Stallion Owners v Mare Owners...who has main responsibility?

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Here is one for all you fonts of information out there!!

Stallions in one field, mares in another.

Fields owned by different people.

Mare owners offered to move mares to top end of their field away from stallions.

Stallion owners still not happy want mares moved!

Stallion owners dont think they can fence said stallions in that they wont get into mares field..."they will charge the fence" - this I quite believe!

I thought somewhere, but could be wrong, that it was a stallion owners responsibility to ensure security of their animals.

As it is I am nice person and have offered to move the mares elsewhere for now, but dont like being dictated to what I can put in my own field!!

However, I do understand owner of stallion's predicament also...however they have own yard where it could be moved to, I dont.......

For a giggle factor, the stallion in question is welshy boy, huge and mare is 22 year old shetland!!
 
I would have thought that it was the stallion owner's responsibility to prevent him from sowing his wild oats... From the sound of it you've been as reasonable as possible. No idea where you stand legally though.
 
I would think that the stallion's owner has the responsibility of ensuring his animal is securely kept.

Mayflower - I think one mare, one stallion Just some missing apostrophes!!
 
I thought it applied to any animal that it was the owners job to keep it secure.

So unless your mare is likely to hop over (or wiggle under!) the fence for a bit of action it is their responsiblity to have sufficient fencing to keep him in, with solid and overheight fencing if required. If they don't have the facilities to keep a stallion they should sell it or geld it.
 
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I would think that the stallion's owner has the responsibility of ensuring his animal is securely kept.

Mayflower - I think one mare, one stallion Just some missing apostrophes!!

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Phew! I was going to start off on one about stallions being kept together. lol.
I agree with you though - it is the stallion's owner who should ensure that the fencing/security is adequate to keep the boy in.
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I think legally we are obliged to fence to keep our animals IN rather than others being responsible to fence us out regardless of what is in the adjoining field be it stallion other livestock or a garden.
Its up to them to have fencing 'suitable for purpose ' i.e. fit to prevent their stallion gettng in your field.
 
Everyone is correct - even if the fence is owned by the mare owner and it has in the deed to provide "a livestock proof fence", it would still be down to the stallion owner to contain his animal.

We have this problem as some gardens back onto our field and its in their deed to provide a livestock proof fence, but basically its our problem if animals escape, so we have to electric fence.
 
Now you know why you used to have to have a licence under the dangerous animals act before you could have a stallion. Now any numpty can have one. I remember watching a stallion jump over a solid wall with a substantial drop in order to get to our neighbour's mare. Having given her a good rogering he then attacked anyone who tried to get in to remove the mare. Luckily, with all the running around nothing held and there was no foal as an outcome.
 
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I remember watching a stallion jump over a solid wall with a substantial drop in order to get to our neighbour's mare.

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There's a 2 yo oldenburg who is to make 17+ hh in the field next to my mare. Can one buy an equine chastity belt?
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I have actually seen more mares get out of fields to get to a stallion rather than stallions getting out to get to a mare. You are both responsible to keep your own animals in their own fields.
 
I don't know about this one. Maybe the rules are different between England and Scotland but when sheep from a neighbouring field kept getting into our horses field, someone told me that its up to US to keep them out! Thought it sounded very odd but they were certain this was the case...
 
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As a numpty stallion owner I consider it my responsibility to keep my horse behind safe fencing where he can't get out and endanger other horses, or the public. Same goes for my other horses. My property, my fencing, my responsibility.

Thankfully I don't share fence lines with other animals (with the exception of the ghastly children along the road - sorted that though, hot wired it, and yes, I did tell them) If I did then I wouldn't put my stallion in that particular field, I don't want him getting hurt.

If your horse is in a field, then it is your responsibility to check the fencing and if it is not up to the job to do something about it.
 
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I would think that the stallion's owner has the responsibility of ensuring his animal is securely kept.

Mayflower - I think one mare, one stallion Just some missing apostrophes!!

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Phew! I was going to start off on one about stallions being kept together. lol.
I agree with you though - it is the stallion's owner who should ensure that the fencing/security is adequate to keep the boy in.
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can I ask what is wrng with stallions being turned out together. we have turned stallions and colts out together, although i wouldnt do it next to mares. we lease stallions from a friend her 5 stallions live together with no problems. we took the stallion we borrowed back a few weeks ago he came out of his field of mares in the morning and back out with the other stallions when we arrived.

i agree this doesnt suit all stallions only due to the way they have been brought up i would never turn anything out with our current stallion. but would be happy to keep stallions together
 
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