Horse breeds that children love?
Hi,
I'm looking for horse breeds that are friendly to children. I mean, a pony-sized horse with a calm disposition and easy to handle. What breeds are there? I can only find the one in the photo. Maybe even horse breeds that you can put children on!
Thanks !
Kassisch Lieb stur is often Haflinger, Isländer , similar to Norweger.
New Forest and Deutsches Reitpony are both considered to be well-equipped and willing to learn, the Deutsche Reitpony is highly efficient. Child love is both.
Welsh per section slightly different often the little ones somewhat more nervous, section D quite balanced.
Tinker balanced character, intelligence, curiosity as well as inclination to strength. Attention rather than riding horse, quite large but only low load capacity. Need an extremely good back school, meeting often quite difficult to achieve.
Lewitzer classic pony/small horse friendly temperament, durable, fast regeneration capability, efficient
But are just about what the race profile is. Deviations in all directions possible.
Always look what I want to achieve with the pony, so there is a direction for the profile. From there it is only about price, own taste and availability. Considering the respective pony caracter.
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if you want to kill a little child, put it on a shetland-partbred… shetland partbred are bred for sports. 98% of them you can’t trust a child.
further:
shetland ponys have a maximum stock size of 1.10m, dartmoor between 1.18m and 1.28m
So the Deutschereitpony is nothing for beginners and spirited
Tinkers can sometimes be very tough
Norway and harflinger are very selfish
In welsh pony, lewitzer I find good
It’s rarely race-dependent. To some of the breeds you mentioned, I’ve got experiences:D
I used to ride an Isi for a while, I was so ca. 20 years old and the Isi with 10 years still a regular boy’s pund who meant to have to test his boundaries everywhere, whether in the place or in the terrain at the stretched gallop : the child’s love was so not at all and cheeky about it 😀
I’ve also experienced action at a Tinker 10.
My last RB was an Arab riding pony mix and also nice to children but only when adults were there, riding alone only goes with enough enforcing ability, unthinkable on site.
On the other hand, I’ve experienced a totally “trotteligen” Norriker who would have worn a whole school class on his back everywhere. The “Deppi” has heard on command and more than Trab was not in it anyway, he was too lazy.
Also had an Arab in Beritt, who was partially ridden by a child (approx. 12), also lammfrom, not at all explosive or wild.
A breed is not a guarantee of child-friendliness. All of the breeds you have listed can be as good bite, the Kiddies buck, kick, etc. All a question of education and training.
With us in the neighbouring riding school all possible breeds run. Most warm-blooded, but also three Arabs are among them.
I know, but there are already breeds that are more suitable than others.
But they are more suitable for size. As I said, everything else is a matter of training.