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as said before, we're thinking on selling the ginger monster in the future, with a view to getting a bigger pony.

We've done lots of work with him in the last couple of weeks, and previously before he went lame (he's sound now).

This evening i was lungeing him and he didnt want to go fowards. he just wanted to eat. So I cracked the whip behind him and he stood on his hind legs. Got some baler twine and made daisy rein, and he just threw himself about
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. Reared up again and came down and bronked. When I took off the daisy rein he tried to eat again but when he realised i meant buisness he was fine. It seems any naughty behaviour is when he's restricted on his grass...

would this worry you when selling a pony as a LR pony? He's never ever reared or anything with a kiddie on him, but I've not sold a LR pony before and am just worried a little by this.
 
He has been improving on the lunge if I remember rightly hasn't he? Keep working with him until you sell. I would probably tell any potential buyers that he has his "stubborn" moments when on the lunge. I am sure obstinacy is part & parcel of owning most shetlands! However - I have never sold any of mine, so I am sure others will have better advice!!
 
I won't sell Tweenie because she has "moments". Worries me that someone else won't know how to read her behaviour and keep themselves out of trouble....not to mention worried about being sued if things go wrong.

Tweenie's never stood on her back feet, ever. But she can get excited and bronc when she's cantering, more so on grass. First lap of school area is fine, second lap is Whiiiizzzzzz bronc! Hannah can sit her bronc fits now, but a younger child would get hurled off (as indeed Hannah used to do).

Tweenie is bombproof on the road and brilliant on the lead though. Often turns her bum in the stable or field when you're trying to catch her, but a quick rustle of a sweet wrapper and she's all yours!
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I just wouldn't like to risk someone else thinking she's dangerous and then taking me to court, so I'm stuck with her.
 
I think you need to be very honest about him when you come to sell him. You've posted about the problems you've had with him so anyone could read them, so you really need to be upfront about him from the start so that no one can have any comeback on you if it should go wrong after you sold him.
 
with the problems i had with dishonest sellers in the past I wouldnt dream of lying to anyone, just wondered if the fact he'd stood on his hind legs whilst being lunged would be a problem to anyone? He's in no way dangerous, I wouldnt let my kids ride him if i thought he was.

would it be better to sell him as a possible driving pony?
 
Patches..my little Welsh A is very similar. On the lead rein she's wonderful but off she's too sharp to be a beginners pony but too small to be much else. On the lunge she does 0-60 in the blink of an eye so I've kept her rather than sell her on.
Katy, I think as long as you're honest you'll be fine. It wouldn't put me off too much as long as he's 100% when ridden although rearing is a bit worrying IMO. It the ultimate trantrum. Sounds like your pony got away with murder with his previous owners.
 
when we got him he didnt know HOW to canter with tack on... cantering was just sort of an accident which happened when he was chasing sheep. At first he bronked, but he's now fine, and will canter happily with a little rider. the worst he's done with a kiddie on him is a little fly kick sort of thing. And that was because a man insisted on standing directly behind him making a fuss. That's the only time i've ever seen him do this. We've had toddlers running under him and he was fine... must be just men.

If we were to go ahead and get a bigger pony I havent the facilities to keep him too or loan him out.
 
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Patches..my little Welsh A is very similar. On the lead rein she's wonderful but off she's too sharp to be a beginners pony but too small to be much else. On the lunge she does 0-60 in the blink of an eye so I've kept her rather than sell her on.


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They're speedy little devils aren't they?
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My four year old is perfectly safe on Tweenie as we manage the situations she rides her in. We'll lunge before riding in our field (don't have a manège) and Isobel is on a lead anyway. She has perfect manners on the lead (well apart from nipping the leader occasionally lol). Never bother lungeing before when we're hacking as she's just so great on the roads.

It's just off the lead. She's very sharp and therefore she's not a true beginners pony. As you say, at 11.2hh they not much use as a second pony as most riders have outgrown them before they can really get after them. Interestingly, Hannah's 9 now and this year has shown a vast difference in the way Tweenie behaves under saddle when Hannah is riding her.

My personal bug bear with tiny ponies is the munching grass. Small children don't react quickly enough to slip the reins so end up going over the pony's head....repeatedly. Once a pony knows it can pull a child out of the saddle, it keeps on doing it. At least Tweenie doesn't do that and is 110% bombproof on the roads.
 
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