Question: My miniature stallion will not accept new mare introduced to the herd of 12 mares. How long should I allow abuse to continue. The stallion will run this little mare away from his herd of mares. He not only chases her, he bites her face, and her tail. I realize that they he may be letting her know that he is the guy in charge, but there is injury to her face, butt, and tail to a pointof bleeding and infection.After this went on for 2 weeks, I separated the new mare from the herd, let herrun with the mares for three days, then let the stallion back into the herd. Itstarted all over again. Next, I separated her again but let two of the maresbond with her thinking that would help. Again, when she and her two mares shewas with entered back into the herd, the stallion started all over again. Hehas had other new mares introduced to him in the past (usually 2-3 at a time)and the adjustment did not take more than a few days, never with suchaggressive behavior as being displayed now. Help! It is possible that he seesthis little mare (very passive) as a threat to his herd? Should I justpermanently keep her away from this stallion?

Question: Hello, my five year old mustang mare shares a paddock with my sisters gelding quarter horse who is six. Earlier today i went outside to water the them, andthe gelding drank first and then the mare did and after she finished drinkingthe gelding stuck out his man part. The mare put her mouth in the water andstarted splashing around. I thought she was just playing around. But then shecurled up her lip. and splashed around some more. When the gelding sucked backin, she stopped. What was she doing?

Answer: The mare was most likely just playing in the water. It is common for a gelding to drop his penis partially while resting, so the behaviors are very unlikely to be related in any way.

Question: I have 4 horses in one pen and I have a problem with the 2 older ones my white Arab is mean to the other 3. She chases them and kicks them and when they are close enough, she bites.  I really don’t want her to live alone but I don’t want the others to get hurt. I wonder if it is because she was in a small pen with 11 other horses when I got her. I know she gets spooked easily on her right side because she has cataracts but she can be so mean to the point she runs them through a fence. The other one is a black Arab that was abused before I got her. She is aggressive toward people. She bites, kicks, and tries to run you down. I love her and don’t want to sell her but I have kids. Can you please help me?