Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

Dear Ginny,

Please!  I am getting strange looks from my co-workers
as they walk past my door and see me blotting tears of
laughter!  I can only imagine how Sigmund Freud's eyes
would light up with the mere prospect of
psycho-anlyzing you!

Esther and Chagalle, whos pasture mate is a mare and
bosses him as only a female can



> > --- Ginny Holsman <ginny744@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > IMO, it is cruel to have more geldings than
> mares
> > in
> > > any pasture or paddock. 
> > >   Geldings may not be able to produce foals, but
> > > they don't know that, and 
> > > they still love sex.
> > >
> > > Geldings will corner mares, run them down to
> wear
> > > them out, deprive them of 
> > > water, won't let them graze or eat, pester them
> to
> > > death, and many other 
> > > ways they torment mares in heat, relentlessly,
> > > unless there is a mare that 
> > > is not in heat that can protect the mare in
> heat.
> > > Mares put out an odor while coming into heat and
> > > going out of heat as well 
> > > as while in heat that drives geldings totally
> > nuts,
> > > makes them crazy, so 
> > > they can't think about anything but getting sex,
> > > can't graze, can't do 
> > > anything but try to get sex.
> > >
> > > Mares are coming into heat, in heat, and coming
> > out
> > > of heat 3/4 of the time; 
> > > they are not in heat 1/4 of the time.
> > >
> > > IMO, there should be no less than 2 mares to
> every
> > > gelding so every mare in 
> > > heat has a mare that is not in heat to guard and
> > > protect them from sexual 
> > > abuse by geldings.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Equus Wolf <equuswolf@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [RC]   Pasture Arrangements with
> > > Mares/Geldings
> > > > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:59:25 -0800 (PST)
> > > >
> > > > > > > > So, my question is:
> > > > What do you do about mixing geldings and mares?
> > > > thanks
> > > > Keith<<<<<
> > > >
> > > >   When I was younger, I had my horse at a farm
> > > where mares and geldings 
> > > > were kept together.  I never saw it as a
> problem
> > > *if* the horses were a 
> > > > good match in personalities.  However, my mare
> > > hooked up with a gelding and 
> > > > it would take us hours to catch them (never had
> > > catching problems until 
> > > > that.)  The gelding was moved to another
> pasture
> > > and problem solved 
> > > > immediately.  I also remember another mixed
> > pasture
> > > that frequently had 
> > > > injured horses from kicks/bites because the
> > > geldings didn't "get the drift" 
> > > > when the mares were in heat and got too close
> > (even
> > > if it was innocent.)
> > > >   Since then, I have been at stables that keep
> > > mares and geldings 
> > > > separated.  Herd dynamics just seem to work
> > better.
> > >  It prevents the 
> > > > mare/gelding forgot he was a gelding issue.  We
> > > also keep the pastures 
> > > > rotated in such a way that the mares and
> geldings
> > > never share a fence line. 
> > > >  No broken fences yet.  And that's a first of
> > > anywhere I've been.
> > > >   I think it just depends on the types of
> horses
> > > you have (personality 
> > > > wise).  Both of my mares would be find with
> > > geldings that knew they were 
> > > > geldings.  I know mares that would tear a
> gelding
> > > up if he even thought of 
> > > > entering her "space" *laugh*
> > > >
> > > >   Sounds almost like a playground at school!
> > > >
> > > >   Jennifer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------
> > > > Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect
> > > nasty viruses!
_________________________________________________________________
> > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar ?
> > get
> > > it now! 
http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
> > >
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > >  Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net,
> > > http://www.endurance.net.
> > >  Information, Policy, Disclaimer:
> > > http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
> > >  Subscribe/Unsubscribe
> > > http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
> > >
> > >  Ride Long and Ride Safe!!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> > protection around 
> > http://mail.yahoo.com 
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net,
> http://www.endurance.net.
>  Information, Policy, Disclaimer:
> http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
>  Subscribe/Unsubscribe
> http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
>
>  Ride Long and Ride Safe!!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=