Tip: Introducing a New Horse to a Herd
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Recently introduced a sweet senior mare to my old man gelding on a small pasture. Kept her overnight in the stall then turned her out in the morning. Old Bo was so happy he was chasing her and tooting and falling in love! I enjoyed watching them. They did a lap around the little pasture I have and they settled in to grazing with no drama.
aint it funny?
Wow!,....Now that's a huge indicator that you're good to your horses, Bill. The one female,.... She came over and was in jealous /guarding you,,.... She stood in the way of her coming to you.... That's a huge (involuntary) compliment your animals jst gave you, & an indicator to me, I think that you're pretty good to your horses.
I like watching stuff like this too. I find it very interesting. idnt it strange how humans. & horses share very similar attributes? ,,, not knowing it, but you know how you're talking about pheromones. Yeah, I believe your. 100% correct. Thank you for posting this. I enjoyed watching it.
Im glad you liked it. Thank you.
I bet they'd like a nice big field to play and graze in.
You gonna pay for it?
Nicely designed run in shelter.
Loved watching this. Thanks for posting.
you bet!
Very interesting!
hope you enjoyed
That turning up the nose, baring teeth is called Flehman. Buck deer do it when they smell a doe in or coming into heat.
So do I
This is really fascinating, thanks!
glad you like it
Herd dynamics are fascinating! Our Alpha is a 30 yr old mare who came off the range in Wyoming at 11. You can lead, tie, worm and vet her but that's about it. She has trouble with her vision at this stage and there is always someone who baby sits her. Often the duty gets passed around the herd. Still, no one challenges her. It will be interesting to see what happens when she is gone. I have found that the beta horse is often a real pain about bossing everyone around but the alpha has only to drop their ears to make things happen quickly.
they are so fun to watch
Same here. Our big boss is in his late 20s. He is kinda weak now, but still nobody challenges him. When he has an opinion everyone else acquiesces.
When we introduce a new horse to the herd he shows up once, telling the new one who he is and that's it.
The "crown prince", a almost 9 year old draft gelding, who was raised here since 6 month old, is the one who bosses new horses around and is even biting and kicking. And our "grande dame" is the same, a very dominant almost 19 year draft mare. These two drafts are really challenging when it comes to integrating new horses to our herd. Sometimes it takes weeks to integrate a new horse... the others? No problem at all. They get along with anyone.
Thanks and MERRY CHRISTMAS to the Davis family! All peace, k
Thank you. Merry Christmas and happy new year even though Im late.
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt just early for next year.. glad yr moving forward. The best year for you guys
Thank you.@@jackkrag
Exactly! They’ll get it figured out on their own.
Bill is a tank
just the way I like them
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt same here
Would love to see a video on tying the head to the tail, love the videos!
will do
Oh my god I love this!❤️😂
Im so glad
At times fun to watch. Depends on the fences. That’s why I built a large pipe waterlot
I just introduced a mare to my 2 geldings and they got into a huge kicking match right away.
She got badly hurt on her leg.
Will they ever be able to be together ?
let them duke it out, Ill bet she is not hurt that bad
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt Her leg is swelling up & she doesn't want to put weight on it
I have a herd of 3 in the order of mare, gelding, mare. I am trying to introduce a new gelding and the old gelding but both super aggressive. The new gelding has cornered the two mares and been very aggressive with backing and kicking so I separated them. And, the old gelding is super aggressive with the new gelding biting and kicking. So, I kept the new gelding separated for a week and am not sure now how to introduce them now without a fence. Your video of introduction seems calm and gentle, but that will not be the case for my new herd. As a note, I actually had rehomed the old gelding because he was mean to all geldings and only likes mares. Now the new gelding doesn't seem much better. Please help with any additional tips?
Lots of gelding are like that, most are pretty stag cut. Can you stall them next to each other or introduce them across the fence? You may try putting the new gelding with the mares and the old gelding in a stall a few days or even one mare at a time or one with one. If you have enough room then the biting and kicking is no big deal so long as you turn your head and walk off.
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt yes, they've been stalled across from each other for one week, and every chance the old gelding gets he runs into the fence and threatens. So, I had done what you suggested. I put one mare in at a time with the new pony (!) gelding and in no time he cornered them and proceeded to lay a licking on them. He did this with both mares and that seemed to really aggravate the old gelding in the next pen. Today, I put them all in the large pasture with flakes of hay all over. The old gelding and the mares stuck together, and the old gelding and one mare would run and chase the pony gelding away and bite him. I put them in separate pens at night and will keep trying this pasture method in the day and hope the tension wears off. Let me know if you have any more suggestions. Those two geldings can be vicious!
@@peK6SjwC One is pony? Well that can be a tough deal.
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArtyes the new gelding is a welsh pony. Hes been aggressive with both mares when penned together. And, the old gelding is aggressive to the pony gelding from across the fence, and when all put out in pasture together. He chases him away. No RUclips videos I've watched shows aggression and this is my first experience. If I cant get it resolved, I will need to rehome the old gelding. Any further advice?
@@peK6SjwC Not really, most ponies are little Demonds. All I can tell you is let them sort it out.
Apparently this works for you. How often do you deal with injuries? I would be concerned about my customer horses getting scarred up or injured. Not saying this doesn't work but I've always been very cautious and kept most of my horses separated. I also had a tail eater that ate the tails off four of my horses.
Iv never had any get hurt. Those were all ranch horses or personal horses. I wouldn't do that with client horses
I know the picking oder when I was in the army they took you to the order room and touned you up you learned real quick
no doubt
Hey. Nice video, with good comment of yours. So in fact it takes about 17,36 minutes for a youngster to get into the herd and find his place into it👏
Thats it
Ever had a horse get herd bound and be a PITA when you took them out of the herd to work with them? Or raise holy heck when you took their buddy away? Curious how you deal with that.
I've had that happen. It takes weaning them all over again, no matter the age. I put them in a place where they have to rely on me as a friend. I never give them a reason to doubt me as a friend, but I do remain the boss, which is vital. I find it takes about 3 weeks to establish that relationship as a solid one.
Just curious how can a horse not be very gelded? So long as the testicles are gone and the horse is heeled up??? Your comment was to get another vet if the geldings are still acting up and fighting over mares just tryin to understand.. are you referring to maybe a cryptorchid a horse or something like that?
Often when gelding a horse, the cord doesn't get pulled out far enough to take all or most of the buttons. Instead it gets crimped right behind the squealer. Obviously a horse gelded this way cannot be "regelded" to take more of the cord and as far as making sure they don't reproduce the job is done but future geldings can have improved attitudes by finding someone who takes the appropriate amount of cord along with the testicles.
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt I was told by a vet recently that was a wives tale however I never had any type of issues with colts that we cut ourselves. Appreciate your response and enjoy your videos keep them coming.
@@HorsemanshipAsAnArt I have a roan gelding who this happened to. UC Davis did a corrective procedure on that cord, and made him much more of a gentleman. But before that he was a tough SOB who just wouldn't tire out according to his previous owner who had him at the time.
I have a gelding who can’t be with mares because he will “breed” them. I discussed with vet who assured me both testicles were removed. But this cord theory may explain his behavior. Last time I tried him with a mare he was 23 and still did it. He was also a very skeptical horse to ride and only accepted leadership from very confident riders. Thanks for your input.
So there is the testicle that makes the seamen, and there is another organ we call the squealer that makes a horse stud acting. If the squealer is mot removed the horse still acts like a stallion. In vet school they do not teach to remove the squealer. Some vets don't know about this. I gelded a horse today and the squealer was four inches up the artery from the testicle, lots of vets don't catch it because the lack of nuts does render the hors unable to breed but the squealer still makes him act like a stallion.