM I have a mare that was a handful. She had a baby and now she is a puppy dog. I think it can help a young mare mature a bit.
Tried it with a 10 yr old mare and it worked. She was a high stung nut case. Made her just high strung. If they are too terrible, they may not be something anyone would want a baby out of anyways. But you never know if it was genetics or man made. My mare's issues were man made for the most part. |
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Location: Cap'n Helga Deadbones | RoaniePonie11 - 2016-01-22 10:39 AM
Experiences on breeding a mare to help chill her out. Why did you do it and did it work?
If your mare is kind of hot or flaked out, having a foal is NOT the way to chill her out.
It an cause them a lot of stress. How old is she? Does she just need time away from an arena |
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Location: London Ontario | Regardless of if it will work or not I feel as though there are plenty of horses out there who are starving right now due to over breeding...unless she has made a lot of money and has a wicked set of papers, please don't breed....my rant for the day |
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Location: Cap'n Helga Deadbones | MC1993 - 2016-01-22 1:54 PM
Regardless of if it will work or not I feel as though there are plenty of horses out there who are starving right now due to over breeding...unless she has made a lot of money and has a wicked set of papers, please don't breed....my rant for the day
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