So Beutiful, Yet He Bites!!

[arabianknight]

so, i posted this in the general section but got no replies- probably cuz i didnt know about a special 'genetics' section :) . my filly is 20 months old and im already thinking of of when shes 4 or 5 years old- when she gets covered :D I have the perfect guy (or stallion ;) ) for her, but he bites. does that mean that the foal that is produced will bite, or are these things unhereditary? *crosses fingers and hopes they are unheriditery*

thanks

[arabianknight]

oh and just so its clear, he bites HARD, but hes actually kinda sweet :p . he bites EVERYONE THat comes close to his room- but me and i dont even have any 'bond' with him.

[crazystevie]

not necesarily. The way I see it, is that no foal is born bad, it's how you trani them. However, if the stallion has a bad temperament overall, then this temperement can be passed on to the foal.

[xXSundanceBayXx]

i dont think so, most bad habits start from boredom or something bad happening. manni bites most people HARD and kicks too, the only person i know hasnt been bitten or kicked is his owner. He adores her and whinnies evrytime he sees her or hears her car. she has taught his to rear up on command and he follows her round jumping courses and everything.

anyway, he wasnt born a bad horse he had a hard upbringing and his mother died so he had a foster mare who rejected him. they were sweet when people were around but when a back was turned the mare kicked and bit him. i think this led to him picking up on her anti social behavior to him and he thought that this was the way to be. :( i cried when i heard this about him, of course there were more details but i wont go into those because they were awful .

[Esther.D]

If he bites hard and aggressively then I'm afraid wouldn't use him, the biting may well have been caused by the way he is kept/something that has happened to him but the first thing I would look for in a stallion is a good kind temperament and then looks/conformation. I wouldn't take the risk of a bad/stroppy temperament being passed onto his offspring when there are plenty of other nice stallions out there with no vices.