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@ One More Lap: I guess that young girls are very often of the opinion that ponies are so cute, like a big teddy bear. What they often don't know is that ponies can be very stubborn.
Our Icelandic Bär, for example, wouldn't be the right horse for a child due to his stubbornness he shows rather often.
However, if the child is taught and trained by a competent person who is used to handle also difficult horses/ponies, he or she can learn a lot from the pony due to the fact he or she has to become "alpha", the leader for his or her pony.
I can say for myself that I really learned a lot from Bär - we got him when I was 11, an I think the experience I gained by working with him helped me with Ylaria, whom we bought 3 years later.
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