I agree with what has being said - your stallion needs to know what is right and wrong, what they can and can't do. I've had a stallion since he was a yearling and one that I bred. The older boy is fantastic, but like any "man", he has his good days and his bad days - we've had so many compliments on him over the years, including people coming up to our truck and patting him and getting quite a shock that he is tied up one end of the truck with geldings and mares lining around the whole truck when we tell him, "oh no, he's actually our Hanoverian Stallion".
He knows he's NOT allowed to scream or nicker when we are handling him and he knows that his manhood has to stay packed away when we are handling him as well as at shows. Nothing worse than seeing a stallion screaming and rearing and carrying on with his manhood stuck out - really not a professional way to "show off" your stallion, remember, these are the images that people will remember about your horse and when it comes time for local people to book him at stud, that is what they'll remember.
Start from day one when you have them - and honestly? Training with stallions is everyday, there isnt' a "break" from it at all. You need to keep reminding them what they can and can't do, because they will slip up occasionally.
Just to lighten the thread a funny story about my boy:
We were at a show and waiting to go into the arena for a lead class when he was young, and he KNEW he wasn't allowed to call out. Anyway, he was watching a few mares and I would poke him in the neck occassionally with a "oi... attention back here bucko" and a mare walked past him, HOT in season, doing everything to woe him and he puffed himself up, looked at her, looked at me giving him the evil eye and went "uh oh", deflated his neck and let out this restrained squeal/grunt sounding them - well I looked at him and he looked back with that total "I TOTALLY DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT!!" look and I just DIED laughing at him! He honestly tried so hard not to nicker at her and because he stopped himself he sort of squealed, oh god I was hilarious!!
Another funny story (this is about breeding so young eyes avert now!).
He was young again, quite proud that he was breeding mares and it had being raining and his "serving" yard was wet but nothing major. Anyway, we tease at the fence, send him into the stable to wait for the mare to come in, and then give him a signal for him to come over and do his job - anyway, he came prancing up to his mare, all proud and like any young man ready to woe his lady, and as he jumped up, he slipped and fell over, slapping his chin on the butt of the mare and landed face first in the mud - well Dad and I just lost it laughing and King polietly got up, stuck his nose in the air and stood in his stable. Not kidding you - he REFUSED to serve the mare!! We backed her in there, pulled her out, backed her in, pulled her out and he just stuck his head in the corner and refused to have anything to do with her or us.
We had embarressed him and heavily bruised his ego!!
It was hilarious though - poor boy!!
But yeah, they do give you a laugh at times, but other times you seriously would rather take a knife to their "manhood" yourself to save you the headache - they are funny though.
Just thought I'd lighten the thread - hope you got a giggle!!
~Sam
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