Stallions and companions

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After seeing a rather sweeping statment about stallions on the parelli thread . . . :rolleyes: I am intrested to know from those of you who have stallions if they have a field companion?

I am fully aware that different horses will have different temperaments and been socialized in different ways, just wondered what you did with yours?

I know two stallions who have a gelding as a field buddy and get on just fine.

I also think that it was said to treat them differently to mares and geldings? As in danger! it's a stallion!
Well respect = respect no matter who or what your dealing with, in my opinion anyway. Brought up and trained correctly from the outset I've always found that stallions are fantastic to work with. In fact most people I know have more problems with mares behaviour lol.

Of course I am always respectful that they are entire and have 'urges' but it does annoy me a bit that people expect stallions to be treated harsher from the outset because of this (again ref to the parelli thread)

Anyway that was my final thought of the day!
 
My stallion is treated (shock horror!) like... a horse! Because, strangely enough, thats what he is! I have had him since he was 11 months old and have always treated him the same as the others - he is now 4.

He has a field companion in my old lad who is a gelding and Panj worships him. :D He used to follow Con round the field holding onto his tail... Thankfully he has given up on that one tho!

As I said, he is treated with the same respect as the others and all I ask in return is the same respect back. So far, so good... :)
 
My 14 yr stallion lives out 24/7 with another gelding, only real issue has been a mare hackign past that relised he was a stallion and kept backing up to the gate LOL. in all honesty he is treated like any other horse but still with the respect a stallion deserves.
 
Great to hear!

My colt lives out very happily with my old gelding and thay get on great. I love the fact that he has company, gets to groom and play and be a horse.
Sometime my colt gets a bit distracted by the flirty shetlands across the next field but the gelding just watches him with amusment :D
 
At the riding school I worked at as a kid, their stallion was kept out with the rest of the herd.

My friend has three stallions they are stabled with other horses including mares, two of them go out on there own next to other horses, the third a small nervous dartmoor goes out with a couple of geldings.
 
I lived in the Middle East for many years and at our yard there were 7 stallions who were kept alongside mares and geldings in their respective stables. They weren't turned out with the mares - for obvious reasons - although they were in enclosures next to mares with ordinary height fences and there was never one problem. I can honestly say that they were all a dream to ride (bar one maybe, who was a bit of a swine at times), and they were treated very much as any other horse. No special treatment, certainly no fear, just respect for a large animal who could clobber you if you were careless - same as mares!
 
Zeus has companions depending on the time of year and what mares I want bred. In winter he usually lives with two or three in-foal mares. He has a best friend but is not allowed out with him, simply because I don't mix regular sized adults with minis. Nothing to do with him being an entire. He is barned with mares and has mares 12' away across a walkway in the paddocks.

I worked on a racing yard and we had 9 stallions, stabled together with all the others, ridden out to work together. No problems as long as you kept your eyes open.
 
Depends on the stallion whether he seves mares in hand, is purely AI or not used for breeding at all. Of course there are many exceptions to the rule(s).

Our TB stallions are stabled with mares and geldings (American stye barn) but turned out alone but in sight of company.
 
I know a stallion who lives out 24/7 with a younger gelding. The stallion is really laid back, and they get on well together, mutual grooming etc.

I have also known several stallions that lived out with mares, to cover naturally, including one champ Holsteiner. Very high fertility rates, and in all cases they had lovely temperaments, quite possibly as a direct result of living in a more natural, social setting.

Oh, and pony stallions stabled right next to each other so that they could sniff and lick through bars, all perfectly amicable and once again they had a nice, easy disposition towards people.
 
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My brother's stallion had a gelding field companion for years and then one day turned on him and pinned him to the ground. Luckily people were around and they got him off but it wasnt easy.
Ours is near to others but never in with.
 
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