And this mustang stud proves it.





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A young filly followed the lead stallion out into a river, trying to meet another band of mustangs. The current catches her and pulls her under. The stallion sees her fighting the current, and as she's being swept down stream, he comes over and grabs a hold of her neck. Very gingerly, the stallion uses his body and keeps a firm hold on the filly and pushes her back to the bank of the river, returning her to her mother. The stallion doesn't release the filly until she's back beside her mother and in the shallows of the river.

This stallion saved this little filly from drowning. He put himself at risk, he easily could of be swept away too but he saved the filly.

Stallions are one of the most compassionant animals I've come in contact with. Yes, some are cruel and vicious but only because we make them that way. Kid, who is my own coming stallion, proves time and again, that stallions are NOT beasts. He obviously knows what mares are but I exspect him to behave, and he does. He gets excited when he sees mares but he doesn't scream, he doesn't strike out at them and he doesn't hurt anyone to get to them. He nickers very quietly to them and it's a simple, not now and he brings himself back to work. Yes he wants the mares, but he /doesn't/ want to hurt anyone.

Some studs are beasts, most are man-made beasts. Exspect the best and chances are, your horse will do his best to live to your exspectations. Horses are compassionant animals who want to be a part of a herd. They are not stupid, I dare say they are able to love eachother. It's obvious by our rescued mares, Maybelle, even now, sacrafices her food to make sure Dixie is fed. Even though they all get plenty, she will very willingly give up her grain for her baby who's now 7 and should be fending for herself. Dixie doesn't chase her off the grain, Maybelle defends it until Dixie comes over and asks for it. Maybelle often will not go eat hay until Dixie is finished and allows Maybelle to guide her to it.

Horses have strong bonds. They take care of eachother. They protect eachother as a herd. Stallions. Mares. Geldings. We often like to think they forget eachother and us when we sell them or move them from place to place. Horses are only as distant and as cruel as we make them.

In short. Stallions aren't monsters. Horses are compassionant animals who form tight, family bonds and everyone has their place. Remember that next time you see an unruly stud or a herd bound horse. How many hours, days, weeks, months has that stud sat alone in a stall? How can you exspect a horse to leave his family when you yourself haven't bonded with him? Exspect good behavior and horses will strive to meet those exspectations. It's easier to work with your horse than against him.




-K-hustle.