My mare is stallion like. ,?

Question

I have a 5 year old dun mare who is very aggresive to other horses , and sometimes people she either loves them ( few and far between ) or tries to destroy them, either mares or geldings, she has also tried to mount other mares. she has had her hormone levels checked and they are at the top end for a mare but no where near a stallion would be, her karyotyping is also normal showing she is female. She does have tiny ovaries 2 cm with no follicles, her cervix also has a protusion from it when you lift her tail, this is driving me and the vets to distraction, and may also end up bankrupting me with all the tests that are being done on her , also am begining to think this problem might not be fixable and might have to look for a more suitable enviroment for her .HELP PLEASE.any thoughts or advice will be most appreciated.

Answer 1

either this mare has REALLY bad heat cycles. Which you can get the tubes tied so that she won't be in pain which is causing her to be hateful.

Also in a herd of horses the true leader is a mare. Cool fact if your mares mother was a herd leader those gene's transfered to your mare. So you'll have to use stronger bits, put lead shank on.

I'd see about getting the tubes tied

Answer 2

Mares act like this sometimes.  She's not really acting like a stallion, but she is certainly acting very mare-y.  A lot of mares like to exert their dominance.  That's why she acts like that to other horses.  And she's mean to people for the same reason.  I've met a couple of mares that are like this.  They're just really dominant and they're especially bad in their stall or their paddock... any ground that they feel like is theirs.  If possible, you could turn her out alone in her own paddock so she can't try to assert herself over the other horses.

I believe there are hormone regulators that you can get for your mare to calm her down a little bit.  You can regulate her cycles so she's not as mean all the time.  I don't think you need to keep doing tests on her... it's just the way she acts... she's trying to assert herself as the most dominant horse in the barn.  Instead of doing tests, ask the vets what kind of treatment they would suggest to calm her down a little bit.

also, it's sometimes good for mares to act like that.  It makes them better show horses.  If she wants to make the other horses submit to her dominance, she'll use that energy to try harder when you ask her to do things.  The mare in my barn who acts the most dominant (she'll attack you if you come anywhere near her stall) is also the best show horse.  Somehow the "mean" ones are also the ones who try the hardest and show the most talent.