PonyPros

At PonyPros, we use natural horsemanship and positive reinforcement training. We do English and Western, tricks and liberty, colt starting, rescue horses.

Lessons offered for all ages of riders, from toddlers to teens and adults! At Pony Pros, we use natural horsemanship and positive reinforcement training to help us live the "Misty of Chincoteague" dream. In a team-based setting, we trail ride, jump, show, and practice the art of playing with horses at liberty!

09/20/2024

Do You Love Horses? So Do We! 🐴❤️

✨ Learn with Other Horse Crazy Kids and Teachers! ✨
(classes for grown ups coming soon, feel friend to send a PM!)

Is your child crazy about horses? Now they can explore their passion AND excel in academics with our live, online classes—all through the lens of horses!

🏇 What We Offer:

Small-group learning in a supportive community
Fun, interactive classes via Zoom
Experienced teachers who are fellow horse-lovers!
Courses that blend core academics with horse-related topics like Careers in the Horse Industry and Fitness for Equestrians 🏋️‍♀️
🌟 Why Choose Us? We believe in double-goal learning: Excellence in Horses + Excellence in Academics.

Ready to ride into a world of learning? 🐎 Drop us a PM to sign up or check out our course descriptions below!

05/23/2024

Join us for our second R+ Virtual Show! A space for R+ enthusiasts to enjoy some friendly competition, show what they are working on, and WIN BUCKLES & RIBBONS!!

June show patterns released: June 2nd and entries due June 15th!

2 divisions, 2 buckles, 6 ribbons and a special fan favorite prize will be given out.

Enter at https://positive.horse/virtual-show

01/30/2024

Love this

Still one of my favourite illustration. I will often use a plastic banana to demonstrate those movements and talk about the "banana bend" 🍌 😄

Do you find them helpful...?!

01/17/2024

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11/24/2023

That is one sad saddle owner! This is why we don’t store horse cookies or any food in the tack room. 😳

How’s your Friday going 🧐🙄 !! Gotta love a CWD seat 💺 😂

11/14/2023

I had no idea off road inline skates were a thing!

11/05/2023

Love this - “Only one horse took real and actual notice of the prints on the wall and that one was this really incredible 3-year-old…He ignored the other prints & stared long and hard at the portrait of his sire… you really can’t make these things up 🤯”

Zangersheide 2023. There are full circle moments that you never expect and I take them as they come but this, made me step back and truly appreciate the meaning.

It was a fun surprise to see my prints from previous years’ sessions printed life size in Zangersheide’s incredible viewing arena, & while we were busy there all day photographing this year’s roster of stallions, only one took real & actual notice of the prints on the wall & that one was this really incredible 3-year-old son of Aganix du Seigneur Z. His name is Ambassador Z; he ignored the other prints & stared long & hard at the portrait of his sire… you really can’t make these things up 🤯

Never doubt a horse, they are always taking notes.

05/13/2023

For HOW DO HORSES FEEL ABOUT HAVING THEIR MANES PULLED?

A brilliant recent study by MSc student Louise Nicholls found that horses are unsurprisingly pretty stressed by the process. Louise compared the heart rates and behaviour of 20 horses having their manes pulled or touched.

The results showed that the horses mean heart rates were significantly higher when they had their manes pulled than when their manes were touched. The horses also had higher mean heart rates when the mane pulling was started at the poll working down, than at the withers working up.

The horses also moved far more when their manes were pulled compared to mane touching e.g. ears back, standing alert, licking and chewing, a high neck position, head tossing, mouth tight and tail swishing and clamping - indicating they experienced discomfort or pain at the process being performed.

While the horse's stress and discomfort may seem obvious to many horse owners, this appears to be the first time the effects of mane pulling has been studied - so a huge well done to Louise for raising awareness on this subject. I wouldn't like to have my hair pulled out forcibly either! Time to find another way to keep manes tidy - or just leave them as nature intended.

In light of the recent findings on horses having more pain receptors in their skin than humans, this topic is well worth revisiting. Huge thanks to Louise for sharing her study findings.

Pic courtesy: BK Images — with Louise Nicholls.

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Bend, OR
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http://ponyprofessionals.com/

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#ReviRides Cutest!!! Sound on!

Check out Hotrod doing some vaulting and, later in the vid, his first introduction to archery! Riders are Maren and Quinlyn, both age 8. Curious how we introduced him to the bow and arrow? We have a membership group for that. PM us if you would like more info! So far we only have 2 entries into our contest to win Hotrod! The contest ends Sunday. Click here to learn more! If we don’t get enough entries we will sell him. https://pro.evalato.com/1215

Pony Camp was so fun 😍 Who wishes they were here with us?! 💫 Follow to see more inspirational videos of our wonderful ponies ✍🏻 Comment if you wish you were here! 💌 Message if you have questions about anything horse 🌈 Share if you think this looks like so much fun! #equestrianblog #equestrianblogger #equinelife #equineofinstagram #equinephotolove #happyhorses #horsebackride #horsebackrider #horsegirls #horsepassion #horseriding🐴 #horsesofinstagramdaily #horse🐴 #hunterpony #instapony #lovemyhorses #poniesofinstagram #ponygram #ponylove #ponyofinsta #ponyofinstagram #ponyrider #showjumpingpony #welshponies #welshponiesofinstagram #ridinginstructor #ponyclub #eventingpony #horsetrainer #horsecamp

These 3 little cuties had an awesome lesson today. 💫 Follow to see more videos of kids learning to ride ✍🏻 Comment if you think these littles did a great job 💌 Message if you have questions about anything horse 🌈 Share if you wish you were riding with these 3! #ponylove #instapony #ponyhunter #hunterpony #ponyforsale #welshpony #welshponies #welshponiesofinstagram #ponylove #ponyofinsta #ponyrider #ponygram #ponymom #animallife #animallovers #animalloverforlife #horseback #horseriding #kidsandhorses #horsegirls #horsekids #horsebackriding #horseback_riding #bestpony #bestponyever #barngirls #stablegirls #kidsandhorses #agirlandherpony #kidsandponies #horsefriends #littlehorse #shortstirrup #childrenspony

🙌 Pony Colt Starting in 37 seconds with 5-year-old Charlotte and Tinkerbell! Turn sound on for a laugh 😆 That’s me (Kali Kiger) coaching. Getting on a colt is about teaching them to accept you as a fellow creature, with all your weird arms and legs. The colt has to understand the difference between commotion and cues. Hence all the dance moves Charlotte is doing. Tink got 15 rides last year, then my daughter outgrew her weight wise, so now I’m getting some help from other little riders. Charlotte was a great helper! #agirlandherpony #bareback #borntoride #equineofinstagram #horsebackrider #horsemanship #horses🐴 #horsetraining #instapony #miniaturehorses #minihorses #naturalhorsemanship #naturalhorsemanshiptraining #naturalhorsetraining #outdoorkids #pferdefreunde #pferdefreunde_post #pferdemepost #poniesofinstagram #ponygram #ponylove #ponymom #ponyofinsta #ponyrider #positivereinforcement #rescuepony #shetlandpony #shetty #shettypower #coltstarting

Gumdrop, our cute little Sport Pony cross mare, coursing around! Heads up eventers, she’s for sale! ........#ponyforsale #horseforsale #eventingpony #ponyjumper #ponyjumper #showjumpingpony #pintohorse #pintopony #tobiano #tricolorpaint #cutepony #largepony #ponyprospect

7-year-olds Maren and Quinlyn riding double on Koa bareback in a halter. What lucky kids! Going swimming on horseback after lessons was one of my very favorite summer things and I’m proud to share it with my daughter and her friends. Big thank you to Koa who doesn’t have to let these itty bitties steer. That’s just her generous nature. 💫 Follow to see more vids of kids lessons, colt starting, and trick training ✍🏻 Comment to show your support 💘 Share so other people get to have some pony beauty in their day 📫 Message if you have questions about anything horse! #horseriding🐴 #ponylife #dreamhorse #kigermustang #horsebackrider #barebackriding #bitless #horsefriends #horseedit #horsevideo

So excited about today’s photo shoot! Can’t wait to see the results! So much gratitude for @ashleymattesonphoto, @britta_nosbaum for selling us these lovely bunnies, @timothyjohnvanagas for kid wrangling, and @julie_hrt for grooming. Quinlyn, Revi, and the critters did a fabulous job! Who else is excited to see these pics?!

7-year-old Quinlyn doing Hippodrome on Kiger Mustang, Koa. 💫 Follow to see more vids of trick riding, trick training, colt starting, and lessons 📢 Comment to share your support 💘 Share so other people get to have some pony love in their day 📫 Message if you have questions about anything horse! #trickriding #kigermustang #horsebackride #horsebackrider #horseridinglesson #horses🐴 #horsevideo #horseedit #cossack #ponyreiten #wildhorse #hippodrome #hippodromecircus

It would be easy to see a video of someone Roman riding and just think, “Wow, that person is a crazy professional who probably took years to learn that, has crazy good horses, and is just fearless. She is probably totally unapproachable and I would have nothing in common with her.” Actually, Koa and Spirit are rescue horses. Koa was from a sheriff seizure and Spirit flunked out of trail riding. Kansas is a mom with daughters ages 9 and 12. She’s vegetarian and homeschools her kids. While I took this video, our kids were hunting for eggs in the barn and asking when lunch was going to be ready. Being a mom and a horse trainer is hard. We have had 20mph winds and rain on and off all week, but we have work to get done. There are definitely days when I dream of a climate controlled office, but working outside, when you’re doing it with a friend, is kind of special. So instead of looking at this video and thinking, “Wow, now there is something I’ll never be able to do”, whether you are a horse person or not, I want you to hit share and post a comment for this badass mama, and the badass 16 and 20-year-old mares in this video, and the breastfeeding mama behind the camera. Because we have a little bit of #girlpower going on here this week. ✊ This is Kansas Carradine #romanriding Mustangs Koa and Spirit. 💫 Follow to see more vids of our special horse friends 📢 Comment to show your support and let us know that you want to see more 💘 Share so other people get to have some pony love in their day 📫 Message if you have questions about anything horse #besthorseever #equestrianblog #equestrianblogger #equestrianlove #equinelife #equinelove #equineofinstagram #horsebackride #horsebackrider #horseblogger #horsegram #horselovers #horseloversofinstagram #horsepassion #horseriding🐴 #horsesofinstagramdaily #horsesoninstagram #horsetricks #horse🐴 #kigermustang #mustanghorse #pferdefreunde #pferdefreunde_post #pferdepost #pferdesport #trickhorse

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