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wondering if anyone can help, about 3 months ago i bought a 18 month old shetland colt to keep my fell pony company in the field, he is getting quite difficult to handle, spoke to the vet about getting him gelded and he said he will not do it now as they prefere to do it in the spring so there is less mud and they can go out which is ok,do all vets do this? i would prefere to have him done now as come the spring he will have to come off the grass for weight reasons(dont want him getting fat) also i will be selling him in a few months and want him gelded first. also could i intoduce a bit now to help with leading him as him has started to rear up when he doesnt want to walk on (he gets told off for this)i am going to start leading him about and doing some ground work but need more control, if any one has any suggestions
 
As a rule my vet will geld as long as there is not to many flies as risk of infection my friend had hers done in october last year and it was fine. perhaps give him another month then ask to have it done then hope it drys up abit that way there won t be many flys. good luck
 
Hi - your vet has a point with the gelding unfortunately. It might sound abit odd but in my experience they get over the rearing bit as they get older (gelding him will obviously help with that too) the main thing is not to allow him to get away from you and to make sure you achieve what you set out to do in terms of getting him in or whatever. Mouthing him in order to deal with this could lead to difficulties in that regard with him. I'm sure lots of other advise will be forthcoming too, hope it works out!
 
thanks for the replys i thought that if i tryed a happy mouth or similar and a headcollar and only used the bit if he tryed to get away or is he too young for this as i dont want to hurt or damage his mouth,but as i will be selling him i want good to lead and being a shetland he will proberbly around children, he also bites at every chance,will he grow out of this?
i will wait a month or so and talk to the vet again about gelding
 
Talk to the vet about gelding him when the fields are drier. It has been seriously wet and this year may be a bit different from others. I wouldn't try a bit but maybe elbow him in the chest when he's up (not hard) and that might help with the rearing (it did with my boy (same age)). Also push his head away if he bites when he bites and that should help with this. Good luck
 
our vet had a rule of 'no frost, no flies' which left a window of about 2 weeks in spring and the same in autumn - result - Breeze!! as Gypsy had her first season (naive I know but I really have learnt a lot since then!!)
 
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