sudden change in my colt/stallion

18lisa said:
he has only been in 3 weeks as the farmer WHO OWNS THE LAND does not want his fields messing up so i am trying to find him somewhere else to live but i am finding it very difficult to do that. he has had light training with a lunge and just getting him used to a bit and a training aid......... he hasnt had any taining for over a month now as there is no where for me to do it. i was thinking about foaling him with my mare but wasnt a fact!!! my mare is a rescue horse and was badly done to and she is great i would never let a faol go for meat as u so put it. the 2 horses i have will be with me until they die. i do all the right things by them..... i have insurance for them both and they have yearly jabs and worming these horses cost me a fortune! i dont want to geld him as i feel like iv given up on him and taken the easy road iv rang the vet today and they are coming in the morning to have a look at him. the problem im having is that everyone thinks they have the answer to my problem but if i geld him and it ends up been something else i cant change the fact that i would of had him gelded. please would some people read the comments before answering as alot of comments on here seem to be far fetched and not what im doing.
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Surely you must be a troll? You have a colt who has recently started to behave badly who has recently started being kept in 24/7 and you have to ask why his behaviour has changed?????

You are either far too inexperienced to even own a colt, or you are a troll, sorry :(
 
i dont want to geld him as i feel like iv given up on him and taken the easy road
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No it's called taking the sensible road.

What issues are you experiencing with finding another yard to keep your horses at?
 
Sorry, agree with the others who say 'geld'. I own a young stallion (rising 4) who I have owned since he was 2 months old. I never intended to keep him entire but he has nice bloodlines, good conformation, an excellent attitude and we have the right place to keep him at the moment.

Should this change I would geld him immediately but he is happy living out 24/7 with 2 geldings and is equally happy living in the vicinity of mares, in all respects he is quiet as a gelding to handle BUT he has never been given an inch in any aspect of his training. All the professionals who deal with him say how beautifully behaved he is.

Gelding isn't the easy option, it's sensible, especially if your horse has 'found' his hormones.
 
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So you will condemn him to a miserable life as an entire, rather than do the sensible, and kind thing of having him gelded so he can live a normal life with other horses. Most livery yards won't take on a colt, especially if it's owner has the attitude that you are portraying.

For what it's worth, I think you should crawl back under your bridge, there is a goat waiting to cross..........
 
18lisa said:
there isnt much land around for rent and when i do find land they wont take him on.
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And they won't take him on because...........


...he's entire.



Really do yourself and him a favour - and geld. This time of year is the perfect time to do it.

Good luck.
 
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