Can I get some advice about gelding a stud horse?

should I have my stud gelded?


he's a registered 4 yr old dun qh. I can't really handle him other than a little grooming and petting. what does gelding cost and do I take him to the vet, or does the vet come out to the farm? I have only had him for a month and have made a little progress with him. how will it change him?Can I get some advice about gelding a stud horse?
Unless he is exceptional and really worth breeding from then please do get him gelded. Apart from anything else he will be able to enjoy a much nicer life being turned out with other horses. Geld him soon. It should calm him down a lot, some horses it is almost immediate and with others it takes a while for the testosterone levels to drop. I guess you are in the USA so I don't know what happens there but in Europe the vet will castrate at your premises. Sometimes they just dope the horse and do it standing and other vets put the horse right out. There are pros and cons for both methods. Make sure that you hose him down every day afterwards to relieve swelling and keep him clean while he heals. Good luck with that! But also remember he is only a 4 year old and his behaviour may just be typically coltish and with handling and work he will grow out of a lot of it.Can I get some advice about gelding a stud horse?
With the glut of horses in this world almost all stallions need to be gelded. Only the very best should be breeding. Weanlings that used to bring $10,000 are bringing $5,000 or less and colts that used to sell for $500 or so can't be given away. Please have your boy gelded. He'll be happier and you'll be happier and you'll keep some babies off of the ground and out of the slaughter house.


It's a little harder on older horses to be gelded so it's sometimes a bit more expensive. Cost depends on where you live and your vet. My good vet costs me about $300 or so. The local vet is cheaper but not so good with the animals is about $150.


Personally I think that gelding your stallion will change your perception of him more than anything. It will make him happier and a bit calmer. The vet should come to your place. Try finding some help with handling him if you can. I really recommend books and dvds by Leslie Desmond. She has a website as well. Try getting the book, True Horsemanship Through Feel by Bill Dorrance and Leslie Desmond.
My vet comes to the farm and charges $100. Unless you want to breed him, you should definitely geld him. You can never trust a Stallion. It could take up to 18 months for the testosterone to leave his system. Once that happens, he should become a calmer horse. Some geldings never lose that Stud attitude though. I have a 7 year old former stallion that I gelded at 4. He still acts somewhat like a stallion. He bosses the other geldings and young stallions. We put him in with the mares and he ran them. He is better to take out by himself and isn't always trying to run back to his mares or calling to them. Geld him.
Yes yes yes, get him gelded. He will only get harder to handle. Very few horses are good enough quality to be a stud for breeding. And not everyone is qualified to handle a stud.


It should calm him down a bit and to less confrontational.


Here, you can do either, take your horse to the vet or have the vet out.


It's about $75.00 give or take in this area.
YES!!! Get him gelded. Depending on where you live the vet will come out to the farm, geld him and present you with a bill for around $200.00 including the trip fee. It is worth every single penny especially since you cannot enjoy him now. He will soon calm down and be much easier to handle. He will still need to learn his manners and sending him to a qualified trainer would probably help. Having him gelded will allow him to focus better though.





Good luck with him.
if you do want to still have some offspring depending on his bloodlines i guess but you could deffinetly get some sperm frozen before gelding him but yes geld him soon!!! or he will stick to his habits and it will help a huge amount aswell!!


hes a dun to lovely colour would be nice to see if he could pass that colour to his off spring!! you could always get the sperm and sell it to a stud aswell..
get him gelded if ur not instrested in breeding him





it will carm him down although after he may still act liek a stallion porbley for a cuple of years but it will disapeer slowly





u can ride him and all that just as long as he has been trained propley etc





and u go to the vet altough some vets ared difrent better to go in
Yes you should geld him. The vet should come out to your farm. Stallions should only be handled by qualified professionals. If you don't know stallions you could get hurt. You will enjoy him much better once he is gelded.
If you are going to do it do it soon. Horses that are gelded to late never get out of some of the habits of Stallions.
If your stallion is not superior to average of the breed, GELD him. It's safer for you both and happier.
Geld him.