Bruce
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Go with solid! You want something that will still be in good shape when the kids inherit the house
Promise Acre: Our Journey
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promiseacres
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We got a bit of snow.
Baymule
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Yeah, you got a lot of snow!
Bruce
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Yep you did! Is it wet heavy heart attack snow?
Ridgetop
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I love ponies - I earned to ride in Europe and they don't mount children on horses. They put them on ponies according to their size since they ride English. That way the child's legs are in the right position for leg aids. I mounted al my kids on ponies first. Ponies can be little snots and if you can ride a pony, a nicely broke quarter horse or other breed is pretty easy in comparison.
Also the smaller the pony the harder it is to find a well broke one. Mainly because a larger adult rider doesn't usually work with ponies, so can't school them easily, and also because since ponies are "so cute" they are often allowed to get away with behavior that in a horse would not be tolerated.
Ponies are wonderful though and a well broke one is worth its weight in gold! Also easier for the child to do all the work on it instead of just expecting mommy or daddy to groom, pick hooves, saddle, etc. Congratulations!
Also the smaller the pony the harder it is to find a well broke one. Mainly because a larger adult rider doesn't usually work with ponies, so can't school them easily, and also because since ponies are "so cute" they are often allowed to get away with behavior that in a horse would not be tolerated.
Ponies are wonderful though and a well broke one is worth its weight in gold! Also easier for the child to do all the work on it instead of just expecting mommy or daddy to groom, pick hooves, saddle, etc. Congratulations!
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promiseacres
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Yes it is. More is coming down.
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promiseacres
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Jocelyn's lesson the other day. Need to schedule more. Might look into a group lesson.
Horses in their sheets/blankets as they're predicting freezing rain. I was worried how Lightning and Richie would react but they just kept eating their hay, like we throw a blanket on them every day. Love these ponies! Makes me tempted to see how the two old men would do... (Mom's Chase and DH's Duke) but both are known to kick... so I haven't wanted to try. I really wish I wasn't the only one who took care of all the horses... I guess they won't live forever... both are past 20 now.
And here's some more snow photos, the first is DS trying to tunnel in a drift. And the second is drifts at the farm that DS dug out so we had a path, it was thigh to waist high.
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That's a good amount of snow! Good job to your son for being the path shoveler, did he complete his tunnel? Lol.
The horses look very comfortable in their new clothes .
The horses look very comfortable in their new clothes
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Baymule
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That's a lot of snow! Wow.
Jocelyn looks at ease in her lessons. She can take what she learns and use it on her pony.
I'm glad our winters are mild, we do get some cold weather, but nothing like what you get. I've never put a blanket on a horse. Sometimes I see horses out in a pasture, wearing blankets and I laugh as we drive by. Really? I can tell that people put them on at night, then went to work. It sometimes is sunny and I feel sorry for the horses. People are dummies.
Jocelyn looks at ease in her lessons. She can take what she learns and use it on her pony.
I'm glad our winters are mild, we do get some cold weather, but nothing like what you get. I've never put a blanket on a horse. Sometimes I see horses out in a pasture, wearing blankets and I laugh as we drive by. Really? I can tell that people put them on at night, then went to work. It sometimes is sunny and I feel sorry for the horses. People are dummies.
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promiseacres
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@Baymule Yeah, up until now only Daisy was getting blanketed... she seems to appreciate it, but only when it was below 30, currently she's got 2 on, one insulated, one for waterproofing. The wind is awful. I checked Richie and Lightning as they just had the sheets for waterproofing. No shivering and decided to leave them on for now as the wind is AWFUL! and they get their hay outside, not enough inside. I'll check again this afternoon and decide if I'm going to pull them and try to get their coats fluffed back up. I have enough hay that they'll be getting plenty the next week, I don't care what DH says they need the extra right now even if some of it's wasted. Pretty sure we've been wasting bales and bales on his horse whom he rides only once a year. 
He mentioned getting his horse a blanket... but he's going to have to be involved... he's been a butt to catch and he kicks.... I'm over it.
And yes Jocelyn looked great at her lesson, hopefully we'll resume in a couple of weeks, that was the final gift one. DH is still on the fence about them. I get it, they aren't cheap. And until it warms up I'm not going to haul horses in and chance them getting super sweaty in the indoor and then getting chilled.
He mentioned getting his horse a blanket... but he's going to have to be involved... he's been a butt to catch and he kicks.... I'm over it. And yes Jocelyn looked great at her lesson, hopefully we'll resume in a couple of weeks, that was the final gift one. DH is still on the fence about them. I get it, they aren't cheap. And until it warms up I'm not going to haul horses in and chance them getting super sweaty in the indoor and then getting chilled.
