Recent content by jocoel

Yes "Fany du champ" She has a body protector ... although I didnt get it fitted to her I just bought it... no one else wears one at the yard so didnt realise they had to be fitted :o

When I drive my car I know it goes because I press the pedals and I can stop it when I want to ... with a horse I cant, plus it wobbles and I feel like im going to fall off... in a car I wear a seat belt and have doors and I feel safe. LOL :o Plus there is nothing on our yard I would feel...

Oh I am a control freak too lol! The brilliant thing about riding is that it gets over that....it's really quite nice to be able to control something you didn't think could be ;-) But can you really ever control an animal?? Scares me that it could just take off with you and their is nothing...

Thankyou " Bumper" For saying im a good mum!! :D Don;t much feel like one at the min! I feel like a daft one for getting my daughter a pony when im so clueless :O I don't have a riding school near me and as I have to sort the pony out twice a day I wouldnt be able to put him on a yard at my...

Ha ha " moments of burying her alive" have cropped up frequently lately !! LOL . I do feel bad for her though ... she knows im rubbish and I want to be better. I think you are right though somebody else teaching her would be best, for her and her pony as the poor thing probably doesnt know if...

Thankyou for replying so quickly . I will definitely look at the website suggested :D We are in Manchester it would be great if you could suggest someone to teach her :) I think half the problem is that im her mum and mothers and daughters do butt heads and she knows I know nothing so its making...

Hi everyone:) My 8 yr old daughter loves horses and ponies and has spent the past two yrs on a friends yard helping out and getting some basic riding lessons and did some fun shows. My daughter then spent a full year mithering me for her own pony for christmas. I gave in and my friend found her...