Recent content by elsielouise

Absolutely and completely reasonable to not wish anyone to make her feel worse. But it’s a forum. And the whole point is we do comment. i hadn’t missed the guilt part thank you. I hate situations where someone is unable to disassociate their own feelings enough to make rationale decisions...

And you are telling me off because?

There’s a monster in the bushes and it’s scaring all the horses, scaring all the horses, ' scaring all the horses, there’s a monster in the bushes and it’s scaring all the horses and it won’t and it won’t and it won’t come out! Chorus I can’t...

What The Fuzzy Fury said. My mare did it once. 15 years ago. Never did it again and I know I was slopping on the buckle and paying no heed and she was a fairly green youngster who hadn't done much. If she is otherwise fit and healthy (and you are sure of that) then it may never happen again...

Lovely - and I hope it works out. It's putting in the work that's needed that gets results I reckon.

Good luck with the pair of them. If your daughter is keen and prepared to stick with it rather than become a 'pony swapper' (as my son calls children he knows who go through half a dozen pones a season) then she will become a rider. Not that keeping an unsafe pony is ever OK - but if everything...

What also might help is Pony Club or somewhere where they are riding in a group as ours has generally behaved quite a bit better in a group ride. Our branch also holds rallies in venues with an indoor school for the little ones which makes for a nice safe place to get going.

TBH I think that's your answer - lessons, hours in the saddle and a bit of growing. My son learnt to boss ours(but nicely) and she has done wonders for his riding to the point where I think I'd rather he had her than any push button. The worst she has done is, as you say with yours, trot off to...

We had exactly the same problem. Super pony, very safe, just a bit opinionated when she had had enough. TBH 12hh + as ours is, was also a bit big for my son when he was six but safety in every other aspect made it OK. I tried a few bits last year including a kimblewick but what made the most...

Fix met posts into the ground and use to tie nets to. https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Product/Landscaping/Fencing/Fence-Posts/Met-Posts/c/1500105 Weight a hay net tied down inside an ordinary dustbin. Keeps bottom dry and stops Haynets being dragged about. A stack of tractor tyres on...

press and slide - We looked at ours for ages in similar fashion. There's a clip that lifts up or down (can't remember) then it slides out of the mount.

This post made me look at my 'lammi risk app' I've never seen it go so high into the red. Frosty grass is a risk. I change my management for winter and summer with pony going out in a completely different pattern.

Might also be worth trialling a GOOD treeless saddle to see if that makes any difference. I have competition rider friends who swear by them.

I like how this thread has expressed opinions yet not degenerated into offences against individual owner's horse keeping methods. I posted earlier about how I would/will only keep two or three liveries to maintain quality of turnout. However I wanted to comment following on from posts comparing...