Assertion: stallion | /r/AtLocation | herd
Facets:
value: from predators
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to communicate his dominance
type: PURPOSE
value: from other stallions
type: OTHER
value: with both males
type: OTHER
value: by urination spots
type: MANNER
value: by scent-marking manure piles
type: MANNER
value: together
type: MANNER
value: with females
type: OTHER
value: full-time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: If a stallion is not to be used for breeding, gelding the male horse will allow it to live full-time in a herd with both males and females, reduce aggressive or disruptive behavior, and allow the horse to be around other animals without being seriously distracted.
text: When the herd travels, the stallion is usually at the rear and apparently drives straggling herd members forward, keeping the herd together.
text: During the mating season, stallions tend to act more aggressively to keep the mares within the herd, however, most of the time, the stallion is relaxed and spends much of his time "guarding" the herd by scent-marking manure piles and urination spots to communicate his dominance as herd stallion.
text: Even with a band of mares, the stallion is not the leader of a herd but defends and protects the herd from predators and other stallions.
text: Even with a band of mares, the stallion is not the leader of a herd but defends and protects the herd from predators and other stallions.
text: Most of the other herd members are also females, or mares, but the stallion leader may allow a few other stallions to stay in the herd.