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> > One message is "Help, I'm alone".  The other is "I want to break
> > loose and cover everything in sight."   Big difference.
> Don't forget that a stallion can also be doing the first type of
> vocalization since he is first and formost a horse.  Most people
> who work around stallions know how to distinguish between a
> "horse" noise and a "stallion" noise from the same animal.
> Unfortunately for the stallion, he's not allowed to do either
> kind of vocalization simply because he is a stallion.  But, both
> types of noise do indicate a lack of focus in hand or under
> saddle.  A lonely horse crying at the trailer is a different matter, but
> if he's intact he needs to stay quiet even if under the same
> circumstances everyone would forgive him if he was a mare or
> gelding.
>
> All this said, I've seen some stallions at rides that were clearly not
> ready for that much stimuli.  And I've seen others that were
> total gentleman (which is how I expect any stallion I'm using to
> behave).  The less-mannerly guys were also ridden by riders who
> simply were unaware or uncaring about the stallions' behavior, so
> who's to know what those stallions would have been like with a
> different person.
Great post, Nicole.

With regard to the "Help, I'm alone!" vocalization--I would submit that if
a mare or gelding persists in that sort of behavior, they likewise are not
yet ready to be in that circumstance.  I do forgive a bit of vocalization
when one's buddy leaves--but once the buddy is out of sight and hearing,
it should cease.

Heidi



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