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> 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 agree that this is something that I do expect to stop with time
and experience.  It's all in the situation, not a blanket statement
of this-is-bad vs this-is-good.

I happen to have a vocal group of horses.  They talk to each other
constantly at home and talk to me constantly as well (and that's
not all food-driven as they will call to me when it's not feeding
time).  They are also a tightly knit group.  I have no problems 
with separating one out and riding alone (I mostly ride alone).  
But, I'm well aware of horses that like to talk and just say 
"Hi!!" to each other -- actually the loudest time is when I 
return from a trail ride and all the horses at home feel the need to
greet their returning friend (and they're the worst when it's 
the stallion returning).  So, of course, it's no surprise when a
normally vocal horse goes to it's first away-from-home experiences
that it is vocal there as well.  Luckily, it's one of those
things that improves with time and experience. 

All that said, of course, a stallion isn't allowed to do even 
that since he's intact.  That means a lot more experience
has to be put on a stallion before his first competition to make
sure he's ready to remain a perfect gentleman at all times.

~Nicole


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