Teaching a pony to rear? Pah, beginners stuff!!

[Trolt]

Dovorian, I will try to be strong, right up to the point that she looks at me and says "pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Mummy, I love yooouuuuu"

Pathetic, aren't I?!

I do the "but Muuuummmmmmmmy, ponies keep me away from boys and drugs and unplanned pregnancies"
Still works, even at the age of 21!!
Seriously, ponies are great for girls to stay obsessed with, because boys are not interesting and take up too much valuable time that could be spent with pony!

Your little girl sounds adorable, I didn't get my first pony until I was 13 (although rode from a young age). If I'd have had a pony aged 6, I would have read to them!

 

[YorksG]

When we had 'the pink pair', they had two white buckets, one had a label on (Reeves Powder Paint) They always had the same bucket, but sister and I would swap about who fed who, the Old Appy always had the bucket with the label on, she read Nelly as being spelled Reeves She never got it wrong and we did wonder how to teach her to read more words

 

[Nannon]

cutest thing ever!

 

[McNally]

I love it! Our pony just runs to the hay shed (he obviously cant read!)

 

[scheherazade]

I do the "but Muuuummmmmmmmy, ponies keep me away from boys and drugs and unplanned pregnancies"
Still works, even at the age of 21!!
Seriously, ponies are great for girls to stay obsessed with, because boys are not interesting and take up too much valuable time that could be spent with pony!

Your little girl sounds adorable, I didn't get my first pony until I was 13 (although rode from a young age). If I'd have had a pony aged 6, I would have read to them!

Thanks Trolt, pony was originally got with that partly in mind - to keep her active and away from the dreaded goggle box. Plus it let me keep mine without having to worry about babysitters / bored children. And teaches her responsibility and an active lifestyle. Win-Win However am seriously hoping that boys, drugs and unplanned pregnancies aren't a concern for a while yet - she's only 6!!

Join the queue........... I neeeeeeed THAT show jacket, I've done so well this year.... OK, my new winter coat will be an outlet centre buy again..

No complaints, we had loads of fun and I have a very guilty memory - forgot small person behind me whilst gossiping and popped over biggish log, to see small person wrapped around pony's neck as he bravely banked the log... have been forgiven now though.

Aww bless, how old is small person now?

If only I could have taught mine to count and read numbers, such as the ones on the fronts of the jumps...

There has been research into this, horses can learn lots of words, descriptions, nouns and verbs, to the point where they could find out which colours they can distinguish, I read something years ago by Marthe Kiley Worthington (I think)

I love your mini me's logic, she's destined for a bright future!

Either a bright future or the world's largest collection of asbos LOL!!

When we had 'the pink pair', they had two white buckets, one had a label on (Reeves Powder Paint) They always had the same bucket, but sister and I would swap about who fed who, the Old Appy always had the bucket with the label on, she read Nelly as being spelled Reeves She never got it wrong and we did wonder how to teach her to read more words

I shall send mini S over for £100 per day will teach extended vocabulary to any pony!! Also take payment in wine!! No carrot sticks required ;D

 

[brighthair]

I often read horse magazines out. One horse was very interested in the cross country section. I started reading out "10 ways to improve your dressage" and he sneezed on the page and turned his bum on me!

 

[scheherazade]

I often read horse magazines out. One horse was very interested in the cross country section. I started reading out "10 ways to improve your dressage" and he sneezed on the page and turned his bum on me!

PMSL To be fair, I can see his point!!

 

[MerrySherryRider]

I had a horse that taught herself French. To avoid her listening to me when a novice was riding her, I gave intructions in French. Flaming mare soon understood despite being Dutch.

 

[A Beary Merry Christmas]

How blimmin SWEET, just priceless, Thanks for the smiles.

Love the Pink Sec. A too.