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| Okay everyone, I tried it!! It went really well, my cat rode in the seat beside me, and I feel like my left arm is gonna fall off, but my boy behaved perfectly. Maybe if I do this daily my left arm will match my roping arm!!  |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | PSA .... Make sure your batteries are in great condition before setting out on a ponying journey with your horse and three dogs in tow.... I'm just saying... |
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Location: Iowa | I pony off of the 4 wheeler. I put the horse between me and the ditch. I never had a problem except my arm getting tired. When we use the gator, I have a passenger holding the rope. |
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Location: Arkansas | All 5 of ours do it from a 4-wheeler. We don't fly around at 45 mph (!!) but they lead and respect the situation completely. We leave from the house on our rides so we pony them about a mile from the pasture. A lot of times my bf brings both the horses we'll be riding for the day by himself. They learned quickly. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | We have done this in years past. I would start out with someone driving and you sitting in the back leading the horse that way if something happened and he got skeered, you could jump and not turn him loose. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I've ponied Duncan off a 4-wheeler. I do put a stud chain on for this just in case. I also sit on the lead rope. We long trot and lope. |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-22 6:01 PM
Kaycee - 2015-06-22 5:41 PM teehaha - 2015-06-22 5:03 PM Slim loved going for his 'walks'. Ponied off other horses, out the truck window. It was just easier for Dan to hop in the Mule and do a few laps around the pasture in the evening.
  , Slim sure was a handsome boy 
Thanks guys ....still miss the big guy every day :( He was Dan's big buddy and he buried his ashes right under the window in his stud barn that he spent hours hanging his head out of. Slim had a 360 view from there and loved to see everyone comming and going. Thank heavens for frozen semen! |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I have never owned a quad or a gator..so its never been an option and even if i did own one it still wouldn't t be an option..we have way to much bush.....lol...m |
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| Pony off the gator and use a bit. If i'm just walking and trotting halter is fine but when i get into a lope I use a bit because mine can get cranked up and feeling good. I've got one that just thinks being ponied is play time and jus bucks and plays....he always needs a bit LOL |
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The Advice Guru
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| IowaCanChaser - 2015-06-22 8:30 PM
Okay everyone, I tried it!! It went really well, my cat rode in the seat beside me, and I feel like my left arm is gonna fall off, but my boy behaved perfectly. Maybe if I do this daily my left arm will match my roping arm!!
Being on the injured list too, I started ponying out of the side by side.
What I do is I use a 20 foot rope attached to the halter, I wrap it around the pole behind me and I hold onto the rest
This way I can focus on driving and my arm doesn't get sore
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