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RE: [RC] re: 'Talking is, IMO, unacceptable. ' - Mcgann, Barbara

There is one difference.  Usually when we're talking about stallions behaving 
and not talking, we mean while they are at hand.  Under saddle, being led, 
worked, etc.   We took that to mean that even when our stallion was tied to the 
trailer, he needed to be quiet.  I'll never forget my Mom sitting in a lawn 
chair with a long lunge whip, and every time Cyam even started to squeek, she 
would whack him.  (I'm sure many people saw that and thought "How mean").  But 
it worked...he got the idea that even tied to the trailer was considered "work 
time".


However, sometimes at rides you have the buddy problem - maybe its a horse that 
you ride on the first day and leave at the trailer on the second day of 
multi-days; maybe the 25-miler has gone out to help at vet checks and the horse 
is alone; maybe this is a young horse that just needs to get used to ride camps 
and their buddies coming and going; whatever, I find this to be more acceptable 
than a stallion screaming.  One message is "Help, I'm alone".  The other is "I 
want to break loose and cover everything in sight."   Big difference.

Stallion, mare or gelding, I will try to shut them up, IF I am around and they 
are doing it.  Sometimes, though, they just need to scream and fuss and 
discover that it gets them exactly nowhere!  Hard to listen to, though.

Barb McGann  

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Subject: Re: [RC] re: 'Talking is, IMO, unacceptable. '



  Does this apply just to stallions?  when I volunteered at teh
OD, there was someone camping nearby who had a horse int either
the 50 or 100, and another in the 25.  The 25 mile horse (no
clue what gender) hollared every 5 minutes like clock-work all
night long while his buddy was out doing his ride.  Sure has
heck was annoying, but I never heard or saw anyone trying to
shut him up.



The "social implications" are more serious with stallions, but personally
I feel it applies to all horses.

Heidi



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