Horse very strong when I ride.

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Conniegirl-I have ridden many more than just the share. I wasn't saying I was experienced, I was saying I knew the basics of riding and was t a beginner. I don't want to continue to argue, I have tried to avoid commenting but I refuse to sit here and be bullied
 
Op has he had his teeth checked?

I really think this pony needs a full MOT so to speak, without that I really do think you or him could both be seriously injured. On that note - are you adequately insured, if not please get some.
 
Rolocookiepepsi said:
Conniegirl-I have ridden many more than just the share. I wasn't saying I was experienced, I was saying I knew the basics of riding and was t a beginner. I don't want to continue to argue, I have tried to avoid commenting but I refuse to sit here and be bullied
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Hi OP. There is some very good advice you've been given. Very few of us can sort out certain issues with our horses without some form of help. Even people who teach riding have lessons themselves. All the top riders have lessons. Being advised to have lessons doesn't mean people think you can't ride, just that you need assistance.

This pony sounds like he does have issues for whatever reason. I have ridden a true bolter in the past - one that would crash headlong in to a wall rather than be pulled up. It's frightening and dangerous. The fact that you can pull your pony up suggests he's not a true bolter but, something's clearly not right in his world.

Having an instructor to help you will not only improve your own riding but might help find out what this pony's issues are.

I've been riding since I was 7 years old, I'm now 56. I still have lessons, riding is one of those things where you spend your whole life learning more and trying to improve. We all need help when we face issues.

I hope that it works out for you and that the pony can be sorted as he's clearly not a happy chap.
 
Really sorry, I made a new account that I planned to use in a few weeks but forgot I was logged in on my laptop! I was going to get rid of this one after this had blown over
 
Rolocookiepepsi said:
Respectfully, all horses are different, and if you were to come and ride him, you'd know exactly what I mean
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if you put the area you are in (not the exact location) in a post someone here may know or may even be an instructor in your area who can help you. otherwise without seeing you or the pony it sounds as if you both need to learn how to ride and be ridden from the seat and not the hands or legs. if you have a friend who has a quiet and fairly slow pony it would be worth them lunging you on it and doing walk/trot/canter transitions with no reins and your hands on your head then gradually do it without stirrups as well and no gripping with your legs :)
 
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I could have asked your question when I was your age with my first horse, a cob, who simply wouldn't stop. He had been badly treated and badly broken before I had him and he simply didn't understand the bit so he kept on going, Not dangerously bolting which is a very different thing but not stopping. When we were out on the common like that I felt I had no control.

I was given loads of advice by well meaning people all of which I ignored. I removed the bridle and put a pair of reins on a headcollar. No training, no teaching him, I just did it. I had instant control. It only required a small amount of pressure on the reins, no pulling. At last he understood. So I rode him for miles like that, then I moved onto an English Hackamore which I felt looked better out riding. All the time I rode bitless I taught him voice commands. "Ho" meant stop immediately which he did. After a couple of months of this I removed the headcollar and put a just neckring on. We rode miles around the roads and over the common and jumping that way.

This was long time ago with less traffic on our quiet lanes so I wouldn't suggest anyone did that on busy roads. If you try removing the pressure of pulling you may just find he is happier. All you have to do is put reins on your headcollar in the school. If he is going to run away with a bit then it is no different if he does it in a headcollar. Perhaps have someone around to keep an eye on you the first time. A couple of times around the school you will know if it has possibilities. If it does then you can do some in hand training to teach him commands eg back and Ho and lots of walking around cones and stuff to get him used to turning.
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Please stop pulling out the bully card. You are not being bullied. People are giving you advice and you're just dismissing it as you know better.

Get a bloody instructor.
 
I have two further pieces of advice for the OP, though she may not appreciate them coming from me:

1. Insurance - I'm hoping you have personal accident in addition to third party liability.

2. Please re-consider your new username - you're quite young and you don't need to be associated with this sort of thing on google when you come to apply for jobs etc...
 
I know that I do t know better, I have been insulted a lot and I'm just fed up. No need to be rude, I am accepting advice and if you'd read before, I'm saving up for some lessons and I'd like to stop arguing if that's okay :)
 
Rolocookiepepsi said:
Really sorry, I made a new account that I planned to use in a few weeks but forgot I was logged in on my laptop! I was going to get rid of this one after this had blown over
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The only problem with that, Amy/Emma, is that your join date is on the post, and you set that account up January last year, long before this one.

PS your edit was too late. Lots of us have already seen that you accidentally posted as amymarchsmith, so removing what you wrote is not going to work, sorry.
 
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I am going to just answer the op and ignore the rest. I have a lovely little pony who would do exactly as you describe if you were leaning forward even the tiniest bit, or were at all nervous. She is simply extremely responsive. Watch the owner ride. With my pony, I get on and she is calm, quiet and easy. Just a thought.
 
Rolocookiepepsi said:
of course I didn't want to give out my real name.. I made a mistake, im sorry
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But why did you tell us that you had set that a account up so that you could stop using the rolo one, when in fact you set it up more than a year ago? And if Amy March Smith is your real name, why did you say on your introduction thread that it was Emma?

I'm so confused!
 
My questions were ones I actually wanted answers to, but I used a fake name, because I didn't want anyone knowing my real name! I made my other account last year but only just changed my forgotten password. I accidentally posted from it when I logged in on my laptop, thinking I was still posting from tho account. I know I have made a HUGE mistake but if you could kindly edit my name out of your comments it would be greatly appreciated, as that's why I didn't use my real name in the first place.. I didn't want it anywhere in these forums x
 
I'm sorry, but I'm out of time and the edit facility has been removed. You'll need to ask admin to do it, and your own post as well.
 
OP where are you based? Perhaps someone on here is local and might be able to give you a hand or has a more suitable horse you could share.

PM me if you'd prefer.
 
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