Loose Stallions

[Tia]

What would you do if you owned (or boarded) mares and kept them on your own land and you came out one day to find a stallion from up the road had jumped your fences and gone in and impregnated your mares?

How would you feel? And would you be a bit hacked off at the stallion owner? Or would you feel you were in the wrong because you had not totally safeguarded the mares from something which shouldn't be on your property?

 

[Shilasdair]

Unlikely to have caught all the mares...unless you have some amazing synchronisation going on there.
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[Louby]

I would be fuming!!!!!

 

[Cahill]

do you fence to keep yours in or to keep others out?

 

[clipclop]

Ummm, weeeell, If the stallion was rather nice, I think I might be quite pleased!

 

[apkelly01]

Has this happened to you?

Unless it was Sadlers Wells, I'd be fuming!

 

[FRESHMAN]

I do not believe fencing to keep in or others out should come into it. If you own a stallion then you should be responsible for it. What if stallions were allowed to get out & try to cover a ridden mare that may be being handled or ridden by a child !!

 

[Tia]

LOL!! No my big boys (and particularly my ex-stallion) would not allow a strange stallion on my farm without killing it first! The mares might not complain though

However I would! I would be furious with the stallion owner, particularly as I have some very expensive mares who are not all owned by me, living here.

 

[Shilasdair]

Well, I fence to keep werewolves out.
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[Tia]

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Well, I fence to keep werewolves out.
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Or in...as the case may be.

 

[apkelly01]

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PMSL

 

[Shilasdair]

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Well, I fence to keep werewolves out.
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Grrrrrrrrr
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[zizz]

well firstly the owner would get the vets bills for aborting all the mares and checking they hadn't caught anything from him

it is the owner of the livestocks duty to ensure they cannot get out, not everyone elses to ensure they can't get in!

 

[*hic*]

I'd be blooming furious!

Is this related to your dog issue or has lightning struck twice?

 

[henryhorn]

I wouldn't be happy I'm afraid and would expect him to pay for the morning after pill (or in a horse's case an injection).
Ours got at one liveries horse and we got the vet right away, accidents do happen but it's up to the stallion owner to put it right not the mares owner..

 

[jesterfaerie]

I would be fuming, although I would check to make sure that he didn't get in through an obvious fencing fault I would expect the stallion owner to pay for the damage if he covered any mares I had, not fair to expect the mare's owner to have to fork out for the vet bills imo.

 

[PapaFrita]

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Unless it was Sadlers Wells, I'd be fuming!

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LMAO! Just what I was thinking... except instead of SW, it would be Baloubet de Rouet or Arko!!

Actually, I wouldn't be fuming, I'd be f***** LIVID and ready to kill!

 

[Anastasia]

It is up to stallion owners to make sure that their fencing/stables etc are adequate to house said stock. If not then they are liable for all associated costs. No different than if a bull gets out and into another field etc, as you have to show you have taken all necessary precautions to make sure your housing is adequate.

It is certainly not up to next door neighbours to put up high stock fencing to keep other horses out!