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Originally Posted by Tatooed Lady

Something to consider, though, is that even though my mare's 17+ hh, I'm an adult and am physically capable of controlling some of her outbursts...your 8 year old sister, however...even with a smaller horse, isn't going to have the same ability as a smaller adult. I think that even though the horse might need training, it needs to be training the entire family is included in. That way, your sister learns what to do, as do the rest of the adults surrounding her, and she is more likely to learn SAFELY and CORRECTLY what to do to keep things moving.

nobody else in the family has anything to do with horses (nick's scared David's too busy mom and dad just don't really like horses) so it's really just me and shynese I honestly don't think we'll ever have a problem with Maggie having outbursts but I will be the one working with her until she's good enough for shynese to work with. now if it was Dandy that would be a different story Dandy just likes being a silly baby I'll try the whip I had been using my lunge whip but it's just too long and awkwerd(sp.)