Young colt a little TOO interested in "girl parts" ...

[TrueColours]

I am totally stumped on this one. I gave a few suggestions but as I have never dealt with this particular issue before, have no idea if my ideas will work or not

I got this email today from a friend with her 3 year old, newly gelded colt:

He's been doing some things that have made us quite uncomfortable and its kind of embarrassing! He insists on sniffing our crotches and if you have your period, he gets a wee bit too excited.

He got a lesson in personal space! He was a little too interested and intense!

What would you do? He has been respectful of me since then but other women....


I told her to either squirt him in the mouth with those lemon shaped pastic lemon juice squirty things when he comes down low for a sniff, or get a water pistol and shoot him in the face with it if he insists on this rather perverse behaviour ... and say a loud "NO!!!!" and make him back up 20-30 feet in the process as well if thats possible

Now maybe in time once the testosterone has left his system he will chill out just fine, but I guess in the short term its a little disconcerting for those involved ...

Heck - maybe sprinkling your crotch with red pepper might work even better??? :lol:

I'll let her know the link to this thread so hopefully someone has dealt with this before and has some suggestions that will work for her

Thanks! :)

[YankeeLawyer]

Not to be gross but perhaps better personal hygiene is in order!

[JoZ]

Well, if she is implying that the horse has sexual interest, that's just not so. First of all, women aren't ovulating, i.e. receptive, when they are menstruating. It's not like "heat". Secondly, we are a predator species -- heck you could just stop with the fact that we're a DIFFERENT species. How unreliable do people think Mother Nature is, that a horse could be inclined to breed a human? If anything, he is upset by the smell of blood and perceives it as a threat or danger.

Bottom line, I would never allow any horse to sniff me anywhere. If this horse's manners are that bad, I would make sure no one handles him who can't insist on his respect.

[TheJenners]

Ugh...I hate hate HATE this myth/wives' tale/BS. We are a different species. He may be curious, but he damn well isn't getting "excited" by it.

[silver2]

Maybe send her a link explaining the menstrual cycle?

How can a grown woman not understand this!

[Maddie]

Ridiculous!

[TrueColours]

Let me explain further ...

They just bought this colt (now gelding) less than a week ago. He was living out and had limited personal interaction with anyone for the last 3 years. Literally not to have feet done or anything. The new owner went and saw him, bought him after seeing him moving loose in the field, and they herded him onto a trailer and brought him home

It is not just with the new owner. It is with the barn owner and her staff (all female) as well and none of them are "newbies" to the horse owning or looking-after world, nor do they subscribe to any old wives tale theories

I have often heard the same warning too about not going near stallions at "that time of the month" and have also poo-poohed it because I have never found it to be true - ever - with any stallion that I have been around

But in this case - with experienced horse women - it seems like he does have an "issue" in this area and since they had never dealt with something like this before, they asked if I had any suggestions and since *I* have also never dealt with something like this before either - I made my 2 suggestions and am now asking if anyone else has dealt with this problem before

I think the difference with all/most of us, is that our colts gets proper handling right from the get-go. They understand the "personal space" mandate, what is and isnt acceptable behaviour because it has been ingrained in them from birth, but to take a virtually unhandled almost mature stallion who has never had these lessons and rules explained to him before, you may well be dealing with a whole 'nuther situation entirely ...

Any helpful suggestions would be very much appreciated that can be passed on to them

[tri]

First of all tell them to grow up. If the horse hasn't had much interaction with people, then he is probably curious as to the smell. I had one that would get very interested in anyone wearing fingernail polish as I NEVER wear it and it was new to him. Does that mean he is gay??

[Ladybug Hill]

First of all tell them to grow up. If the horse hasn't had much interaction with people, then he is probably curious as to the smell. I had one that would get very interested in anyone wearing fingernail polish as I NEVER wear it and it was new to him. Does that mean he is gay??


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[Equine Reproduction]

What I find puzzling is why anyone is letting any horse's muzzle near their crotch in the first place? Quite honestly, I wouldn't be comfortable allowing a horse the opportunity to "sniff" any part of my torso long enough to get the impression that it was overly interested in a particular part! Sniffing my hand? Perhaps. But beyond that, allowing a horse the opportunity to have to bring it's muzzle sufficiently close as to be able to sniff would be a big, fat no no in my book. I just wouldn't allow the horse's head anywhere but where it "should" be and close to my crotch wouldn't be on that list of acceptable places. JMHO.

Kathy St.Martin
Equine Reproduction Short Courses
http://www.equine-reproduction.com

[PLeC]

Sounds like he's just getting acclimated to new scents and is curious. I betcha it'll pass. My daughter smokes. Last year I had a filly who would make a big show about curling her lip and snorting every time my daughter would give her "kisses." It got to the point whenever my daughter would even walk into the barn, the filly would start curling her lip -- made a big show of it. It was really funny. We thought she'd make an excellent subject for a non-smoking ad. While my daughter still smokes, the filly eventually stopped "objecting."

[JackSprats Mom]

I agree woth PLec- its new, he's young, horses smell stuff...they need to stop taking it as sexual and start correcting inappropriate touch.

I look as it as no different as when a dog runs up and sniffs you in the crotch- its just plain rude, bad mannered and dominant behaviour (at least in a dog) thats not to be tolerated.

He's been doing some things that have made us quite uncomfortable and its kind of embarrassing! He insists on sniffing our crotches and if you have your period, he gets a wee bit too excited.


As for him getting 'excited' again, probably nothing to do with them being on their periods. My horse regular as clockwork get brought in from his pasture, put in cross ties to get ready for work and he will drop out and get an erection. Just his morning routine. Boys are simple creatures of habit :winkgrin: