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Dee
Neonate
Username: Dee
Post Number: 5
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:58 am: | 
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I have this stallion in mind but I don't know if he is overpriced.
How do you know how much to pay?
What do you need in a stallion?
Do you need a certin place to put him?
What do you look for?
PLEASE HELP!
Anything will be helpful.
Thanks |
Cathy
Breeding Stock
Username: Cathy
Post Number: 132
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 09:56 am: |
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Stallions do require special fencing. You should also check with your county attorney and find out what your laws are for fencing requirments for stallions.
Dee have you ever worked with a stallion? If you haven't I would recommend finding someone that has a stallion and watching how they handle him everyday and during breeding before buying one for yourself. Cathy |
Dee
Neonate
Username: Dee
Post Number: 7
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 08:00 pm: |
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I have been around Stallions but never had to handle them before! |
Lori
Weanling
Username: Lori
Post Number: 22
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 07:30 am: |
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I had to laugh when I read that Dee put:
I have been around Stallions but never had to handle them before!
If this is your way of thinking "never HAD to handle them"
then I dont' think you want this horse!
Are you thinking of having him gelded? If that is the case, then his value is that of a gelding, and you should pay what is fair to you as a gelding.
Do NOT buy the horse as a money maker. You sound like you dont' have a place for him, an idea of what to expect, and you sound like you don't even really want the whole stallion experience.
Call the vet and ask how much a gelding proceedure is, and then look at your checkbook. I think everyone on here will tell you not to buy him as a stallion and try to make money. It won't happen.
Best case scenario with a stallion is that you love him and dont' care that he isnt' a gelding because he is so good.
For more info on that, go to
www.Stallionhandlingandtraining@groups.msn.com
where you will read of ordinary people who have stallions as part of their everyday lives. And dont' forget to read about the people who change their minds and get them gelded and are VERY happy!
Lori |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 56
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 04:19 pm: |
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Do you me handle as in handle when breeding or as in working with and around the stallion? Everyone that owns a stud has to have a first stud so the best thing you can do is try to make that experience the best it can be. I think HAD is a very accurate assessment for some stallions. I GET to stand my QH stud, but the teasing stud, I HAVE to deal with. If the stud you are looking at is a horse that you will enjoy being around, who is an easy breeder and well trained that would be an ideal first stallion. I think you need to have the best behaved stud horse you can for a first stallion because you are going to make mistakes when you start out, the better horse he is to begin with, the more tolerant he will be of your mistakes. If he is a horse that you GET to handle his colts will be worth more, you’ll be happier to be around him and you’re experience as a first time stallion owner will be positive. |
Dee
Neonate
Username: Dee
Post Number: 9
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:43 pm: |
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I have been around them but I haven't had to handle them for breeding I more or less have just groomed, worked them out ect..! That was for a friend of mine but I have never had a stud of my own and I wanted a stud to get the chance to handle and have foals. |
Megan A Brown
Yearling
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 58
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 12:24 am: |
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As my good friend the vet says, "a lot of good studs can come in by airplane." Our decision to actually buy our stud rather than just buying breedings for our mares was partially an economics thing. We figured that three to four years of breedings for all 10-20 of our mares would pay for the stud. We were stud shopping when the stallion that we had AI’ed a couple of mares to the year before came up for sale. I loved the guy already but, I love him more now that he’s standing out on my front pasture  |
Dee
Nursing Foal
Username: Dee
Post Number: 12
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 12:36 am: |
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Thanks I see what you mean Megan. |
