HELP . RIGGY PONY !!

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my friend is seeking advice, she has recently bought her daughter a pony because she out grew he last , and he is great to ride and groom but is slightly riggy, (rather) he is in a field with mares and gelding but he is not mounting the mares he is attacking the geldings. She can not seperate them and her livery yard does not do mare and gelding seperate. She does not one to sell him ...? So we are stuck in a rut . HELP US. she bought the pony from a riding shcool, and he did not show any signs of riggyness then and it has only come out in the last two day (she has had him a week) . HELP THE PONY...?
 
My horse is not riggy but i would not graze him with a mixed herd as he would pal up with the mares and not want the geldings to come close.

He will turn out with either geldings or I have tried with one mare and both arrangements have worked well.

He never mounts but sometimes gets a bit excited... if you know what i mean..... but I would not consider him riggy.
 
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he might only be sorting out the pecking order, if the livery wont seperate them then its not her problem he will probably calm down soon xxx

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I agree with tis. Give it a bit longer before any major decisions are made
 
did he come from a mixed school?
the injection is no longer available but a tablet or powder is and its put in the feed
I would say he is just trying to find his feet and work out what his place is in the pecking order.
 
Rig Calm from Global herbs will help - I had a Highland who was a rig, when I first got him we had issues with turn out and mares, once he was settled in the pecking order (well, settled at the top of the pecking order) he calmed down a lot and now only gets 'upset' when a mare is in season in his field, he gets rig calm over the summer when the girls come into season and it stops there being any problems...
 
If it continues get him blood tested/checked out by a vet to see if he is a real rig. rather than a false (behavioural) rig. Rigs can be extremely dangerous both to horses and people, as a child I saw a rig (under saddle) attack a pony a child was on and it broke her arm when it reared up at the other pony.

Legally they are on a very sticky wicket if it is a rig. They should make sure that their insurance company knows if it is one - they may then decline to insure it. If in fact it is then it is hugely irrepsonsible to turn it out in mixed company. A rig is not a suitable childs pony.

Hopefully it's just settling in behaviour and he is a true gelding.
 
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