moodiestmare
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Just seen some advertised! I want to buy one for my little girl but I think she is to young.
Minature shetland ponies!!
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itsme123
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A miniature won't last her long. They make look weeny but don't make the mistake of thinking small means less powerful. IME the smaller they are the stronger!!
Get a standard shetland. Should last until she's about 10 (if she's petite), and tend to have a better nature.
Get a standard shetland. Should last until she's about 10 (if she's petite), and tend to have a better nature.
Tinker_Belle
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I had two. One was a sweetheart, the other was a cheeky little sod & needed a firm hand at first, after that he was a good lad.
But make sure you get a nice one because they can be little sods!
But make sure you get a nice one because they can be little sods!
moodiestmare
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So I keep hearing!! Just think they look so cute though! My little girl is only 2 though so I musn't buy anything yet!!!
vennessa
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We took in a miniature Shetland, little horror was not the word for him!
He got on fantastic with my little girl. She backed him herself!
She disappeared one morning and i found her sat naked on the pony
She had turned a bucket upside down and just climbed on.
I did go through all the dangers etc whch she has already been told, but thankfully it went well. She learnt everything with Pippin, grooming, picking out his feet etc. With him being so tiny he was a good size. She went on to ride and jump him and ended up showing at county level!
He could still be a monster
He wrapped himself around a steward at a county show
, had a rear and a buck, all without the judge seeing. He behaved perfect in front of the judge and came 4th out of a huge line up.
Lara and Pippin learnt a lot together. If i had another child i would let them learn with a miniature Shetland because of the size. But you realy do need to find the right tempered one. We still have Pips and he behaves perfect now - after 10 years
He got on fantastic with my little girl. She backed him herself!
She disappeared one morning and i found her sat naked on the pony
He could still be a monster
Lara and Pippin learnt a lot together. If i had another child i would let them learn with a miniature Shetland because of the size. But you realy do need to find the right tempered one. We still have Pips and he behaves perfect now - after 10 years
laura05
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So I keep hearing!! Just think they look so cute though! My little girl is only 2 though so I musn't buy anything yet!!!
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I bought Benji when my daughter had just turned 2 her little brother is 2 now and just started riding him !
i wouldnt get a mini though go for a standard
So I keep hearing!! Just think they look so cute though! My little girl is only 2 though so I musn't buy anything yet!!!
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I bought Benji when my daughter had just turned 2 her little brother is 2 now and just started riding him !
i wouldnt get a mini though go for a standard
wizzi901
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If you are thinking that she can ride mini shetland forget it, wont last 2 minutes, not great for riding anyway. If you are talking Standard Shetland, a good one will be quite expensive, there is one on Horsequest that I know of for £500, little chestnut, he is fab. Again wont last forever tho.
If you are thinking for showing in hand, you can keep them forever, my daughter has mini shetland and miniature horse, we have a lot of fun with them and will break them to drive soon but not for riding at all!!
If you are thinking for showing in hand, you can keep them forever, my daughter has mini shetland and miniature horse, we have a lot of fun with them and will break them to drive soon but not for riding at all!!
wizzi901
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Oh, make sure if you get one its either old and experienced or been handled from birth. If at all feral then dont waste your time, they can be right little gits!! I hated them before we had ours, but as ours had been handled from birth they are both lovely.
Tinker_Belle
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Oh, make sure if you get one its either old and experienced or been handled from birth. If at all feral then dont waste your time, they can be right little gits!! I hated them before we had ours, but as ours had been handled from birth they are both lovely.
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I wouldn't entirely agree with that TBH....
One of our minis we bought for £10 (fuel cost) he was a yearling & had not been handled from day one but allowed to run in a field with his mum. The first time he was handled was to be grabbed by the ears, bundled into the trailer & bought to us.
Took us two months to get a headcollar on him but after six months he was a doll. So much so he could be trusted with my 4yr old sister. He never once bit, kicked or anything else & was a complete angel. We didn't break him to ride as he hadn't been fed properly when young & so his growth was stunted.
On the other hand, our mini that we bought from a stud & who had been handled from birth would throw paddies if you tried to pick his feet up (a month to overcome that) & would nip if he thought he could get away with it. Six months of firm handling & reprimanding & he was fine too.
I think it does definitely come down to the nature of the individual pony. Saffron was a total sod at times & Nutmeg was an angel & you could trust him 100% with the tiniest of tots. Nutmeg taught my little sister the basics, she would groom him pick his hooves out herself with somebody stood by keeping an eye. She could also catch him & turn him out herself with an adult near to keep watch.
Saffron eventually caught up with Nutmegs standards but then again, we got him at a year old & he was a very willful little pony at times but turned out to be a sweetheart too.
Oh, make sure if you get one its either old and experienced or been handled from birth. If at all feral then dont waste your time, they can be right little gits!! I hated them before we had ours, but as ours had been handled from birth they are both lovely.
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I wouldn't entirely agree with that TBH....
One of our minis we bought for £10 (fuel cost) he was a yearling & had not been handled from day one but allowed to run in a field with his mum. The first time he was handled was to be grabbed by the ears, bundled into the trailer & bought to us.
Took us two months to get a headcollar on him but after six months he was a doll. So much so he could be trusted with my 4yr old sister. He never once bit, kicked or anything else & was a complete angel. We didn't break him to ride as he hadn't been fed properly when young & so his growth was stunted.
On the other hand, our mini that we bought from a stud & who had been handled from birth would throw paddies if you tried to pick his feet up (a month to overcome that) & would nip if he thought he could get away with it. Six months of firm handling & reprimanding & he was fine too.
I think it does definitely come down to the nature of the individual pony. Saffron was a total sod at times & Nutmeg was an angel & you could trust him 100% with the tiniest of tots. Nutmeg taught my little sister the basics, she would groom him pick his hooves out herself with somebody stood by keeping an eye. She could also catch him & turn him out herself with an adult near to keep watch.
Saffron eventually caught up with Nutmegs standards but then again, we got him at a year old & he was a very willful little pony at times but turned out to be a sweetheart too.