Eohippus has given you outstanding advice! I too would geld him, not only will he be happier and not stressed out when mares are going into to heat, but he will be happier and easier to handle, and eventually show. Also, no worries about him escaping and breeding your mares or worse in his pursuit for love, get onto a road and get hit by a car, attacked by a dog, etc. And if one day he should sell, it will greatly open your berth of possible sales by being a well trained seasoned show/pet/parade gelding rather than a stallion who was a pasture potato for a few years. It will also make him healthier and reduce his risk for testicular cancer and put him in a better place mentally. I love the geldings, one can never have too many geldingsAwww Buddy looks like the kind of gelding I would want to add to my program (showing, pet, therapy). He would make a perfect youth gelding, imo. Plus he's got a great build and I'd love to see him as a performance horse of some kind. If I had the room, I'd take him!
Like every one else said, he would be happier as a gelding. It makes things a world easier with turning too out, as, well, you can turn him out with the other horses (just remember if he's with mares you still have a window period after gelding where he's still fertile, so be careful to wait it out before putting him with any mares!). I also agree that a good stallion makes a great gelding and great geldings, especially youth ones, are worth more than their weight in gold. My friend's old room mate trained youth ponies. She only trained geldings. Those little guys sold for more than equally trained stallions. Parents who want their kids to have a good horse will pay the world to find a safe gelding that will teach their kids the ropes and they can trust enough to do so. When it comes to value, mare, stallion, or gelding does not matter (to a degree), what matters is training. An unbroken 5 year old stallion will nice conformation and a good pedigree isn't worth as much as an equally nice 5 year old gelding who has been trained to be a youth horse than can drive, jump, do in hand obstacle, etc.
And if you have no plans on breeding him yourself... Why not geld? Its like having an unnetured dog that you only want as a pet. It only makes sense to geld/neuterThe fact that he has produced dwarves is also something to keep in mind. Even if you don't believe ever dwarf producing stallion should be gelded, Buddy hasn't made it to worlds (yet-I hope to see you two there as a youth/gelding team!) nor does he have a huge show record full or wins to justify keeping him a possibly dwarf producing stallion, imo at least. And don't like the whole "but we paid this $$$$ much for him back in xxxx year and now we can't get even this $$ much for him" thing get in the way; the economy is bad. While it might not all chalk up to that, theres no denying that fact either, bad economy leads to a bad horse market.
Let us know how it goes, I hope you're able to geld him!
PS - We need more like you, people who want to geld their stallions!
Thanks everybody.Awww Buddy looks like the kind of gelding I would want to add to my program (showing, pet, therapy). He would make a perfect youth gelding, imo. Plus he's got a great build and I'd love to see him as a performance horse of some kind. If I had the room, I'd take him!
Like every one else said, he would be happier as a gelding. It makes things a world easier with turning too out, as, well, you can turn him out with the other horses (just remember if he's with mares you still have a window period after gelding where he's still fertile, so be careful to wait it out before putting him with any mares!). I also agree that a good stallion makes a great gelding and great geldings, especially youth ones, are worth more than their weight in gold. My friend's old room mate trained youth ponies. She only trained geldings. Those little guys sold for more than equally trained stallions. Parents who want their kids to have a good horse will pay the world to find a safe gelding that will teach their kids the ropes and they can trust enough to do so. When it comes to value, mare, stallion, or gelding does not matter (to a degree), what matters is training. An unbroken 5 year old stallion will nice conformation and a good pedigree isn't worth as much as an equally nice 5 year old gelding who has been trained to be a youth horse than can drive, jump, do in hand obstacle, etc.
And if you have no plans on breeding him yourself... Why not geld? Its like having an unnetured dog that you only want as a pet. It only makes sense to geld/neuterThe fact that he has produced dwarves is also something to keep in mind. Even if you don't believe ever dwarf producing stallion should be gelded, Buddy hasn't made it to worlds (yet-I hope to see you two there as a youth/gelding team!) nor does he have a huge show record full or wins to justify keeping him a possibly dwarf producing stallion, imo at least. And don't like the whole "but we paid this $ much for him back in xxxx year and now we can't get even this $ much for him" thing get in the way; the economy is bad. While it might not all chalk up to that, theres no denying that fact either, bad economy leads to a bad horse market.
Let us know how it goes, I hope you're able to geld him!
PS - We need more like you, people who want to geld their stallions!
If you really get into showing him, remind your parents you can do more with him as a gelding. And if you're doing more with him you'll be happier, have better grades, and stay out of trouble. Then bring it up with your Dad that if you're busy with your gelding your gelding you'll keep away from boysThanks everybody.
I would LOVE to geld him, but being a minor I cannot geld him without my parents permission. I have even tried to buy him from my parents! And they still won't let me geld him. And no, there will not be anymore foals. Their whole idea of NOT gelding him makes no sense to me. Hopefully, in the future I will be able to geld him and maybe even show him further.
So, I have decided to compromise to my parents wishes, and not push the gelding. I will instead show him as is, but I will still push the gelding at a later date.Until then, I can just train him and the rest of my herd. Hopefully, some day I will be able to pay for my vet to come out and geld him.
@supaspot, your stallion has some of the same lines as a couple of my horses. None of them scream dwarf to *me*, but you never know.
I know in high school that line won my father over many times!
Go to your horses pedigree and look at every horse that has a picture posted. You will know a dwarf when you see it.would someone look at my stallions pedigree and tell me if they recognise any known dwarfs in there pleasetheres none that I know of in there ,if there are they must be a long way back
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rha+rangers+absolut
