And now, the famous JUNIOR!**NEW PICTURES!!!**

I FINALLY got pictures of Junior! More importantly, I finally rode Junior! For the first time in over 6 months! I literally screamed! I was so excited that I didn't notice i put my chaps on the wrong legs (my trainer did though :D) I had a great lesson!We had some issues on who decided where we turned, but my tainer gave me a crop and the problem was solved :]

AND!!! We were jumping, and I was doing the most advanced stuff because everyone else was having issues with their horses/pony. But my trainer got all mad at me because on one little course, I got the steps all messedup and we took off from a mile away on every jump, so she made the jumps BIGGER. So I started the course, and we got over the first and second jump (little one and a medium-ish - for me - oxar) When I turned the corner and went over the third jump, I had the crap scared out of my! My trainer raised the jump AGAIN! I was really scared of it, but junior never slowed down. He took off at the perfect time and i relaxed in the middle and then we missed the next jump but that was bc i was still thinking about the big one. I finished the little course and took my place in line again. I told my trainer that it was a BIG jump, and she said, "Well it's a good sized jump, it's 2'9"!!!!!!!!!!" HOLY CRAP! thats the biggest I've ever jumped, on the tiniest pony I ride!

Yea but she didn't have me go over it again. She had me do 2 outside lines, and the second one was jump 5 steps jump one step jump. I got totally unglued at the one step, and I yanked his mouth sooo hard! Ifelt really ad. Just wondering, is there anything I can do to help keep collected between those two jumps? Other then mane grabbing. I love holding his soft, poofy mane, but it's hard for me to steer :]

Here's the pictures:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/3d32d067.jpg
Me giving Junior a hug before dismounting
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/adce8a07.jpg
from left, IO, Junior, and Obie. IO and Junior were trying to eat eachother, they don't get along.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/4a840cc5.jpg
His bridle is half off there :]

Do you think I'm too tall for him?? Because I really don't want to not ride him.

He's cute.

Your deffinatly not too tall for him. I'm like 5'6 and I rode my Halflinger perfectly fine and I wasn't too tall for him.

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Originally Posted by JuniorxMyxLove

I was so excited that I didn't notice i put my chaps on the wrong legs (my trainer did though :D)

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LOL, I do that too sometimes! :o

Well done on the jumping, I think jumping higher is easier than the little jumps as both you and the horse concentrate a lot more on getting over!

I don't think you're too big for Junior at all, I rode a 13.2hh Fell pony a few weeks back and I'm nearly 6 foot. ;)

Glad you enjoyed yourself, and Junior is a beaut!

Junior looks really great! I love his coloring. :D
I'm glad you were able to share pictures with us! It quite obvious you enjoying being with Junior so much. =]

haha that's the second time i've put my chaps on wrong! Since christmas! haha I LOVE junior. And I think I've figured out that he's around 13hh. But he's VERY round. And I'm 5'6".

I liked the higher jump much more. I don't think I can ever go back to jumping the little baby warm up ones lol. But then again, I was on Junior.

GOOOD NEWS EVERYONE! For the summer, i'm switching to monays at 1, so there will be a better chance of getting junior and joey because on fridays, everyone who rides jumps. So I'm looking forward to my summer sessions. Only 2 more weeks!!
:]

Cute pictures! He is gorgeaus. He's definently not to short for you, and he looks to be at least 14hh, at least from the pictures...

He's gorgeous! I didn't think he was a paint before. Congrats on the course too! :)

He's so pretty!...er...handsome! I love his colors! I don't think you are too tall for him, but I know little about horses.

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Originally Posted by Suki Wingy

I didn't think he was a paint before.

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I never mentioned it in my endless rants about never getting to ride him? hmm...that's odd.

Hehe he is. And man, it was hard to get his little(BIG) white rump looking noce after he decided to get all muddy. But that's okay, because I was brushing JUNIOR!

Junior is beautiful, I love his coat so much, such a unique and pretty color on a horse:) And you guys look great in the picture:D Its great to see you and Junior again:D

Hey! Those were awesome pictures..i love them! i would like to have a bunch of pictures taken with my horse someday..i only have one from a long time ago. I NEED PICTURES with kitty.
i look forward to seeing junior more often! he's verry beautiful, loverrrrly coat. i love the colors! almost like a pal color paint! what breed is he? i agree with Toby's my baby he looks about 14hh.
Also very well built lil pony. looks so calm too. i love a horse or pony for that matter that knows when to go and know's when to slow down.
..i'm not very familliar with jumping all that much..i know a tiny bit..i used to watch it on tv a lot and i used to do it with my old pony misty...she was 11.2hh. i didn't like it that much...i had a bad experience the first time anyway! lol. no biggy but i completely support every style of riding. i love horses so what kind of horseman would i be or should say horse woman would i be if i didn't support all types of horse sports! lol.
you take care i got to get going for now. give junior and obie an extra treet for me and have a blast riding.

^^ Oh I will!

Thanks for all the compliments on Junior's coat. I'll tell him on Friday :]

Hehe Junior is like the perfect mix of spazz and lazy. He's calm annd I can kick him, but he doesn't need constant urging, especially when we canter or jump. The only problem is he doesn't like to turn. We almost ran over IO when we were cantering. Oh well.

Also, he bites. Hard. I got a bruise on my stomach from when he bit me.

I've got story about the first time I rode him. I had heard stories about how mean he was, so I was afraid of him. Then I had to ride him. So I went to his stall, and he was LAYING DOWN! I was afraid to go in there, because I thought he would bite my head off or something. But I stood there staring at him for like 10 minutes. Finally, I realized that I had to do SOMETHING. So I grabbed a treat, opened the door, and started like calling hiss name. It made him get up, but he didn't turn around. So now I thought I would get kicked. Bu my dad was yelling at me to gethim out because we were running late, so I oopened the door and charged in. I ran up to his head and grabbed his haler. the whole time, he was juststanding there, staing at me like "are you retarded?" I got him out, and he managed to fit my hole wrist into his mouth. Like a bit. Ya, that was a great beginning. Afterthat, I rode Junior for like 5 weeks in a row, with a little joey or obie. Then I switched back to fridays, and I didn't ride him for over 6 months. And now I just gt to ride him. How great?

-Melanie

Hello!
one thing with a horse and biting you have to let them know that its wrong. kitty hawk used to bite when we first had her, she bit my mom (my mom has a really bad temper) and mom grabbed her by the halter and hit her in the lips, and yelled "how do you like it" needless to say that kitty never bit again, i don't think that you would have to go to that extreem with a horse but you have to let them know that its wrong somehow. That is only if you don't want a horse that bites :rolleyes: Rhiszo bits a little bit and i've been getting after him. I had a horse that wouldn't turn once. she was a race horse. i hated it so much. She's the type of horse you need colected reins and a crop and you practice turning. when she didn't turn for me, i took the crop and hit her on the inside of the turn and i would just make her turn around about 30x and than if she didn't turn again i would make her do it again. after a while she learned that she wasn't going to get out of it. make sure that you have a loose rein on the outside of the turn and you have they're head facing the way that you want them to go. most of the time you can look between a horses ears and thats where they're going to go. (**most of the time, definately not all the time***) If you can maybe you could try that about the turns if the horses owner don't mind. I'll talk to you later and i hope that those hints helped.
About the biting. Your horse might be biting you out of some level of dis-respect, weather its a low level or high, **i think its a low level** just by where he doesn't turn he's not listening to you and not listening is disrespect. Its awesome that you have a great bond, but you can't let him push you around or he'll do it more. ***personal experience** you might have to use the back of your hand..its not abuse if its a correction, they're big animals and if they have domonince over you you'll be verry sore. anyway...some people may not agree with me, they may have other ideas that you can try aswell...just don't let the horse have controll over you . take care ttyl bbyes!
Beki

OMIGOSH!!!! I rode Junior...AGAIN! It was AMAZING!
I got a lot of pictures, pardon for the long post.

The big brown mare is IO, the small grey is Krystal, the bigger grey is Joey, and the buckskin paint is, as you know, Junior.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0780.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0779.jpg
^^I was giving him a nice hair-do!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/Outside1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/outside5.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0786.jpg
^^I love this one!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0797.jpg
^^He's so pleased with himself

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0805.jpg
^^This was a good one for comparing height. And sorry about my earlier mis-calculations. He's right on the border between horse and pony, so I think he's like...14.2hh?
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0787.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0785.jpg
^^Two more action shots!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0791.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...x/DSCF0792.jpg

I might add more later.
There are more pictures.
But I'm tired of waiting.
For them to load.
Anyone want to critique?
If possible.
About me and Junior.
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Beki

Hello!
one thing with a horse and biting you have to let them know that its wrong. kitty hawk used to bite when we first had her, she bit my mom (my mom has a really bad temper) and mom grabbed her by the halter and hit her in the lips, and yelled "how do you like it" needless to say that kitty never bit again, i don't think that you would have to go to that extreem with a horse but you have to let them know that its wrong somehow. That is only if you don't want a horse that bites :rolleyes: Rhiszo bits a little bit and i've been getting after him. I had a horse that wouldn't turn once. she was a race horse. i hated it so much. She's the type of horse you need colected reins and a crop and you practice turning. when she didn't turn for me, i took the crop and hit her on the inside of the turn and i would just make her turn around about 30x and than if she didn't turn again i would make her do it again. after a while she learned that she wasn't going to get out of it. make sure that you have a loose rein on the outside of the turn and you have they're head facing the way that you want them to go. most of the time you can look between a horses ears and thats where they're going to go. (**most of the time, definately not all the time***) If you can maybe you could try that about the turns if the horses owner don't mind. I'll talk to you later and i hope that those hints helped.
About the biting. Your horse might be biting you out of some level of dis-respect, weather its a low level or high, **i think its a low level** just by where he doesn't turn he's not listening to you and not listening is disrespect. Its awesome that you have a great bond, but you can't let him push you around or he'll do it more. ***personal experience** you might have to use the back of your hand..its not abuse if its a correction, they're big animals and if they have domonince over you you'll be verry sore. anyway...some people may not agree with me, they may have other ideas that you can try aswell...just don't let the horse have controll over you . take care ttyl bbyes!
Beki

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I agree don't let him bite you. He's showing no manners or respect when he dose that. Hit him on the lips it usually stops them after a while.

buuuuuuuuuump look at the new pictures!