03-30-2011, 02:44 AM
Sorry, totally off topic, but a tame and unridable horse is very common. The most common are miniature horses because there's just no great prodigy child trainer, so they're never broken and thats why there are such horror stories about kids and ponies and why ponies are such brats and why ponies are harder to train (because sticking a full size person on his back would break the ponies back). But horses like this exist too. Sure, you can pet it, hug it, and love on it, even hop on it's back, just don't expect it to go anywhere, or any place you intend. They'll still do their horse-y thing, but you can't tell it to "giddyup" so-to-say. Or left or right for that matter.
To clarify, there is a term, Green Broke. This, for example, means that you can put a halter on him, but he is "unrideable". But this doesn't mean no one can ride him. It means that someone else has to lead him from the halter while you're on his back. Also, stallions are perfectly easy to tame, not so to ride. Keep in mind that not all stalllions are hot and wild, quite a few are mellow. Keep in mind too that age plays a big part in taming a horse or any animal. Old ones are set in their ways and could take years of trust building. Foals, yearlings, even two year olds are very easy to impress upon. Remember each horse is an individual and is unique. Should look at horse adoption agencies, most of them are tame, but not broke, or green broke at most. I adopted on from Animali. Also, look at stallion development. Most don't get "stallion-ish" until way after they're balls drop -ahem-, which is usually between two and three years (which is why vets say decide to geld or not geld before his third birthday.
Also helpful: to technically be a pony or pony sized, he must be under 15.2 hands high (thats at the withers, where the neck connects to the back). But just because he's 15.2 hh at the most, doesn't mean he can't still be "huge". All stallions get stocky and lots of muscle and a thicker crest. Just because he's short doesn't mean he won't become built like Swarzenegger-horse. Look up quarter horses. They can either be slim and tall, or short and muscle-y (depending because a LOT of people breeded quarters to Thoroughbreds). The stockier side can often be 5.2, or taller or shorter. ALSO, there are lots of herds of quarter horses in canada. That's where Animali gets most of theirs.
Just thought you should know before you started thinking you should revise your character. I hope this has been hopefull, and if any explaination is needed, do not hesitate to ask. I happen to know wa-ay too much about horses and cats... heheh...
<3 Vyx the Horse Trainer
To clarify, there is a term, Green Broke. This, for example, means that you can put a halter on him, but he is "unrideable". But this doesn't mean no one can ride him. It means that someone else has to lead him from the halter while you're on his back. Also, stallions are perfectly easy to tame, not so to ride. Keep in mind that not all stalllions are hot and wild, quite a few are mellow. Keep in mind too that age plays a big part in taming a horse or any animal. Old ones are set in their ways and could take years of trust building. Foals, yearlings, even two year olds are very easy to impress upon. Remember each horse is an individual and is unique. Should look at horse adoption agencies, most of them are tame, but not broke, or green broke at most. I adopted on from Animali. Also, look at stallion development. Most don't get "stallion-ish" until way after they're balls drop -ahem-, which is usually between two and three years (which is why vets say decide to geld or not geld before his third birthday.
Also helpful: to technically be a pony or pony sized, he must be under 15.2 hands high (thats at the withers, where the neck connects to the back). But just because he's 15.2 hh at the most, doesn't mean he can't still be "huge". All stallions get stocky and lots of muscle and a thicker crest. Just because he's short doesn't mean he won't become built like Swarzenegger-horse. Look up quarter horses. They can either be slim and tall, or short and muscle-y (depending because a LOT of people breeded quarters to Thoroughbreds). The stockier side can often be 5.2, or taller or shorter. ALSO, there are lots of herds of quarter horses in canada. That's where Animali gets most of theirs.
Just thought you should know before you started thinking you should revise your character. I hope this has been hopefull, and if any explaination is needed, do not hesitate to ask. I happen to know wa-ay too much about horses and cats... heheh...
<3 Vyx the Horse Trainer