Smacking a horse in his privates if he drops??

[fburton]

The big difference is whether your horse is just relaxed OR relaxed and fantacizing OR getting ready to act on his urges !

Only the last is of any concern, and it's pretty easy to tell it apart from the first two.

[fburton]

I have shown with quite a few stallion and it is common to smack their private parts if they drop when being ridden but we are talking mature breeding stallions not young foals. There is no reason to smack a foal for something like that

Is there any reason to smack the private parts of a ridden horse either? Getting him paying attention to you and working is good enough in almost every case.

[Tamara in TN]

She said if I didn't want to whack him, that she would do it, but I wouldn't let her. It just didn't seem right, the baby wasn't doing anything wrong that I could see, and he is only 2. Your opinion?
Thanks!

my opinion is that is one of the more vile things to do to a stallion and you need to hang out with smarter people


Tamara

[pal-o-mino]

my opinion is that is one of the more vile things to do to a stallion and you need to hang out with smarter people


Tamara

Just wanted to note that he is gelded.

Yeah, I alreaady got the name of a new bodywork person...lol. she was out once and then this was a recheck. So no more.

[ReSomething]

Geez - the first time I brought the old guy into a stall and let him have his bucket of grain in a protected space he dropped and got an erection and I felt good that I'd done something he liked so much! Am I some sort of perv?

If the pony is talking dirty over the fence to the mares and lets it drop and get erect I'll say something, growl or whatever, but why would I discourage a behavior that's useful to me at sheath cleaning time by smacking him? He can't pee without dropping it for Heaven's sakes.

[Grataan]

Wonder if this'd work on my DDH?? Grrrrr..... PUT THAT AWAY.

Hahaha!!! Yeah I think the lady that whacks the poor horse on the penis needs to have some sensitive part of her smacked when she's relaxing. Seriously, growling and pointing the halter whip in the general direction of the offending part and moving them back or forward works pretty well, then they learn hey when she does this I need to suck it up. Pretty easy to install button, no smacking needed.


The last thing you want on a horse that may be drug tested is fear of dropping in front of the "weenie watcher" at shows lol.

[Arcadien]

20 years ago I saw a farrier / half ass race horse trainer kick the crap out of a stallion in his stomach & flanks for dropping. In my opinion he was a) embarrassed to have two young ladies seeing the studs equipment b) showing off his "maniless" in being able to beat up a real live stallion. The horse just got confused & upset & I was disgusted with the man, but not gutsy enough back then to say what I thought. I'd definitely speak up for the horse now!

I think only those not so bright & prone to anthropomophise their animals think the dropping is something that needs to be disciplined. Yeah in a halter show I could see it being inconvenient, but it sounds like you all have some humane strategies for diverting the horses attention.

My new OTTB gelding drops when I start currying his neck & his haunches. I think it's great as he was given to me as being antsy & difficult in crossties - I think his dropping is a sign he is relaxed & not stressed by my handling.

[mbm]

wow. now 2 people have said they think hitting a horses penis is a good and correct thing to do.... i wish they would have the balls to speak up and let us know their rationale?

[AliCat]

The horse I lease will always drop when I groom him after a ride, but not before. He doesn't swing it around, but when I start currying certain areas on his neck, it does come out. His ears also go out sideways, his lips flop, his eyes close, and he lets out a sigh. Hardly threatening, and I would never smack him for that behavior.

[Antaeus]

I have shown with quite a few stallion and it is common to smack their private parts if they drop when being ridden but we are talking mature breeding stallions not young foals. There is no reason to smack a foal for something like that

Just curious: How do you smack the private parts while you're riding? If I did it with any accuracy, I'd fall off.
Which would be my payback for doing it.

[cloudyandcallie]

Y'all do know that if non-horsey guys stumble upon this thread, they are gonna think that we women are, well obsessed with the subject?
Of course they'll feel pretty inferior anyway.

[paulaedwina]

It makes me worry about how people might be raising their human children. I mean, if you're bent on punishing your horse for masturbation, what do you do with your kids?

Paula

[Simbalism]

I had a friend who had a gelding who would really get into his self pleasure when we would be standing around trainer in a lesson. Any time she would stop riding him, he would whip it out and start flapping it against his stomach. He would be to the point of almost zoning out he was so into it. Trainer made rider bring a bat with her to the ring and every time he started doing that the trainer would smack him either on the shoulder or stomach in the vicinity of the waving object. He became better about not doing it in lessons as long as trainer was holding the bat. At shows, friend just carried the bat, especially while standing around getting ready to school or go into ring for her class. If she didn't have it he would start in. I don't think it is necessary to punish every horse, but this horse took it to the extreme.

[7HL]

The woman is a nut. Slap her in the privates, twice, once from me.

The woman obviously has issues. Should have asked her why she was looking.

[OldMorgans]

Way back, around 1980 or so, I was taking lessons at a public arena. Another trainer & her husband used the arena also at the same time for lessons. One day, the husband came hobbling up on crutches with a cast on his foot & up his leg. I overheard the story. Seems he went to kick a horse in the privates when the horse was dropping and the horse moved or his aim was off and he got the top of his foot right on the horse's stifle. Horse's stifle won; husband's foot got shattered.
I felt that was justice.

[coloredhorse]

I am taken aback that this woman is apparently a bodyworker and seems unfamiliar with the very-common response of a male horse during a good massage session. This happens all the time. It happens with stallions and geldings, with horses of all ages. It's a very normal and expected reaction (and yes, does signify relaxation, as everyone here already knows).

Ignore this lady's bizarre advice. And find another bodyworker, as I'd have serious qualms about this person's experience and skill.

[Beverley]

Agree w/coloredhorse. My gelding does it now and again during grooming and I view it as a good sign! Used to have one that so loved body clipping that he dropped during that process as well. (You may not want to visualize the consequences re flying/accumulating fur...)

[Right on Target]

I would not punish a horse for what your horse did. In my opinion my gelding can do whatever he wants with his junk especially when your intent is to relax him.

Years ago I was at a breed show and I saw a stallion let it out, start to get a woody as he was rumbling at a mare. The owner lightly tapped the 5th leg with her whip. I was pretty young and I'd never seen a horse corrected like that (so I was a bit aghasted), but in hindsight the horse didn't seem upset or hurt at all and he didn't even move, but he did put it back in. It was really a non-event and he seemed to understand what the handler was trying to achieve.

I don't don't have a stallion so this isn't something I would have to worry about, as my guy is welcome to air his junk out whenever he wants. But it didn't seem where the stallion I saw was hurt by or fearful of this very light correction.

[nasalberry]

this is something uneducated people do to "teach them a lesson" ...

Yes this is what ALL of the 4-H/westurn-pleezer/stock-halter horse people do it in Wayne county, OH.
Even saw one "good ol' boy" spectator at a show get positively outraged because a handler would not "beat the livin' sh*t outta that there stud hoss in his *privates* with the (silver-coated) shank.

I won't go anywhere near ANY of these morons.

I figure it is not only a low IQ, and passed-on ignorance, but because they all suffer from the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans syndrome.

[Skyedragon]

I have seen this happen a lot from people that show in halter or showmanship and I always raise an eyebrow. Its a horse, sometimes they let their junk hang out, get over it.