| Author | Message | ||
     Lindsay Spalding Member Username: Lvspalding Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2013 |
Don't beat yourself up over this, a roar is much better than taking to your pony with a whip etc as some would do  My Shetland likes to rear up now and again when he doesn't want to wait. It used to worry me a lot but he responds well to a voice scold and always carry on calmly afterwards. I've named them "Shetland pony temper tantrums"!!! With schooling,time and patience he is getting much better. | ||
| Sue Baldock Member Username: Sueb Post Number: 18 Registered: 10-2010 |
Hi Diane, dont let it bother you, it sounds like you coped very well. I have a roar at mine every now & then. Keep going. | ||
| Lorna Ingam Member Username: Stigman Post Number: 10 Registered: 04-2010 |
hi stay positive just look at it as a little glitch forget about it and move on ,pony will not be thinking about it so try not to worry good luck ! | ||
| diane hogben Member Username: Benson21 Post Number: 19 Registered: 10-2012 |
I feel my confidence has had a little dent!! Sonny didnt drive him first,like he did last time, so I had to deal with his freshness myself. He was very very forward going, and running through my hands. In the end we adjusted his bit so there was a bit more curb action which brought him back to me abit. After the lesson as we went to leave we took the turn to the gate too sharply so I needed to turn him away and go again, at that he had a temper tantrum and reared right up!! Just what I didnt need!! So I absolutely roared at him, and he went on as quiet as a lamb!! So now I have very little voice, a very sore back where he pulled a bit, and a little dent in my ever growing confidence! I think I just need to go and do it all again!! __________________ |