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wise tale or truth? does breeding a mare really calm her down?

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    wise tale or truth? does breeding a mare really calm her down?

    any truth behind this? sorry if it has been talked about before
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    IME, usually yes but not always. They seem to be more complacent. In fact, I had mares in foal that seemed to not be as calm anymore which made me suspicious that they had slipped their foals. Had the vet out and sure enough, both had slipped. They weren't cycling or showing signs of heat, just not as easy-go-lucky.
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      I'm not sure I understand why you are asking that question? Do you want to calm down your mare for riding purposes or just in general? Either way, you would have to keep her in foal for this to work!
      If you have a mare that is strongly affected behaviorly by her heat cycles then getting her in foal will even out her hormonal fluctuations and "calm" her down. Of course once she's not pregnant anymore she'll be back to her old self!
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      • #4
        IME, no. And it's certainly not a good excuse for breeding one unless she has other exceptional qualities that she's likely to pass on.
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          just a general question i have no plans of breeding for a LONG time but my mare in general is hot and everyone suggest breeding her, however I have NO plans of doing so until i am out of college and have a good job..
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          • #6
            IME a hot mare mellows while pregnant. However, after foaling they go back to themselves unless they are rebred. There was a thread about this exact subject recently.
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            • #7
              I think it depends on the mare. I had a cranky tb mare, and once she was in foal she was so sweet. I knew she absorbed her foal b/c she became cranky again.

              Another mare I currently have gets cranky when she is in foal. Its a big attitude change.

              And a QH mare I have, she was quiet to ride and very laid back. breeding her made her a nervous wreck.

              I think hormones do different things for different mares.

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              • #8
                being preggo sure made me quieter! I have a mare that was a race horse and bred her and she is syruppie sweet now that she has a baby. So I think it could possibly, but also I wonder now that she is not racing, if she is just a sweetie anyway.
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                • #9
                  too many horses

                  whether or not it is true, why would anyone unless you have the best performing horse in its field, want to breed a mare? get a good trainer. what if you breed her and she gets worse or rejects the foal?
                  too many horses around now. sell her, train her, spay her but don't breed her!

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                    For me, disposition is the FIRST consideration I have in a potential broodmare. There are simply too many horses in this world to risk producing yet another with anything less than a stellar temperament. And while a mellow stallion can have some influence on the foal, the foal *grows up* WITH the mare, and thus is much more likely to take on her mannerisms, habits and outlook on life.

                    So if a mare is really hot -- she's not going to be part of my own breeding program. That falls into the "life's too short" category for me! It is so much easier all around when they are easy going to start out with!
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                      I am going to go with no. It may make them mature a little more, but they still are who they are. Just like people too, a leopard can't change its spots.

                      They are usually quieter DURING pregnancy when they are full of progesterone which is calming in itself; but once baby is born, old mom is back! We have a mare who is WONDERFUL during pregnancy, but when in season if not in foal is a turd sometimes.
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                      • #12
                        Like rideagoldenpony, disposition was huge to me. My girls are mellow to begin w/ and get more mellow when pregnant. It works well.

                        OTHO my g/f is convinced breeding them makes them crazy after they foal and they're just not the same as they were before. W/ their mares, I've seen it go both ways and when some of them are in heat they are real witches and pick fights w/ other mares for no apparent reason. So glad my mares don't do that!!
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                          Well, I am going to have to disagree with just about everyone here because in *some* cases I have seen mares mellow out while pregnant and stay that way even after the foal is weaned. That may be due to a variety of factors, not just hormones.

                          That said, I think temperament of any breeding animal is paramount and if a mare had a personality issue to the point that I am wondering about rather extreme ways to address that, to me she probably is not a breeding candidate!
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                            One of our maiden mares became really mellow and soppy during pregnancy. She has always loved people but we did notice a change in her character. And it has continued since the foal has been born. She is a super mum but seems to be wafting around in this mellow world of her own!
                            However she is also now a 4 year old and I think having the time out to have the foal has given her time to grown up a bit more.
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                            • #15
                              She said her horse is hot, not that she is a witch. Maybe she is but this is a whole lot of naysaying without knowing IF her mare has a bad temperment. I have had hot horses that are still very sweet. I do not automatically assume she means her horse has a crappy temperment.
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                                It can I suppose, but I've not seen it happen often enough to breed just for that reason. We have an OTTB that spent a couple of years pg and being a mom before seriously going under saddle and for the first few months every time we left the farm I swear she thought she was going to get to breed! "Oh! Am I here to meet you? Or is it you? Wink, wink!"

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                                  Originally posted by thumbsontop View Post
                                  It can I suppose, but I've not seen it happen often enough to breed just for that reason. We have an OTTB that spent a couple of years pg and being a mom before seriously going under saddle and for the first few months every time we left the farm I swear she thought she was going to get to breed! "Oh! Am I here to meet you? Or is it you? Wink, wink!"
                                  That's cute. She sounds like a very dedicated mom.

                                  To the OP, I didn't mean to assume your mare was nasty tempered. I read that as being hot u/s. Sorry for any confusion.
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