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Location: Ohio | I've got an amazing 4 yr old cutting bred colt right now that I have owned since he was a weanling. He is smart, picks up REALLY fast on everything he is taught and retains it like a pro, great minded and can handle the pressure of more advanced jobs, calm and laid back, wonderful personality, perfect gentleman around the ladies (even when they aren't so lady like if you get my drift), perfect conformation and great cutting bloodlines (docs prescription , dry doc, peppy san badger and mr gun smoke ON papers)... he truly is the nicest youngster I've ever been on.
Well, I gelded him today... the vet questioned me about it! Questioned me to the point I felt uncomfortable! lol Any other vet and I would have brushed it off but he is an equine specialist who is very adamant about gelding studs who don't fit the bill... Please tell me I did the right thing... I've got that voice in my head saying " What just happened? What did you do??"
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Location: Texas | well you can always clone him lol. |
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Location: Florida.. | My then stallion had those on his papers to but I gelded him as well. he had a good attitude and vets said same thing to me..lol.. but I didnt plan on having a breeding program.. so why keep him a stallion.. |
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Location: Ohio | Bibliafarm - 2015-04-29 12:14 AM
My then stallion had those on his papers to but I gelded him as well. he had a good attitude and vets said same thing to me..lol.. but I didnt plan on having a breeding program.. so why keep him a stallion..
Those were my thoughts too. I don't want to get into the breeding business and I definitely don't want to sell him. Plus he isn't proven in the show pen yet and it may be years before he is... It just really threw me for a loop when my vet had "the talk" with me! lol WHO DOES THAT! lol |
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Location: Ohio | pinx05 - 2015-04-29 12:12 AM
well you can always clone him lol.
1. Lets not stir up the cloning debates, not much scares me except when these ladies get started... 2. My pockets definitely aren't deep enough for that! lol |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | A good stud makes a great gelding |
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Location: Texas | It takes a lot more than a good horse and good set of papers to make a GREAT stud. You did the right thing for you! Enjoy your gelding |
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Location: The Republic of Texas | bccanchaser16 - 2015-04-29 11:34 PM
A good stud makes a great gelding
I so agree......
(if you see a gelding with better conformation, better performance, or better brain, than your stud, then he should be a gelding too.....at least that's what my mom always said....) that was mostly a joke but I hope he does wonderful things for you.....
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Location: MD | you did the right thing! |
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Location: In a happy place | I have had that drilled in my head forever......a good stud makes a good gelding. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | To late now. It's over. Enjoy your new ride. |
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| Sure, you did the right thing. If you don't want to be in the breeding business and just want a good horse to ride. Gelding him is absolutely the right choice for you.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | There are tons of nice studs out there. Enjoy your super nice gelding. |
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Location: Texas | GrittyCowgirl - 2015-04-29 11:24 PM pinx05 - 2015-04-29 12:12 AM well you can always clone him lol. 1. Lets not stir up the cloning debates, not much scares me except when these ladies get started... 2. My pockets definitely aren't deep enough for that! lol
Well if he is great enough to be cloned he will make your pockets deep enough lol.
In all reality I was just kidding.
I wouldn't even think about if it were the right choice or not. It is done and over with, no turning back now. There is a reason you got him gelded, even if it were just that you didn't want to deal with a stud or had no use for a stud. That is what I would remember ever time I started to regret gelding him. |
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Location: Ohio | You guys are great! lol I really appreciate all the comments...
Just got home from the barn and he is doing great EXCEPT he has some odd drooping around his nostril and lip (was there yesterday but we thought it was from being sedated). Vet came out and thinks it may be nerve paralysis but we have no idea if its permanent or not. Just my luck... he is eating and drinking fine but sure looks goofy. Never heard of this happening. |
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Location: Tennessee | Since you weren't planning on breeding, gelding was the right choice. Leaving him intact for no reason would have become a hassle to deal with (making sure he couldn't get to mares etc) & more dangerous. |
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| Yes, you did the right thing. However, what difference does it make since it's already done? |
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Location: Oklahoma | This would infuriate me.....for the vet to question what I want to do with my own horse!!! How dare he? I don't care if it's freakin' Secretariat...if I own him and I want him gelded, the vet (who is supposed to work for me) is going to do it or I'll go elsewhere. If I want their opinion on whether or not I should do it, I'll ask. Otherwise, they can keep their opinions to themselves....much like everybody else. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I am getting so sick of the world thinking they can tell people what to do with their own property!!! You see horses starving every day. Why on earth would you want to encourage someone who does NOT want to be in the breeding business to keep a breeding animal?? Makes no sense to me. If they come to my house, they lose their nuts. No ifs, ands or buts. And the vet better not argue with me. |
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| dianeguinn - 2015-04-30 4:20 PM
This would infuriate me.....for the vet to question what I want to do with my own horse!!! How dare he? I don't care if it's freakin' Secretariat...if I own him and I want him gelded, the vet (who is supposed to work for me) is going to do it or I'll go elsewhere. If I want their opinion on whether or not I should do it, I'll ask. Otherwise, they can keep their opinions to themselves....much like everybody else. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I am getting so sick of the world thinking they can tell people what to do with their own property!!! You see horses starving every day. Why on earth would you want to encourage someone who does NOT want to be in the breeding business to keep a breeding animal?? Makes no sense to me. If they come to my house, they lose their nuts. No ifs, ands or buts. And the vet better not argue with me.
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Location: Texas | dianeguinn - 2015-04-30 4:20 PM This would infuriate me.....for the vet to question what I want to do with my own horse!!! How dare he? I don't care if it's freakin' Secretariat...if I own him and I want him gelded, the vet (who is supposed to work for me) is going to do it or I'll go elsewhere. If I want their opinion on whether or not I should do it, I'll ask. Otherwise, they can keep their opinions to themselves....much like everybody else. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I am getting so sick of the world thinking they can tell people what to do with their own property!!! You see horses starving every day. Why on earth would you want to encourage someone who does NOT want to be in the breeding business to keep a breeding animal?? Makes no sense to me. If they come to my house, they lose their nuts. No ifs, ands or buts. And the vet better not argue with me. Nevermind... I went back and reread. I was a little off, which is normal for me lol.
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Location: NC | If you aren't set up to be in the breeding business I don't think it would be worth the effort to have kept him a stud. I think you did the right thing. Stop beating yourself up about it, its done now. :-)
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Location: Ohio | I'm feeling a lot better about it today... That vet just really threw for a loop. Never in my life have I ever had a vet question me about gelding a horse. The conversation got to the point where it felt like he was trying to guilt trip me and got really awkward!
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I did the right thing... I DID THE RIGHT THING!! Right?