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Location: Okla | My grandfather (a true cowboy) bought me a pony when I was 2 yrs old. I will never forget that and chose the same path when I bought our son a pony. My grandfather bought me a pony off of a carnival ride. That pony was blind, but it was used to walking in circles with every kid imaginable on her back. My parents could turn me loose in the yard with full confidence that I would only be walking in a large circle and not going somewhere else.....or going any faster than a walk. .......... As a child I learned the value of patience and going slow |
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Location: Texas | tripleE - 2014-02-28 8:35 AM My grandfather (a true cowboy) bought me a pony when I was 2 yrs old. I will never forget that and chose the same path when I bought our son a pony. My grandfather bought me a pony off of a carnival ride. That pony was blind, but it was used to walking in circles with every kid imaginable on her back. My parents could turn me loose in the yard with full confidence that I would only be walking in a large circle and not going somewhere else.....or going any faster than a walk. .......... As a child I learned the value of patience and going slow
That is what my first pony did before we got her. My mom was friends with the guy that had them, so any time we were in town we would stop by and they would visit while my sister and I rode the ponies... round and round in a big slow circle lol.
He was selling out and we brought lady home, she did know how to do more then a big circle though. I wasn't exactly pleased with her in the beginning (I wanted one of the pretty full size horses not a fuzzy shetland). I was told I was lucky I got a horse considering she(mom) didn't like shetlands, Lady was a good horse and if I didn't want her I wouldn't have a horse... and that was that! I don't think she ever spooked at anything, she had spent years around a bunch of screaming kids that knew nothing about horses and did all the things you are taught not to do around horses lol. |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I don't think you can make a good judgement on conformation from those two pictures. The pony is cute. So she's young - big deal. You have several years to work with her and decide if she'll work for your daughter. IMO conformation doesn't matter very much for a kids pony, and by the time your daughter is big enough even to be led around, you'll have an idea if the pony is going to turn into a kid pony or not. If not, sell her to someone with a little older kid who wants a project and use that money to buy a more beginner-friendly pony. Lots of options with a pony if you have time to put the miles on one before you need it.
I'm currently riding a Welsh mix and a small QH gelding for some friends of ours who want to sell them, and I'm thinking the Welsh may have some real kid horse potential despite his conformation not being the greatest. |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | The pony isn't built very well.............but who really cares for a shetland that will probably just walk/trot.
I'm a sucker, the little guy hasn't had a fair break, and ponies are waaayyy cheap to feed. I would buy it and play with it. If it doesn't seem super quiet, just buy another one and they can be buddies. |
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 Firecracker Dog Lover
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| rachellyn80 - 2014-02-27 1:02 PM
For reference we have bought several ponies over the past few years. My daughters like to break and train them...we have paid prices all over the board.
The yellow mare - $75
The roan mare - $150
and then there's the white gelding Captain Jack who will be with us for the rest of his life - $2,000 and he's worth a million.
To heck with training ponies, can I send my 6 year old for your daughters to put some time on? GREAT pictures and you can tell these girls know their stuff, are gentle and you can't beat a pony that let you shoot from it's back. :) Good job - with the ponies and the girls!!! |
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Firecracker Dog Lover
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| rachellyn80 - 2014-02-27 1:32 PM
jhanlan - 2014-02-27 3:25 PM I just have to say that that little white pony pictures is absolutely ADORABLE!! OMG! I too have been in the spot of looking for the perfect pony! My advise to you is to take your time and not buy the very first one you come across for a good deal!! There are so many awesome ponies out there - they are worth waiting for!
The white pony "Captain Jack" came from Pete and Jill Houck. www.houckhorsecompany.com in Minnesota. They are a great source for wonderful ponies. Their daughter Lana rides them all. I bought him on this site but they send theirs through the Billings Sale as well.
This is the video from Captain Jack's sale ad, you can see why I couldn't pass him up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLk7-0Y76e4&sns=em
Rachel you are right - Captain Jack is worth a million, at least! What a great pony! |
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Location: Beggs, OK | brlraceaddict - 2014-02-28 12:06 PM rachellyn80 - 2014-02-27 1:02 PM For reference we have bought several ponies over the past few years. My daughters like to break and train them...we have paid prices all over the board.
The yellow mare - $75
The roan mare - $150
and then there's the white gelding Captain Jack who will be with us for the rest of his life - $2,000 and he's worth a million.
To heck with training ponies, can I send my 6 year old for your daughters to put some time on? GREAT pictures and you can tell these girls know their stuff, are gentle and you can't beat a pony that let you shoot from it's back. : ) Good job - with the ponies and the girls!!!
Thank you! Pj is 12 now, but when she was 6 she wasn't nearly as confident or aggressive as Savvy is. Savvy is 4 and fearless. I have to keep an eye on them! Pj is too big for the little ponies now, so she uses her sister as a test pilot, lol Here's a video of a pony that came to us for training. She was so scared of people it was sad. Pj had worked with her for about 45-60 days driving and handling on the ground and then had her sister get on her. Savvy wasn't quite 4 in the video.
When Pj turned 9 she changed completely. She went from a fast lope to running in the 1D at big events. If you look through the videos on my Youtube channel you can see their progression. Most of the videos of Savvy are from when she was 3. We just keep them on solid horses and ponies and try to make it as fun as possible. I won't put my kids on anything that I wouldn't want to ride myself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ArinK2wfk
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Firecracker Dog Lover
Posts: 3175
| rachellyn80 - 2014-02-28 10:56 AM
brlraceaddict - 2014-02-28 12:06 PM rachellyn80 - 2014-02-27 1:02 PM For reference we have bought several ponies over the past few years. My daughters like to break and train them...we have paid prices all over the board.
The yellow mare - $75
The roan mare - $150
and then there's the white gelding Captain Jack who will be with us for the rest of his life - $2,000 and he's worth a million.
To heck with training ponies, can I send my 6 year old for your daughters to put some time on? GREAT pictures and you can tell these girls know their stuff, are gentle and you can't beat a pony that let you shoot from it's back. : ) Good job - with the ponies and the girls!!!
When Pj turned 9 she changed completely. She went from a fast lope to running in the 1D at big events. If you look through the videos on my Youtube channel you can see their progression. Most of the videos of Savvy are from when she was 3. We just keep them on solid horses and ponies and try to make it as fun as possible. I won't put my kids on anything that I wouldn't want to ride myself.www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ArinK2wfk
Great job with those ponies. You can SEE that Savvy has no fear. This is going to be good and bad when she's 16 you know. :) :) |
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 Hummer's Hero
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | I'm outside the norm I guess...I bought an unbroke 4 year old pony for my son. He's freaking adorable, sound, and I paid $200 + a little fuel money to get him. He's an ornery little turd, but I'm small enough I can break him. Then, at my disposal, I have my friend's two little boys who are pretty dang handy on a horse. So George is going over to them for a couple of months for those boys to ride, rope off of, and torment. Then, when he comes back, I fully intend to ride that little sucker to bring steers back for the guys while they rope. My son can leadline on him in between.
But, that said...I also have a 19 year old BOMBPROOF mare that he can actually learn to ride on. And another big, really safe gelding that he can ride. The pony is more something his size that he can play with at home (and to be a companion for my horses). I do hope, in another couple of years that he can use the pony for goat tying and things like that. But he'll have the big horses for everything else.
Worst case scenario for me...we decide to sell him, but he's worth more with all the work that I and my friend's boys have done with him.
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  Color My World
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Location: My perfect world bubble | I bought a 28 yr. old POA for my 4 yr. old daughter to learn on. He is now 30 and she is 6 and ready to step up to her next mount. He has been a God send and she's been able to learn and gain confidence on a been there, done that. I paid $1200 for him and it's probably the best $1200 I've ever spent.
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