Oops. Minor gripe......

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What is it about having ponies that makes you so sensitive to even the smallest of things?
Speaking to one of the other liveries last week and we got round to chatting about Luke. Usual stuff...'aww how cute'. 'what a pretty pony' etc etc. Then she pipes up "But he's not going to be very big is he? 13.1 at most!"
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Hmph I thought through gritted teeth
Now here's where it got abit nasty, cos I saw red
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The little fella stands around 12.3 at the withers right now(he's not quite a year old yet), and just by looking at him and those long, bambi like legs(which he has very little control over) I can see that he has way more growing to do.....by my reckoning(which is only hypothetical I'll admit) he's going to be around the 14/14.1 mark...great for both myself and Coral, and maybe even Pops if he's interested in riding at all. I sometimes look at Lukey and hope that he doesn't go over height cos those legs are L-O-N-G!!

I don't know why I got so sensitive over his prospective finishing height....
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PS. This is the same girl that's just turned her laminitic horse out onto lush green pasture......
 
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This fits in with something I just posted on snobbery in the industry. As a pony owner too I have even found myself apologising without realising it when asked about my horse ('he is just a pony...).

I think it is the old issue of size! Good things actually do come in small packages and ponies are great...

(PS Were you joking about the lush grass?)
 
Measure from the dimple in his knee to the top of his hoof. The measurement in inches will be his height in hands. As with any animal, his eventual height will depend to some extent on how good his start in life was.
 
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Hi
This fits in with something I just posted on snobbery in the industry. As a pony owner too I have even found myself apologising without realising it when asked about my horse ('he is just a pony...).

I think it is the old issue of size! Good things actually do come in small packages and ponies are great...

(PS Were you joking about the lush grass?)

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Thank you, I tend to agree.....and No, I wasn't joking
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I have a laminitic prone pony, and have just bought him a muzzle, which he hates. They are great but you have to face the cold, insulted stare as you drive off and leave them wearing it, hannibal lector style...
 
I agree that ponies are great and personally have no use for anything over 15hh - but that is just my preference.

Yes, if you are competing seriously then you need something that has the range or speed, but if you aren't plenty of smaller horses and ponies will do the job, and are very hardy. Maybe this is another reason for an increase in reported accidents, riders have further to fall these days
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I have a laminitic prone pony, and have just bought him a muzzle, which he hates. They are great but you have to face the cold, insulted stare as you drive off and leave them wearing it, hannibal lector style...

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Sorry to hijack but... PMSL. Know it too well
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SD... I can totally understand that. I got insulted when someone called me Ginger shettie, Joey.... wait for it... A midget.
I can call him a midget... but busy bodies like her cannot!!
I laughed it off though.
 
What wound me up was the fact that she did seem to be going out of her way to be derogatory about him.....she seemed to think that he'd be OK for 'pottering around on', but not much else
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Have you tried the 'really odd reply' technique to stop further conversation.
For example, saying something like 'Yes, who'd have thought his Dad was a Shire' or 'Well, he's only being trained for the circus, and if smaller, they keep their balance better on the tightrope'.
She will think you're mad, weird, or both....and will slither away quietly.
Have fun.
S :-)
 
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Have you tried the 'really odd reply' technique to stop further conversation.
For example, saying something like 'Yes, who'd have thought his Dad was a Shire' or 'Well, he's only being trained for the circus, and if smaller, they keep their balance better on the tightrope'.
She will think you're mad, weird, or both....and will slither away quietly.
Have fun.
S :-)

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PMSL!! I like your style
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I know how you feel!.When my boy was a weaned foal the yard owner turned round and told me that my horse will only make about 15.3hh if that.I was most upset as i wanted/needed something alot bigger because i'm not a lightweight.Well my 15.3hh baby has turned into a 17hh middleweight hunter.I think she still eats her words to this day!!.
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Have you tried the 'really odd reply' technique to stop further conversation.
For example, saying something like 'Yes, who'd have thought his Dad was a Shire' or 'Well, he's only being trained for the circus, and if smaller, they keep their balance better on the tightrope'.
She will think you're mad, weird, or both....and will slither away quietly.
Have fun.
S :-)

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ROFL.
 
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I know how you feel!.When my boy was a weaned foal the yard owner turned round and told me that my horse will only make about 15.3hh if that.I was most upset as i wanted/needed something alot bigger because i'm not a lightweight.Well my 15.3hh baby has turned into a 17hh middleweight hunter.I think she still eats her words to this day!!.
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Love it, and I'll be hoping that the little fella turns into a not so little fella if only to prove her wrong
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Tell her that size doesn't matter - or ask her if she goes for bigger height horses to make up for something lacking in the bedroom - that'll annoy her
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Nothing wrong with ponies at all. Even when you're my height at 5ft11 - look huge but still ever so fun
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