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[RC] teaching a horse to pony - heidi larsonI have an unbroke rescue that I'd like to get into some semblance of shape. I have three well broke horses I could pony from, however, the rescue is scared of one of the horses and when I tried to pony him from this guy, he'd lag behind as far as he could. I tried in a rope halter, 16' lead (we were out about 14' at times!) and he just won't stay up with us. To be fair, we were on a gravel road and his feet were ouchy, but we were only walking. I can stick some e-z boots on next time. Of the other two horses, one is 28 and has ponied alot of horses, but I hate sticking my grown-up weight on an older horse like that. (He's my 85# stepdaughter's horse) and my other guy hates this new rescue and he's never ponied a thing before. And he's spooky and nervous, I'd hate to have an accident and be in the middle of a bad situation. Any suggestions for my next attempt would be great!
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