Life's tough when you have a pony

[hpkingjr]

Growing up, our ponies were a different color but I promise you this one goes back tail female to ours. If you can handle a pony, you have a leg up on life.

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[Shannon]

This is both hilarious and terrible lol. What a rotten, rotten little pony. As a parent, I think I would have moved my child on from this little terror. But the kid is sticky lol. Wonder if he's still riding?

[winds]

LOL!!!! But I'd have to have that pony sent to a trainer big time.

winds

[erins isle]

This is so great, but this child has no fear at all I think.
A friend of mine, who owned a ridingschool, she said she put beginners on big horses because they weren't so mean as little ones.

[jrgators]

LOL

What a B A D little rascal that is! He got pretty good a dumping her off too!

Yeah, I think he would have found a new home if he were mine!!

[Sysonby]

The willful stepping on the kid after he bucks him off gives me pause. Not to mention going down for a roll when a human is on his back.

That pony needs a serious attitude adjustment.

[LB]

That video's been all over the place recently. It's amazing to me that the boy's parents think that experience is cute, or funny, or should be allowed to go on endlessly. I wouldn't want my child to be stepped on, or dragged, or repeatedly dumped. If that were my pony I'd have long since gotten on and beaten the %$#@ out of him. And I'd have gotten the child a mount that wouldn't frustrate the crap out of him.

[TJ]

He's not always bad...this ones shorter, how long can he be good after all. TJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxfBUK56 ... re=related

[LB]

He's not always bad...this ones shorter, how long can he be good after all. TJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxfBUK56 ... re=related

Sorry to say that's still not my idea of "good" on the part of the pony. He basically just dragged the child around where he (the pony) wanted to go. The only real improvement is that the boy didn't fall off.

[madelyn]

That kid sure has gumption. I rode rotten little ponies when I was a kid. They were a sort of hazing, I think. If you got to the cob sized good temperament ponies after 4 years or so and were not sworn off horses by then, you had "hope" in the eyes of the instructors.

[ireneinwa]

Nothing wrong with this pony, he's just missing his leadline. The mother explains how the kid wanted to feel like a cowboy.

[amanda1]

Nothing wrong with the pony???? Are you kidding me? This is how children get hurt or killed. The child already got his foot hung up in the irons once and was dragged, what more needs to happen? I give the boy credit, but the parents are ridiculous for letting this happen over and over.

That pony needs some serious training....he is smart enough to know just what he needs to do to get out of work, and he is continuously allowed to get away with it. I think the entire thing is disgusting.

[TJ]

Nothing wrong with the pony???? Are you kidding me? This is how children get hurt or killed. The child already got his foot hung up in the irons once and was dragged, what more needs to happen? I give the boy credit, but the parents are ridiculous for letting this happen over and over.

That pony needs some serious training....he is smart enough to know just what he needs to do to get out of work, and he is continuously allowed to get away with it. I think the entire thing is disgusting.

Hi Amanda,
Irene was referring to the video makers comments, in which she asked you to read this before watching the video, below: TJ

August 25, 2009
PLEASE READ BEFORE WATCHING VIDEO.....wonderful ed ,ross's last pony he was naughty sometimes when we took him off lead rein,. while he was bucking ross would say look nan im like a cowboy lol just to let everyone know that ross would not let ed go. he started to outgrow ed and eventualy allow ed to go to a loving home sold as lead rein only, and was going to be trained to PULLING A LITTLE CART. i did send ed off to a trainer, to be schooled for off lead rein....got his back checked out, no problems.... got saddler out..... no problems... got dentist out... no problems..... ed was a lead rein pony but ross did not want to stop riding ed but also did not want to be on lead rein anymore.... please remember i have hours and hours of film of ross and ed together and ed being very good... this was 3 mins of clips taken over a year when he came off lead rein.... the film was not made for entertainment, it was put together to show trainer he could be naughty, as he was good most of the time, and lead rein 100%, ed was not perfect off lead rein and niether was ross, but they had a bond i have never seen before
ross had been on lead rein with ed for some time and they had bonded so much on the ground, and ross just had dreams of riding ed up the mountain.... he spend most of his time brushing ed and telling him stories, and when ross was riding ed you could hear ross singing to him.... alot of kids dont have that bond anymore, the push button ponies have got only one job to do, and that is go in the show ring and beat all others, and if they dont god help them, have a tatrum and demand a new pony cos it didnt win anything. ross is not like that... he loved ed for the friendship they had together. and that meant taking him with his faults too..... perfect ponies for perfect riders eh.... well ross is not perfect either...
ross had fun with ed and thats what its all about, ??. ross loved ed with his faults too. ross thought he was perfect.. may i also add that i dont want ross to be a fantastic rider he was the one who wanted to ride, i just wanted him to have fun, and believe me he does, he has riding lessons on pip beause pip listens to him..... ed did teach him a lot.... the other day he was out riding ( i was following) and he went past a gate, a large dog jumped up barking, even though pip is 100% it made him jump and and move spook to the left, anyone else would have been off on the other side, but ross had full control and stayed calm....... ed taught ross that they are animals with minds of there own and to expect the unexpected, and ross did and is always prepared for anything.... i have seen kids put on bomb proof ponies (i dont believe they exsist) and not even have a hat on, only for the parents say "o its ok the pony wont do anything, and then walk around plastic bag flies up horses spooks and kid comes off with not even a hat on.... guess you can guess out come... child is hurt...ross always wore top range safety hat, body armour, safety stiruups,( did have to get wider pair) and he had a soft landing on soft laid arena...

[ratherrapid]

i read about 1/2 way through and stopped. this mother to me is lucky there she is without a date in juvenile court for aggravated child endangerment. the vid shows the kid multiple times saving himself from serious injury, zero help from the mother the ultimate airhead laughing in the background, ha ha ha, look at the cute, fat pony falling on little Ross,.. tryingto figure what i'd do if the wife pulled a stunt like this with my kid.

[Lucy]

The willful stepping on the kid after he bucks him off gives me pause.

My first pony would do that. She'd shake the kids off, then walk back and forth over them. Nasty piece of work, that pony.