Comments on: 4 Things You Didn’t Know about Ponies

By: Lo

Lo — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 23:07:21 +0000

How about that you can feed ponies like full size horses? Most people don’t even realize that depending on the breed of horse and what physical requirements you put on your animal are should be part of what determines what you feed him. The ponies I have been around, POAs, POA crosses, & Welsh Mountain Ponies,all would eat themselves to death if you let them. They also seemed to be much more sensitive to fresh grass, bagged feed mixes, too rich of hays, or Alfalfa. I have run across too many who have been foundered over an over in their lives.

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 04:07:14 +0000

I used to be guilty of this one……. until I got blessed with the opportunity to hang out with two minis. Ponies an miniatures are useless(mostly the snall ones like shetlands). And I have learned how wrong I was. True I’m too heavy to ride them, but they can still pull carts, learn tricks, and have been excellent groundwork teachers to me! The first green horses I got to train from scratch have been minis(I know thecnically they are horses, but they are still smaller than a larger horse) and it was wonderful! I was less nervous because of their smaller size and they had such wonderful temperments, even when I didn’t do everything exactly perfect right away, they put up with it and in the end taught me a lot about training instead!

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:53:53 +0000

Loved it. I love ponies and don’t have any misconceptions about them. It can be dangerous to underestimate them!

By: Sant

Sant — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:07:36 +0000

#4 is so true! Unfortunately, one of my friends still calls foals “ponies”. Even worse: she’s been riding just as long as I have(8 years) and she owns a horse(she’s had it 5 years), and she calls ponies “foals” sometimes!

By: D

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:51:24 +0000

i agree with #4!!!!!! so true! that is my biggest horse peeve about non horse ppl!!

By: kygal

kygal — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:01:21 +0000

all depends on the training and how they are handled

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:45:19 +0000

Ponies so often get a bad rap – but, as you state, the vast majority are worth their weight in gold!

By: PKL

PKL — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:15:16 +0000

Thank You for this article, aand it is so true….ponys aare wonderful, but I haave alsso know a few nasty ones.