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Post by Pauline on Dec 29, 2008 16:15:23 GMT 1
tanadoman
You asked in the title of your post if you should keep a stallion covering at 11 yeras old.
I am using a Stalion that is 26 years old and he has a very few mare each year.
As long as you are capable of handling this stallion and he causes no problems then I would leaver him alone.
There are more problems in gelding an older stallion than a youngster.
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Post by wally on Dec 29, 2008 17:17:42 GMT 1
My stallion stopped producing foals at the age of 14.
So I had him cut. He was a ride and drive fellow before the op, so was no stranger to the workplace.
He was always very fond of mares and still covered them if out in the field with them. He was never a gobby horse, so his temperament was not the issue, it was his lifestyle that I was more concerned about.
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Post by sjade on Dec 29, 2008 17:43:17 GMT 1
My boy is still covering at 25 - and will do so until he's no longer happy (well, knowing him he'll never not be happy covering ).
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Post by varkie on Dec 29, 2008 17:56:45 GMT 1
I don't truly think this thread is about whether a stallion should cover at 11 years of age, even tho that's the title.
My own stallion will be 11 this year, and is in his prime, as a covering stallion.
The issue with this thread is more about whether a stallion is the right horse for the OP.
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Post by specialsparkle3 on Dec 29, 2008 18:01:53 GMT 1
I agree Varkie, and as the OP has not returned, I hope it WAS a wind up. The idea of such an inexperienced person owning a THOROUGHBRED Stallion, is too sad to contemplate.
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Post by heather on Dec 29, 2008 18:01:57 GMT 1
I do not think that a stallion is the right horse for the poster of this thread. Few people realise that not so many decades ago, we had to have a 'dangerous animal' license to keep a stallion!
Having myself, witnessed a stallion killing an elderly mare, I can say without reservation, that only very experienced people indeed, should own them.
Heather
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Post by jackiedo on Dec 29, 2008 18:59:12 GMT 1
Sam, Is this Rashid?
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Post by suewhitmore on Dec 29, 2008 21:58:24 GMT 1
Heather, I can't see that any bona fide stallion owner would object to being a licenced keeper either. IMO it should be *harder* to own horses, but easier to learn about them.
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Post by varkie on Dec 29, 2008 22:01:39 GMT 1
Agree with you there Sue.
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Post by cookie on Dec 29, 2008 22:39:23 GMT 1
it should be *harder* to own horses, but easier to learn about them. that really rings true doesn't it. I loathe the trend for riding schools to barely teach learners to mount and dismount themselves never mind basics of horse care. I've never understood simply riding without understaning at least a little about horses yet it seems to be the way places are teaching... insurance companies have a lot to answre for...
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Post by heather on Dec 30, 2008 10:16:32 GMT 1
Absolutely Sue, agree totally. When I owned a big riding school years ago, we did stable management classes, and also regular courses over a period one evening a week, for 'would be' horse owners. These were always very popular, and gave people the right grounding to embark on horse ownership.
I can never understand riding schools not doing this as standard. You go for your lesson, you go home, period. On the Continent, where I teach clinics in Holland for instance, every school has a club house. Everyone tends to go there afterwards and have a jar or two and chat about their lesson, and generally get a lot more involved. Having a social scene at their school gets them to know other riders and horse owners much more quickly and if this were also the case here, it would do the same.
Quite apart from the obvious, it also brought us in extra revenue, doing the stable management/new owner courses!! I wish the BHS would promote these sort of courses, as it might save them the cost of rehabbing some horses through their welfare work!!
Heather
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Post by jennyb on Dec 30, 2008 10:31:15 GMT 1
I think the trouble these days is insurance and the risk of being sued! Riding schools feel they cannot let clients handle the horses for fear of them being injured and taking legal action against the riding school. I went to a local riding school for a jumping lesson when I was getting ready for my Stage 3 exam, around May this year. So I arrive, a 29yo BHS Stage 3 student with 20 years experience with horses, and they tacked my horse up for me, led him round to the school for me and took him off me at the end of the lesson. If experienced students are not allowed to handle the horses, novice riders have no chance!! It seems you're only allowed stable management courses in most riding schools if you are doing either BHS Stages or BHS Horse Owners courses, if you're not training for an exam then you do not get a look in. I'm not aware of any local schools which do general stable management courses for their riders. It's a very sad state of affairs, but a product of the compensation culture I fear.
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Post by moo on Dec 30, 2008 10:42:25 GMT 1
i sense a troll haha
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Post by specialsparkle3 on Dec 30, 2008 11:22:49 GMT 1
Yep, me too. As I already said, I sincerely hope it is
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Post by jackiedo on Dec 30, 2008 11:24:41 GMT 1
I meant is it Rashid who is 25... not is he the subject of the OP btw.....
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