I have ONE mare to breed and she just won’t tease. It’s driving me nuts lol!!
She just wants to double barrel the boy and have nothing to do with him. He is behind a barrier, safe and sound, but anyone have any ideas?? She won’t even get close enough to sniff noses.
Mare is 8, maiden. No health issues.
Aside- it’s extremely hot and drought conditions at the moment where we are. Could factor in I should think…
Thanks!
J
any way you can reverse the teasing method and take her to him? One year I was having zero luck getting my girls to show when I brought him to them–but when I did it in reverse I got immediate results. Sounds dumb but it worked like a charm for whatever reason.
Could you try a different stallion?
Ultrasound is your friend ;). Some mares will absolutely NOT tease, regardless. And then you have the mares that break down and display estrus as a form of submission. So, while it is certainly helpful, with some girls, it’s no help at all. Ugh…mare “is” a four letter word. But then so is male and stud :D!
Ultrasounding the mare and then using hormonal manipulation is exact, but cost more.
But as far as “teasing tricks” – here are some I know:
As mentioned – take the stallion to the mare not the other way around.
Try different stallions – I’ve seen young maidens totally freeze up to a mature, noisy stallion, yet tease very readily to a long yearling colt or 2 yr. old.
Put the mare loose in a pen close enough to the stallion’s were they can get to know each other, but not TOUCH each other. Some mares need to have more familiarity with the stallion
Tease daily and look for little changes. Give mare/stud some time.
Then just give up and call the vet to ultrasound.:lol:
I only have one non teaser…won’t get interested until the last second. I end up putting her in a field next to the stallion with a hotwired fence. They know it’s hot and won’t touch it but eventually (about 2 days…) will start to sniff noses over the fence. I know her well enough now to know that she will be receptive about 2 more days after she will sniff noses…have had her quite a while to get to know her odd self quite well.
One other thing - some mares will require up to fifteen minutes of continuous teasing before they will display any kind of reaction. Good luck!
Yep, I have one of those! 
She also will NOT tease if we take her to the stallion. Other way around…and give her some time to warm up, and there are definitely signs.
We had a couple like that this year, new girls, retired show mares. We finally put them next to Mr. Studly, just an alley way between so he couldn’t touch them. After they had some time to get to know him, we gave them .5 cc of Estramate and they have both turned into seriously hussies. Both have been easy to breed as well.
Absolutely what Kathy and Tracy said…takes quite awhile with some, and some are already peeing as we lead them down the barn aisleway out to Hooties pasture.
Hootie is our judge. He takes his time over the fence and does not give up if he thinks there is a chance. If the mare is truly not in heat, he turns his butt to the fence and i believe he says “take her away…not in heat”
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Absolutely what Kathy and Tracy said…takes quite awhile with some, and some are already peeing as we lead them down the barn aisleway out to Hooties pasture.
Hootie is our judge. He takes his time over the fence and does not give up if he thinks there is a chance. If the mare is truly not in heat, he turns his butt to the fence and i believe he says “take her away…not in heat”[/QUOTE]
LOL, Meathead is the same, except he is a gelding…and I do know the vet got both. He’s quite accurate though and you can’t drag him close to a mare who is not in heat.
So are you breeding her live cover or A.I.?
I had a mare who was very silent in her heat cycles. I would get her palpated early in the spring, to see where she was in her cycle and then bring her back to my repro vet and determine more closely when to be on guard for ordering semen. She was never vocal or a peeing mess.
The last mare I had, seemed to always be in season. And she was vocal about everything.
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