Breaking my pony - Please help !!!!

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I have a 13.2 cob X pony, He is 4 tomorrow and I have had him since November. He is currently being long reined and lunged regularly. We have tried to back him, sometimes he accepts, but he has bronked in the past and I have come off him a few times. Does anyone know of anywhere in the midlands, staffordshire area that deal with problem ponies and might be able to take him in for backing and schooling?? Not sure I can finish him properly so need some help Quick !!
 
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Do you not have anyone around that knows of a good breaking and schooling yard. Try asking at the local tack shop, riding schools ect. Then go visit and talk to them before you decide which is best for your pony. When breaking any horse or pony in THEY WILL BUCK and try all sorts. If someone jumped on your back and put metal things in your mouth and tied something round you tummy to make you do what they wanted. I think you'd fight back lol
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I think you are doing the right thing to get someone else to break your pony in.
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Good luck let us know how you get on
 
sorry flower lady... I back horses, and very few buck! the trick is doing it at the right pace for the horse, if your skilled enough to do that, then they wont buck!
 
yeah i agree with zelli - they actually shouldnt buck if you have started them correctly and are taking things slowly.

I think you are right to send your horse away to be backed , ask around im sure you will get help soon. Good luck.
 
absolutely, slowly slowly catchy monkey.
but a thought.....have you had his back checked?
does the saddle fit him correctly?
nothing pinching/rubbing?
if no then yes i would look to sending him away to be brought on. good luck
 
IM sorry but im having to disagree with the comment with bucking
i use to back horses quite alot at the yard where i use to work and i must say that some where ok and some where not
the sight and feeling of a heavy object on the back can make them do this specialy if the horse or pony is very green
but i do agree if you dont no how to cross this problem you are right to send him away to a professional rider
good luck with him
 
I have done everything very slowly with him, we have been lunging and long reinging now for about 5 months and everything was done at his pace. The instructor doing the work is BHS instructor, though she is retired now. My pony can be very silly (babyish) which we put down to him having nothing done at all with him until a year ago. At first he accepted a rider but then found out he could buck you off and he has bucked me off a few times, and my friend who is alot more experienced to. Just wanted to add that we have done everything very slowly with him !!
 
had his back checked and he did have some tension which she released for him. Did have a synthetic saddle on him which may have been the cause, I had it profesionally fitted but was never completely happy with it, took it back and got full refund, been saving for a leather made to measure and have the money now so ill be ordering that this week
 
The VAST majority of horses are very simple to break and if done properly there should be no drama at all.

BUT there are exceptions and some horses require very careful attention so it all doesn't go horribly wrong. These are best left to a professional, at least initially. There are lots of horses about that started life a little more difficult than average but ended up just like everyone else BECAUSE someone experienced took the time and attention to fill in where the horse was not quite "normal". On the other hand it's also possible to have problems at the beginning that seem like a "stage" but if they don't get sorted properly cause huge problems later on. The OP is to be commended for realising this horse might need a little extra help.

(Not that it's pertinent but I do know a bit of what I speak. I've broken somewhere close to 200 horses completely by myself - everything from horses with NO prior handling, to horses that have flunked out of other programs - and done many, many more with other very qualified people. I can count the number of real problems on my fingers but they are out there. And even the best can get caught - I did one very tricky mare with a German fellow who had started literally thousands of horses and we were congratulating ourselves one day soon into the process, me sitting on her, him holding her, when she suddenly exploded like a rodeo horse, sent me flying and came down with her hooves on my arm. We both *should* have seen the train coming down the tracks but apparently not.)

Better safe than sorry.
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As mentioned, ask around locally for who is good. It might be worth calling a local stud and seeing if they have anyone on staff or can recommend anyone. Also, most people who do remedial training also take horses to start and they can be very good - sometimes it helps to have a through knowledge of what *could* go wrong in order to avoid it.

Good luck with your pony!
 
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sorry flower lady... I back horses, and very few buck! the trick is doing it at the right pace for the horse, if your skilled enough to do that, then they wont buck!

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Zelli

I agree not all horses and ponies buck when being broken but more than likely when very first backed IMO most do in some form. I was trying obviously badley for the poster to realize that just because her pony bucked doesn't mean it's a problem pony as she suggested.

You must have been very luck Zelli as like ishca says alot do buck. But it doesn't mean they are problem ponies.

But I think we'd all agree that the best option for the poster would be to get a proffessional to do the job so as not to make a good pony go wrong from the start or cause any problems that will be harder to fix.
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There is nothing wrong with getting help if you need it, its better to hold your hand up and seek professional help and get the job done right than risk hurting yourself or spoiling a horse and creating more problems and everyone telling you how to do things and were you've gone wrong.

Horses are horses, most think and recact the same but its the human touch that makes horses different or difficult at times, not only that but I'm sure you would love to watch how they do it, so you will learn for next time.
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if not learn more than what you would trying to break an easier horse or pony.

Look at the postives from this experiance, not the negatives.
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