Help with a naughty pony?

Question

Myself and my husband have recently bought a pony. He is a yearling. We are planning on having him gelded in the next month or so. We do not have any experience with ponies and this is our first (although we do have alot of people with experience around us). The problem we have is he has recently started kicking the gate of the field and recently got his leg stuck through the space in the gate. We have boarded the gate with plywood but he now stands there and kicks it. I dont think he can hurt himself doing this but is this a behaviour problem and will he calm down once he has been gelded. Can we do anything to stop this - any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks

Answer 1

put something more harder on the fence lik metal or something and if he is doing it to one part of ur fence block off that part of the so he wont he able to kick it  

Answer 2

  Well for one getting a horse ,Pony etc with out any experience is Not good

Even if you have horse people around you , Most will tell you ten different way to help,, Go to a professional

If I was your trainer and or friend I would say take the pony Back

And get more experience w/horses and get something older and broke ,

Learn hoe to first ,,  

Answer 3

Geldings kick too. It is a bad habit/vice. This needs to be corrected.

http://www.saferhorseracing.com/gpage17....

Answer 4

The next time he kicks the gate. Try boarding it with something stronger like metal try fitting new horse shoes. It may be a itch or missfitting in his horse shoes  

Answer 5

You do not have any experience with ponies, or you do not have any experience with any equids?  I think the latter, in which case, purchasing a yearling is not a good idea, at all, and you ought to sell him, but you didn't ask for our opinions in that regard, soooooo

He's not actually being naughty.  He's just doing what is coming naturally to him at this time - rebelling at being alone in the field, or wanting food.

Gelding will not necessarily rectify the kicking-the-gate problem.  He's probably doing this because he is bored and lonely.  Horses are extremely social characters, and stallions are, in particular.  Is there grass in his field?  Do you have anyone who could keep him company?  A gelding? (or a goat? - think that would be ok with a colt, but not sure).  

It's a difficult if not impossible behaviour to eliminate, short of using a shock collar. . . . .

If you're keeping him (hope you don't) you ought to geld him asap.