Orchid129
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I am trying to convince my friend that keeping a stallion would be a bad, and potentially dangerous, idea.
We went to the same riding school when we were teens and have both gone on to own horses. She rides a gelding warmblood and had a rescued cob as a companion-only horse. The cob recently passed away from old age and she wants to get another horse. She's set her heart on a Friesian stallion, but I'm very apprehensive. I've heard stallions can be very unpredictable even if they have a generally nice temperament. She insists that since she has no mares, it wouldn't be dangerous to keep a stallion. She is an experienced and confident rider, and she still gets lessons, but I still don't think it's a good idea and she's had no experience of stallions before. How do I convince her of that? Or am I being overcautious?
We went to the same riding school when we were teens and have both gone on to own horses. She rides a gelding warmblood and had a rescued cob as a companion-only horse. The cob recently passed away from old age and she wants to get another horse. She's set her heart on a Friesian stallion, but I'm very apprehensive. I've heard stallions can be very unpredictable even if they have a generally nice temperament. She insists that since she has no mares, it wouldn't be dangerous to keep a stallion. She is an experienced and confident rider, and she still gets lessons, but I still don't think it's a good idea and she's had no experience of stallions before. How do I convince her of that? Or am I being overcautious?