Unfortunately, it is common to encounter
stallions that have had years of
reinforced bad habits, which have been
produced or rewarded by people without
the necessary knowledge or judgement
to prevent them. These stallions are then
time consuming, quirky and frequently
dangerous to collect. It is common to hear
owners of older stallions make assertions
like “he won’t tolerate anyone touching
his penis at any time” and “he won’t
mount a dummy and must have a jump
mare”. These points are often absolutely
true of their horse at that time, and must
be accepted in many cases. However, if
the horse had been trained the right way
from the start then they wouldn’t have
the inconvenient issues that are now
present and often unable to be reversed.
For this reason it is recommended that
people get training collections done by
an experienced veterinarian under ideal
conditions.
Obviously there are massive benefits to
breeding stallions by collection and fresh
or chilled AI.
• It provides the ability to ship semen
to mares at distant locations and thus
reach a greater mare audience.
•It allows the semen to be split into
multiple doses so the stallion can breed
more mares (a fairly average ejaculate
of 5 billion live progressively motile
sperm can be used to AI 10 mares
without any reduction in conception
rate).
•If the stallion is being collected on a
dummy (or “serving phantom”) the
procedure is also easier to prepare
for, faster to co