nic85
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Now this may sound odd, but I'm curious/ thinking/ pondering whatever you want to say.
Some of you may have seen my posts about my sons new pony, Snowy the Shetland. Well, he arrived with just a saddle so we bought him a bridle and a loosering snaffle to go with it...my YO's capable son rode him first and had very little in the way of brakes and Snowy just knew if he got his head low enough there was no pulling him up with out a struggle, don't get me wrong, he wasn't bolting/running away he just knew exactly what he could get away with. Typical Shetland lol.
I spoke to his owner and it turns out he was ridden in a Pelham, to be honest I had a feeling after seeing him cantering around! So I thought about it and decided rather than putting Pelham on ( I didn't have one to hand anyway) a livery offered to lend me her kimblewick and yesterday my son rode him in it ( on leadrein) and there was an obvious improvement?! Snowy seemed to understand all of a sudden and my son had pretty good control?! My YO cant figure it out as the kimblewick lowers the head and Snowy can already do that on his own as he has proved charging round the school.......Im rambling a bit here but im trying to figure out if im doing such a bad thing by using the kimblewick with a very novice 6 year old rider ( who has been told it is a much stronger bit and you only need to use gentle instructions for stopping and turning) who to be fair isn't asking for any sort of head carriage and when he trots hes usually holding on to the saddle or ponies mane and is on the lead rein anyway...am I worrying for no good reason? Snowy is 21 and im certainly not about to change his way of going, namely because Im far too big to school him and anyone small enough it not capable of doing that!! PLus at 21 is there any point or should I just leave him as hes happy enough!
Heres a few pics
Thanks for reading!
Sorry if that makes little sense ;P Im working as well as typing!!
Some of you may have seen my posts about my sons new pony, Snowy the Shetland. Well, he arrived with just a saddle so we bought him a bridle and a loosering snaffle to go with it...my YO's capable son rode him first and had very little in the way of brakes and Snowy just knew if he got his head low enough there was no pulling him up with out a struggle, don't get me wrong, he wasn't bolting/running away he just knew exactly what he could get away with. Typical Shetland lol.
I spoke to his owner and it turns out he was ridden in a Pelham, to be honest I had a feeling after seeing him cantering around! So I thought about it and decided rather than putting Pelham on ( I didn't have one to hand anyway) a livery offered to lend me her kimblewick and yesterday my son rode him in it ( on leadrein) and there was an obvious improvement?! Snowy seemed to understand all of a sudden and my son had pretty good control?! My YO cant figure it out as the kimblewick lowers the head and Snowy can already do that on his own as he has proved charging round the school.......Im rambling a bit here but im trying to figure out if im doing such a bad thing by using the kimblewick with a very novice 6 year old rider ( who has been told it is a much stronger bit and you only need to use gentle instructions for stopping and turning) who to be fair isn't asking for any sort of head carriage and when he trots hes usually holding on to the saddle or ponies mane and is on the lead rein anyway...am I worrying for no good reason? Snowy is 21 and im certainly not about to change his way of going, namely because Im far too big to school him and anyone small enough it not capable of doing that!! PLus at 21 is there any point or should I just leave him as hes happy enough!
Heres a few pics
Thanks for reading!
Sorry if that makes little sense ;P Im working as well as typing!!
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