Would you smack a pony for being naughty ?

cally6008

Would you smack a pony for being naughty ?

underlay_guru

No - I would stop its sugar lumps for a week.

cally6008

Giving a pony a smack because it is being a little **** stopping at jumps and running out.

cally6008

Saddle fine, pony training fine ... pony was just being a little, stubborn awkward **** that day.

Instructor is photographed on pony not wearing a hat (which no-one has even mentioned yet) and is holding a whip the same way a jockey would hold a whip to fan a racehorse.

Suddenly instructor is getting accused of "whipping the pony to get him over the jump" from people who have looked at the photo, not from people who know the pony or the instructor.

rachiee

Learn to leave it on a good note, had a few stubborn ponies in my lifetime.. best way is to do anything possible to get him over the jump once hes over leave it at that. If you keep trying to get him over it over and over again he will become pig sick and then just behave badly anyway.

Raksha

IMHO animals are rarely naughty just for the sake of it. Find out *why* the animal is misbehaving and sort that out. No need to smack, it teaches the animal nothing positive at all

DVardysShadow

Give it an ASBO. The government say it sorts humans out.

fernliebee

Some ponies (especially the native breeds! ) quickly learn that if they can take an easy route they will, so can run out on a jump rather than go over it. Personally I would give my pony a small tap with schooling crop just on the bum the side he was going to run out to, but that was just what I was taught, thinking back now it doesn't really seem right. I don't like crops really at all, and after my first loan pony (little sod!! welsh sec D and very young/ green and strong!!) I never used a crop at all, although I'm not known for my show jumping!

I prob wouldn't think it was cruel if one tap but a hard hit ie raised arm, or repetitive hits would be unnecessary IMO. I would rather go the schooling route than the punishment route personally.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

I ride with a whip but rearly use it. The time i have used it was when my horse started bucking, no reason, was just in a mood! I came off, damaged my back (didnt know that at the time!) got back on, he started again so i tapped him on his back end. He must of thought "!!!!!! IS THAT!" because he stopped straight away and off we went.

rachiee

mommyme wrote: »

I ride with a whip but rearly use it. The time i have used it was when my horse started bucking, no reason, was just in a mood! I came off, damaged my back (didnt know that at the time!) got back on, he started again so i tapped him on his back end. He must of thought "!!!!!! IS THAT!" because he stopped straight away and off we went.

Ooch.. i once went into a jump on my 17.3hh and he took a extra stride and i came down a smacked my coxics (sp?) of the bone of the saddle, that hurt it dont reccomend it lol! :rotfl:

Kimberley

Animals do not understand why you are smacking them all they know is that you are hurting them. If the Pony gives you a kick in retaliation would that be ok?