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Little Man learning to ride

3K views 13 replies 9 participants last post by  Qtswede 
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So, I've been training horses, and teaching riding lessons for a while now... in the meantime, my little guy is finally old enough to try more than just a pony ride. :D *super proud mom moment*. We got him a 20 something shetland pony for his birthday last year, and he's been doing pony rides, grooming, etc to get him used to being around him. The past few months, he's been taking more and more off line rides. Well, last night, he rode alone - in the round pen, of course. He got the old man to walk, turn both ways, stop and back up. I got pics on the cell phone, so I'll have to figure out how to get them on. Just had to share a little :D Thanks for listening!!
 
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He just turned 7 on the 25th. He's a very timid boy, but ... for the first time in a long time, he stuck around and watched me ride my best trained horse - just wanted an easy ride that eve. (usually just sees groundwork on colts, driving, and once they're started well - don't want him seeing any colts getting silly yet) and we did some transitions & side passes, turn on the haunches, etc... he LOVED it. He got excited every time we'd do something else for him to watch and started jumping up asking 'what was that! what was that! I want to do THAT!!' lol. Says he wants to lope on her now. BIG switch from a shetland to my biggest QH lol. I told him he needs to be a little taller first. :P
 
#10 ·
How gorgeous!!
What's his pony called?
I bet riding will be great for him and will give him confidence.
They look so sweet. My son who is 9yrs has started riding. on the first lesson he told the instructor he wanted to rope cows and gallop. She laughed at him. He is now jogging around. He is really confident. At the end of each lesson he is able to do his own thing for ten mins. He told the instructor (lesson 3) he was gonna just go and jog over the jumps, LOL she said no. On a serious note I find he is a differant kid after he has been riding really polite, relaxed and happy (ear to ear grin).
 
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His pony's name is Champ. He's probably nearly as old as I am. The groove in his teeth is clear up to the gums, and getting pretty wide lol. He's got to be the sweetest pony I've ever known. He loves kids, and likes to be near them. So patient. My boy still falls apart laughing every time he breaks into a trot. Fun to watch.
 
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I hear ya on that little one - my other one is 7 months lol. Yeah, little guy loves his old pony, and he leads him for other kids that don't know how to ride. It's super cute. :D I'll get better pics next time - forcing myself to take the camera with me now.
 
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