Tips for an aggressive mini stallion

Hello!

🐴 Keeping a stallion asks a lot of us. You need to plan the stable, the paddock, the handling and the training around the fact that you have a stallion.

🐴 Just as for all horses, the herd, grass and movement are vital foundations for your pony to feel well.

🐴 Your stallion also needs access to social contact with other horses. Is there any chance of turning him out with a gelding?

🐴 Even if you only intend to show the pony, you still need to occupy and train him. Because he is a stallion, it takes even more care, knowledge and experience to avoid mistakes that can lead to difficult behaviours like the ones you describe. It is easy to reinforce unwanted behaviours by accident. I would recommend getting help from someone who knows both young horses and stallions well.

🐴 If laminitis is your only worry about gelding, there need not be any real danger as long as you keep on top of it and make sure he does not gain weight. Both his life and yours can become easier if he is gelded, but since he has already developed some unwanted behaviours, those may remain even after gelding, although his motivation drops a little as the hormones fall.

First, try to give him access to social contact with other horses, rearrange the paddocks if you can, and review his situation in the stable so he is not stressed by being close to the mares.

Good luck! 🦄