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Make my daughters pony grow...sniff
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This pony is adorable, cheeky, clever, sweet, playful and well behaved. She has a go at everything you present her with without a fuss and has taught my daughter well.
However, she's only 13.1hh and my daughter is 5'8" already at 12 yrs old. Understandably she doesn't want to give up her pony (and neither do I). If she were 2 hands higher she would be perfect!!
This is daughter at PC camp a couple of weeks ago...
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Sorry, pointless post I suppose
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I guess I'm just useless at parting with animals!! We've had Holly for almost 6 yrs and she's part of the family. I still have daughters lead rein pony who I couldn't part with either plus son's shettie pet and other waifs and strays...

How do you guys do it? Part with them I mean...
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Daughter says she'd rather keep Holly than sell her and get another...but I know she'd love one really
 
Do you want the honest answer? We didnt ever part with ours, not totally! My first pony was with us until he died, and my second one likewise. I suppose the fact that they were already quite elderly added to that, though! My 13.2 quickly became one of the family, and we kept her at our yard whilst a friend of ours came and rode her occasionally. She'd have been with us forever had we not had to leave our home - instead, we found her a lovely retirement home (she's now 30!) just ten minutes away
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The only pony we ever sold was Raffles. He was bought as a foal for us to grow up together, but we never clicked. We had him professionally broken, but he was far too sharp for me and so selling him was relatively easy - he just wasnt right for me. But you know, I look at Ellie now and there is no way in the world I could sell her, regardless of anything that may happen. I'm just lucky because she is a horse - if she was 13hh, I'd have to just chop my legs off I guess!
 
Aha, dont ask me i still ride my 12.2hh and i'm 5ft 6
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he's on our yard and we still own him but RDA use him once/twice a week and because they get to use him they pay for his upkeep all we have to do is feed him when we feed ours and i ride him on a sunday. its greaat
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But what about the bigger coloured cob you have - couldn't she start riding that?

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'that' lol
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She can ride Jack but he's mine now that I've lost Ellie and in that we ride out together mostly it'd be a bit difficult.

tbh..she'd ride Holly till her legs are dragging on the ground..lol but obviously she'll be restricted as to what she'll be able to do just as she would if she rode my cob who has never been schooled in his life..
 
I dare say we won't part with her. I'm just no good at selling..lol. I rescued two ponies a few months back with the intention of working on them and moving them on but they're still here. I'm kinda attached to them
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I expect Holly will be semi retired at the grand old age of 10 just like our lead rein pony was retired at 8
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Well its not like she's a big girl, she's just rather tall!
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They look happy enough on the photo's but yes, I think you may need something more than just a few hands bigger if she's only 12 now and you want to avoid parting with them with she outgrows them.

Lovely pony though....if only we didnt grow and could stick to our fun loving pocket rocket 13.2's eh!!
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This one is never easy to overcome as when you find such a special friend you never want to part with them. Maybe you could loan Holly out just until you and your daughter got used to her not being around. This way you would be always able to keep a close eye on her. I'm sure if you're daughter found another horse that she connected with she would realise she could have fun on something else apart from Holly. I really feel for her and I see it all the time in Pony Club when kids are looking too big for their ponies and just don't want to part with them! Good luck.
 
Both my PC ponies - the 2 greys in my signature - went to family friends when I outgrew them. It meant they still had a gaggle of kids to play with, weren't retired too early and I could visit them anytime I wanted.

They ended up buying both of them eventually and they both stayed there till they were PTS of (very) old age
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If you have your own land I am sure there will be a little rider out there who would love to help you keep her in work.

I have a slightly different problem with the horse I was loaning - she's 22 and a bit too old to move to England from Scotland but I wish I could take 10 years of her life!!!
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Otherwise I wouldn't have started horse hunting.

I still get to visit her though and mum is going to hack her so she'll be fine.
 
retrain her to be driven thats what i did with my first pony we had so much fun and she got to stay till she was eventually retired good luck with your decision
 
No wonder she doesnt want to part with her, shes lovely, is she a connie?
I am 18 and still ride my 14.3 connie that I have had for 6 and a half years. Hes 12 now and im never going to sell him, we have such a special relationship I can not bare to let him go, even if it to a lovely pony club family.
I would love to have a big 16.2 ish grey horse but I won't sell him. One day when he retires Il get a horse but until then hes still my one and only lol
 
Could you afford to loan her out to someone in your PC? She's young to be a field ornament and would probably give another little girl lots of love and happiness.
 
Thanks for comments everyone...
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She did go out on loan last year for 6 months which worked really well until my other cob (which my daughter had begun riding) died meaning my daughter was left with nothing to ride so we asked for her back.. tbh...I don't want to go down that route again though.
I have a feeling this pony is here to stay
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Driving her exactly what I would do BUT there are no flat areas in our part of Devon. Its either uphill or downhill and its a climb too not just a slope..
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What a lovely pony. With the correct vehicle, hills, even Devonshire hills, can be do-able. Otherwise, chop your daughters legs off
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Daughter would love me to chop her legs off ...she hates being too tall to ride her ponies..

Mmm...am VERY tempted re the driving now. I have 5 ponies and a hairy cob to choose from too.
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My only worry would be hillstarts
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Most roads near me are single track and steep..
 
I rarely have anguish over selling horses; simply because I make sure they go to the very best and suitable homes. However I know exactly where you are coming from. We have owned our little 12.2hh Cloud since 1997 so have had her for a very long time now and there is no way she will leave our farm. I love that pony way too much to even give her away to another child, sorry
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. She is still being used and ridden and if my daughter didn't still ride her every couple of days then I would. My daughter has a couple of much larger ponies that she competes on but she never ever forgets Cloud and I don't think she ever will - that pony is just too adored!

Would it be possible perhaps to loan her but keep her on the property so that you still have the care of her, but that she is still kept going with someone smaller riding her regularly?
 
She is a lovely pony and your daughter looks very happy with her.

Go for the driving option!! She looks the perfect type for it, I am sure your daughter would enjoy still being able to take her out as well!!

Where in Devon are you - one of the moors? I am in east devon, none of our hills are that scary!!
 
What a shame that she is wasted in a field and retired when she has so much to give another rider
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Surely there are people out there who could share/loan her and benefit from her loveliness???
 
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