Re: RC: a very bad colt

["Heather Hamper" <hnhamper@hotmail.com>]

Hi Barbara

There'll be lots of folks who would disagree but as an Arabian breeder I 
would geld this colt as soon as possible.  If as a gelding (given time for 
the hormonal influence to die down) he continues to be seriously unpleasant 
then you have to consider whether his future lies on this earth.

Heather
Aquitaine Arabians



>From: "barbara marcius" <run2fast@neo.rr.com>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  a very bad colt
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:28:50 -0400
>
>Well folks, this is a helpless colt owner turning to you more experienced 
>breeders out there.  Had an incredibly lovely chestnut colt foaled 5/15 of 
>this year.  Got there approximately 15 minutes after he was born, still 
>wet, hadn't gotten up yet.  This is our 3rd colt out of this mare, the 
>other 2 were, and are, wonderful horses, now 4 & 5 years old.  Different 
>stallion each time, this stallion a BIG boy, 16.1 straight Russian 
>Ponamarev son.  Sweet stallion, VERY gentle.  Mare has always been a 
>sweetheart.
>The colt?  Horrid from minute one.  Started the imprinting process 
>immediately, he was a jerk from the start. HATES being touched. Period.  
>Head, neck, ears, definite no no's.  Fighting everytime, everyday still.  
>Will turn his butt each time, usually at least 3 times a day, doesn't kick, 
>but a HUGE major battle each time.  Very big colt, VERY strong even at this 
>age.  Of course doesn't want to caught, now wearing a halter and dangling 
>lead rope always probably for the rest of his life.  Eating lots of food on 
>his own, totally independent of his mother.  Could care less about her, 
>goes off and sleeps on his own, very cocky.  Wants to bite, but of course 
>that's unacceptable.  One weird thing that the other colts never did.  From 
>the very start he did that mouthy submission thing everytime he saw a 
>human.  Still does, but sure as heck is NOT submissive in any way.  Folks, 
>we're ready to kill him!  Have any of you had a nasty colt like this?  Will 
>he come around?  He's not trying to kick or anything, just wants absolutely 
>nothing to do with humans whatsoever.  Now he will come up to little kids, 
>but that's very scary because he's way too bold and very much in their 
>faces.  Is there something else we need to be doing with him that we're 
>not?  What the heck have we done wrong?  We're at our wits end right now, 
>he can almost make you hate him.  If it makes any difference to you 
>bloodline experts, the mare is Russian, Spanish, and a little splash of, of 
>all things, Netherlands.  Her mom was bred by Wayne Newton.
>HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!
>Thanks in advance. You may reply privately, or maybe other people would 
>like to know about situations such as this.  It's so frustrating.
>Barbara Marcius
>

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