Jesus christ no, that's abhorrent and abusive. Firm, correct but fair training is what stops stallions from getting too full of themselves with people, not abuse. In fact that kind of behaviour with a stallion will possibly mean one day that stallion snaps and tries to destroy them - and then the horse will be blamed. Ugh, people are horrible.

Exactly my point. I'm... just.. ugh, it bothers me to NO end.

I've been in the horse world since I was about 6. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that horse people in the general sense are horrible. I've met some great folks who are compassionate with their horses, but they are so heavily outweighed by the assholes.

I had a woman call me out and basically attack me ad hominem because I disagreed with her taking a horse into her care knowing she'd want to breed said horse to her stallion, even though the original owner of the mare doesn't want her bred.

I hate horse people. especially the women.

To be fair the asshattery is not gender-specific, the men can be just as bad and they tend to be in positions of authority more often to spread the bad training methods around. It stems from a total lack of empathy, viewing the horses as possessions rather than living, feeling beings in their own right. If anyone tried that crap with my gelding he would flatten them; he's completely sweet to everyone until he thinks someone is treating him unfairly, and then it's on. With one of these non-empathetic and abusive types he could end up labelled a problem horse, when he's anything but.

Hell f'in NO!
there's PLENTY of other means an methods of chastisin' a male horse other'n hittin' them in their privvies! The nose/muzzle alone is most usually enough ta let horses know that whatever kinda behavior they're doin' is not gonna be taken by you! Whoever that woman is she obviously ain't been properly schooled around horses!

Pretty much yeah....

I remember reading up on some really nasty devices called "stallion rings" which basically were metal rings with spikes on the inside that was placed on the horse's wang, so that if he got a boner the metal spines would dig in.

That's... kinda the mentality I'm dealing with that seems prevalant / persistent in people who own horses that I've encountered, especially the women that own them, worse off are women who own stallions, they seem like ones with... yeah... THAT kind of mentality. Which grinds against me like nobody's business.

Oh I hear ya all too well!... Most'a the equines we got here are rescues an intact males that've been abused by previous owners jus' cause they don't know how ta deal with stallions and/or geldings... or even horses in general! an if ya really think ya need ta take such a device like what'cha mentioned ta a horse then ya oughtta use it on yerself first!

I ain't never seen any mare or person that's failed ta let any male horse know they don't wanna be mounted that any stallion didn't recognize. an I been workin' with animals fer years... shoot once ya've swatted'em on the nose once usually jus' the motion that yer gonna swat'em again is usually enough of a message ya send that tells'em they ain't gonna get away with that kinda behavior.

Seems odd that this would be the way you would correct a horse's behavior. Im sure that some form of physical action from a trainer is necessary to get the point across to the horse but.... kicking them in the dick???

I have been dealing with Geldings and Stallions for a large portion of my life and never EVER have I seen or heard about this barbaric practice. If a person would do that around me that would warrant a call to the local Sheriffs Department with a case of animal abuse as well as a call to the local SPCA.

Whoever told you that that is a normal practice has no business around these animals and should be reported for animal abuse at once.

Sadly these are the kinds of people I have to deal with, and it takes great effort to not flip out on them, and thank goodness they do not have stallions in their possession or else I would be calling the SPCA on them.

It really is a shame how some people treat animals