My niece has recently gotten into horses and we bought a POA for her in Aug. When she tried it out the filly was great, all she did was put her head down a little a want to cut corners. My niece is almost 13 and she pony just turned 3. My niece has been working with her greatly, the pony now knows how to side pass, back up, walk, trot, canter, bend, cheek in, and go on trails. My niece rides her english and western but I don't know if it is the cold whether but latley the pony has been REALLY hipper. Not bucking or kicking but wanting to run. Whenever my niece trots her she wants to canter and when she does canter she doesn't want to stop. Even after she has had a workout she does not want to stop running. The pony doesn't want to consontrate either. I haven't changed her feed so is it just the whether or is it because she's young and wants to play? Please don't suggest that I use sadditives.

It sounds like she's just young and feeling her oats. But then my mare is 24 and I still have a problem slowing her down. Is she being stalled a lot because of the cold weather? When she starts to run and won't slow down have your niece pull her head in either way(nose touching boot) and do small circles. The horse will have to slow down to do that. After a while she'll get the hint and will slow down on her own instead of having to do small circles. Good luck! Kudos to your niece for training her up so nice.

Being a horse trainer. What I see a lot in horses that I have trained is people bring them back saying that they developed this weird attitude, not listening like they used to. This is because of a loss of manners. Also, a loss of respect. You have to be consistent all the time when it comes to horses. Tell your niece to work on her ground manners and let the horse remember who is boss.. Lunge her, bend her, and ride her. When she doesn't stop (Like IMavis10 says) pull her head around, (like to her rump) and once she makes a full circle stop her and back her. Then give her another circle and walk off. DO NOT STOP HER THEN WALK OFF! Then the horse will think it's stopping for no reason and not want to stop. When you turn her around in a circle she thinks she is somewhere else and realizes there was a reason for this stopping. If you have any other questions... just ask! Good Luck and tell your niece thanks for keeping the cowgirlin in our youth!

Well I'm no expert but she's probably just really excited when she sees her owner and if she's young then she just does want to have fun and play I think its quite normal if that's a young pony.
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