Part 2 continued. As I mentioned last time, no 2 humans are the same. Unfortunately their personalities can change from day to day as well. Over confident humans are a very good example. Over confident humans can be loud, very annoying, and give you a serious urge to take them down a peg or 3. Now I understand this feeling and sometimes disciplinary action may be required BUT it may be the worst move you make with your human. Having my senior human on crutches is not good for

Part 2. No two the same. Humans have very different personalities and their personality traits must be assessed before training begins. I will try to condense the different personality types, but remember they can span several of the types I will explain. Quietly Confident My favourite group to work with. These humans want to learn. Signals can be subtle, just like signalling another pony. They will quickly learn to understand the flick of an ear indicating interest, a stampi

First of all, for those of you who don't know me, a quick introduction. I am Midge (#lovetheMidge), a 19 year old, bay, 12.3hh New Forest cross pony. I have trained many small humans over the years and now I am going to share some tips with others following in my Hoof prints. You can follow me on Twitter @midgenfx Ponies work for treats. Now, many adult humans will say feeding ponies treats is bad & teaches us to bite. This issue causes much discussion amongst human 'pony tra