does this make you smile or does it make you mad?

Not sure if it makes me mad or not really , clearly the little girl has a great relationship with her pony and he does seem like a good'en , but we all know how quickly accidents can happen , it only takes one spook and you're off!
 
Made me smile until she climbed inbetween it's back legs......only concerns me in case she would go up to other horses and do the same, thinking that they are all so placid...
 
Yes, a fantastically trained pony. Lucky little girl. :)

(shame about the flash :p )
 
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:D Absolutely.

I think we can take mollycoddling too far, don't let them eat dirt, ride a bike, play in the yard, go on a swing etc, sure the risks are there but aren't they everywhere? My daughter used to frequently bloody her nose and bruise her face tripping over her own feet/daisies etc, she never once had a bad accident with a pony/horse and she's been around them from day dot.
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Obviously, as parents, each and every one of us has our own standards and ideas.
 
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It is cute, and it's nice to see a little girl enjoying her pony...


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Any horse can become unpredictable, even the most kid-broke placid mount, e.g. it may be calm and used to having a kid between it's legs, but what if it was bitten by a fly/stung by a bee etc? I know chances of things going wrong aren't that big, but still, they exist and the child isn't going to be protected by what looks like a flimsy hat.

(God, I sound like my mother!)
 
Enfys said:
:D Absolutely.

I think we can take mollycoddling too far, don't let them eat dirt, ride a bike, play in the yard, go on a swing etc, sure the risks are there but aren't they everywhere? My daughter used to frequently bloody her nose and bruise her face tripping over her own feet/daisies etc, she never once had a bad accident with a pony/horse and she's been around them from day dot.
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Obviously, as parents, each and every one of us has our own standards and ideas.
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Beautiful photograph,lucky girl, I completely agree. ;)
 
paddy irish said:
Not sure if it makes me mad or not really , clearly the little girl has a great relationship with her pony and he does seem like a good'en , but we all know how quickly accidents can happen , it only takes one spook and you're off!
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Yes but that is true for any horse or rider.

I think it's a great vid and obviously a very well trained, lovely pony. I wouldn't let her walk through it's back legs, although having said that I have been known the crawl under Olly's belly (with a hat on) :o
 
Now you see, this makes me laugh. I agree that its nice that the kid loves her pony and is learning from a young age but.... not so long ago everyone was up in arms about a youtube clip of a kid on his less than helpful pony ( another little grey) that kept bogging off, everyone stating it was irresponsible to let a kid ride this pony. However, here most of you are saying how cute this vid is- yep, until she falls off and gets her foot stuck in the reins that are far too long( esp when it does its rearing 'trick') or she gets trampled or booted in the head when something scares the pony or rolled on when the pony forgets she is there and lands on her! Its an ANIMAL not a robot.. why would anyone want to put their child at such a risk?
 
Have no problem with a 3 yr old riding.... I teach 3 yr olds.

But I do think it's irresponsible to get a pony to rear and lay down with your 3 yr old child on it!!!! That's not cute that's stupid!!

And allowing your child to walk between a pony's hind legs? Really???!!! Unbelievable!!!

They rest of it made me smile.... but not those bits!!!
 
Adorable! It is obviously a circus or trained 'trick' pony, and little girl looks right at home on it! Good that the little girl has such a sweetie for her first pony:D

At least she is learning not to be a wuss where animals are concerned...but the walking through back legs trick, not so sure! I have been known to scoot under my ponies tums, but between back legs, not so sure!:confused:
 
DragonSlayer said:
Oh yes! Naughty us....!

AND no hats, galloping bare-back and headcollar round the paddock....terrible eh?

I don't recall any accidents or incidents....!

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Me too! My friends and I used to hop on our completely naked ponies in the field and gallop round like lunatics, and often hacked out in headcollars! Only time my parents ever intervened when was when they realised that the mountain track we all used to scoot off up had wire strung at head height to deter bikers! We just used to duck off to the side like red indians!!

It's been interesting reading all the ex-racehorse threads. I went from a 13.2hh to a 16hhh ex racer - and rode him exactly the same way that I rode my ponies. Apparently my grandfather had planned to hunt him, but he was so badly behaved that he got the sack. He was given to me as it was thought that he would either teach me to stick on, or wouldn't get a chance to misbehave doing everything at top speed! He was brilliant, and never put a foot wrong - overgrown pony status suited him! Used to ride him in a numnah and an elastic surcingle though - he was rather bony for bareback!
 
Is it wrong that this made me LOL? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbglYPyLGtA&feature=related

As for the first clip I thought it was cute, but if she were my own child she'd have a better hat and a decent pair of boots - havng been kicked inthe head and had feet stood on myself as an adult I couldnt imagine what it would do to a small child, nor would I encourage them to go between horses legs. I wonder though if something were to happen to the child while she was playing around under the pony's belly if the CPS would get involved? After all if as a yard owner I allowed a client to do the same and they were injured I'm sure I'd be held accountable, not the same if it's your kids? (not supporting the 'nanny state' just wondering)

My OH on the other hand (Italian) thinks it was too much, this is coming from a man who has not told his 14 yr old son off for smoking, but will not allow the dog to swim in the lake incase it drowns, or go in the woods incase it gets eaten by a porcupine, or eat cheese incase she has an allergic reaction (need i go on?)
 
I have a 3 year old niece who is desperate to ride but i don't have a suitable pony, I see nothing wrong with this vid at all, the pony is very trustworthy and the little girl looks very very happy
 
I actually take offence at the comment about 'letting the bunnies out'.
Its ok to rant on at people,grown adults, who choose to ride without hats but not to think that this video shows an element of danger. When you have done my job for as long as I have you see and hear of horrific accidents casued to people/children who had 100% trust in their horse/pony. I know of one child who was kicked in the head and now is brain damaged and has had to have a specially adapted house and another who lost an eye grooming the back legs of a horse she knew and trusted, something spooked it.
 
Well, I'm surprised nobody commented on the pony's shut-down expression as she performed her circus tricks.
She's a great little mare, there's some great video of her hurtling about tackless. Sometimes people moan that her rider is too big for her (the little girl's big sister), but the pony seems to bear up under the strain.
 
Tinypony said:
Careful, that's a Parelli trained pony that some are praising. Have you seen the other vids?
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No but rofl, I assumed it was a clicker trained one. :D

Shows how we all see different things... I thought the pony was concentrating hard. I'm not sure I could say shut down without seeing more of the pony and knowing her.
'Tricks' are not my style at all tbh but I am trying to be more positive.
 
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