Rig surgery and behaviour after?

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Hi. We bought a pony that’s meant to be a child’s pony and he turns out to be a rig! Next step surgery. Quote of £2500 he’s only 4 years old. He’s not allowed to be turned out at the yard we’re at now as he attacks the others. (Mares fields on both sides)

Going ahead with this surgery and after will it help with behaviour around other horses?

After success story’s and the bad, any advice needed, please
 
Can't you send it back. Obviously not suitable as a child's pony.

It should calm down once the hormones stop being produced but it might always be a bit riggy.
 
Do you love the pony enough to pay that for something you didn’t know about? What were the other options?

Surgery may correct it but it can also be his personality, frustration at being alone, having been kept alone too long without a mentor. My stallion would never have “attacked” mares and he was respectful of geldings too and he was never kept alone.
 
Jenjenheffer said:
Won’t give us money back. Only to swap for something else.
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How strongly have you chased this? Sent a solicitor's letter? "I haven't the money, I've spent it on something else" is the oldest trick in the book. Tried Trading Standards?

Surgery for a rig is more serious than a simple gelding, obviously you have discussed it with the vet (depends on why it is a rig and not gelded correctly).

There was a very famous showing cob that had been a rig. It was gelded and sold on to become a multiple champion, but it always had the extra showiness.
 
The pony is not as described and therefore misrepresented. A solicitors letter followed by the small claims court will be a lot cheaper and more reliable than surgery and then hoping the rigginess subsides….by which point you’ll have no hope of return as time will have elapsed and you’ll have ‘altered’ the goods. Be more forceful
In your need to return!
 
Jenjenheffer said:
Won’t give us money back. Only to swap for something else.
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That is all kinds of wrong. Pony was not suitable for a child. But to answer your question about rigs, my sample size of two, they were both fine after their brain surgery, both good for children, but neither displayed bad behaviour before, though one was a challenge to start under saddle. Once he was, he was fine, though he was gelded after.
 
Orangehorse said:
How strongly have you chased this? Sent a solicitor's letter? "I haven't the money, I've spent it on something else" is the oldest trick in the book. Tried Trading Standards?

Surgery for a rig is more serious than a simple gelding, obviously you have discussed it with the vet (depends on why it is a rig and not gelded correctly).

There was a very famous showing cob that had been a rig. It was gelded and sold on to become a multiple champion, but it always had the extra showiness.
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Still in contact been few weeks now. We’ve tried chasing old vets too to ‘recorrect’ nobody knows who
and we have solicitor involved. It’s just going to cost a lot both ways. Our vets say there’s tissue that has been left behind.

It’s either swap him with the lady we got him off or find another yard for him to be turned out. It’s just not fair on him. Trying to put his welfare first.
To be stable 24/7 where we are with n
Orangehorse said:
How strongly have you chased this? Sent a solicitor's letter? "I haven't the money, I've spent it on something else" is the oldest trick in the book. Tried Trading Standards?

Surgery for a rig is more serious than a simple gelding, obviously you have discussed it with the vet (depends on why it is a rig and not gelded correctly).

There was a very famous showing cob that had been a rig. It was gelded and sold on to become a multiple champion, but it always had the extra showiness.
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She’s ignoring us now.
We’ve been speaking to solicitor. Will look into trading standards, thank you.
Yes we’ve been discussing with multiple vets and he’s also been put on injections to help in the meantime.
 
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