Jim Brinkman, owner of Pitzer Ranch in Ericson, Nebraska, and equine behaviorist Sue McDonnell, Ph.D., with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, share their experiences about helping a stallion behave well.
Source: AQHA Daily, October 19, 2016.
Give him a job. “A stallion is a lot like an 18-year-old-boy. If he’s got a steady job, and he’s a little tired, he’s a lot easier to get along with,” Jim says with a laugh. From ages 3 to 5, a stallion goes through a puberty stage where he is not settled. However, if you raise him right, and if he has a steady job, he should be settled by the time he’s 6 or 7. Jim says he has found cattle work to be useful because it gives stallions something to focus on and get their aggression out.