cassie
Well-Known Member
oh I just saw the pic of her jumping! wow she looks great! what lovely form she has! and Elmo is a stunner!! you have too many nice horses I have decided Sandy one has to definitley come live with me
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haha I so will!!! I'll have to put a post on here when I take a trip saying "Cassie is coming to the states who wants a visit " hehe.Thank you Cassie!! You just will have to come to the states for a visit!!!!!!
He has never ran with mares AND foals, only with mares. He does not at all seem aggressive towards them and in the past has ran with our mini gelding who is the same size as he is but the gelding is the boss of the stud. LOL! If they are going to be aggressive towards the foals are they usually right off the bat?Not sure how right your vet is about not showing heat, maybe it depends on the mare? My three certainly showed strongly from thier foal heat (which I don't breed on) through to the heats where I did breed. Or maybe my mares are tarts
If your stallion already has a safe history of running with mares and foals then I think it unlikely that he will turn. As for the mare she might settle down or she might continue to drive him off. As long as no one is at risk you can probably give them some time and see what happens.
Thats sort of what I figure. We are a few days yet away from 30 days post foaling but after speaking with my vet and to be honest our very busy schedule the next month, I thought I would give it a try. Daily teasing and hand breeding as you all know is a ton of work and last year it literally ran our lives. Our stallion is very quiet and gentle and sometimes takes forever to breed a mare as he has to wine them and dine them. My gut tells me that he will be great with the foals but I just want to be careful.I disagree with what your vet said about minis, I have never had any problem breeding mares with a foal at foot both in hand or pasture. To me it sounds like they just aren't ready to breed yet, give them a few more days and they will be all over him. As to whether your foals are safe out with dad I can't say as I don't know your stallion but I have never had to worry about my stallion in fact he is a great baby sitter as he doesn't eat much and he gets bored, playing with his kids keeps him happy
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