How do I know if I am a pony?

 

Welcome and I hope you love your stay here at FFF. We offer a large variety of training and trainers so that your stay may hopefully be one of the best experiences of your second life. First thing on your mind if you are considering being a pony is. Just what exactly is a pony? New ponies and old alike are HUMAN BEINGS who love horses and are dressing up and pretending to be a horse. Due to your height in horse measures and weight, you are really more like ponies than horses. Often being a human makes you too small to ride but very capable of doing many other wonderful things. When you are dressed as one and expected to behaving as a horse when in your horse/ pony gear.

 

Pony gear is what makes you look like a horse, which is hooves & tail. These things make you a pony without them you are not pretending to be a pony even if you have on tack. Tack is the stuff used with horses such as halters bits, lead ropes, harnesses, carts, bridles, whips, and tack shops even carry blue jeans and gun holsters or other leather products such as billfolds and pocket books. Tack is what people around horses use. If you go to a tack shop, I can promise you will not find butt plug tails and hooves. That is found in a fetish shop. Now are we good on the difference of gear and tack?

 

Required equipment and gear for being an FFF pony:

 

NOTE: Purchasing a FFF Uniform and CCP bridle will give you every thing you need or. You can by them separately:

Tail

Hooves

Harness

Bridle - either CCP or KPC only

Pony AO to make you stand & walk like a pony.

 

Additional items that are often bought are:

 

FFF Uniform

Varieties of outfits with tails and harnesses to set apart your look

Saddles

Dressage AO

Various Plums

 

 

How long are training sessions and what if I just want attention from a trainer?

 

Please tell your trainer in IM before the session how much time you have if less than 2 hours, so they can plan the role-play and make it fun for you. Minimal training is to last at least 30 minutes. Most trainers will take an hour with the bath they may fully bath you or run you thru the rinse thru or walk you in the walking shower some may take you the underground and let you swim in that pond, if you want a good brushing ask for it in IM. If you want your ears clipped call out into the channel that you would like a good grooming. Trainer Trainees (grooms) are allowed to bath you and clip you and even help you in and out of your pony tack without a trainer present. Please when IMing or using the group channel do so in a very fun way. Make it fun for them to want to come play with you. Remember they dont get paid to do this other than the fun of playing with you.

 

It is not genuine role-play that a pony would be able to refuse a trainer to train them if they are in a bridle. Anyone over 4 years old can grab a bridle and do what they want with a pony. OF course, if you are about to log off or if your owner has specifically said you may not be trained by someone. Which if the case, then it would be best to have it be written in your scroll or profile, so that feelings are not hurt. Please. If you have an issue with a trainer for any reason please message one of the Mistresses to get permission to refuse this person. I feel it is important that issues between everyone on the farm be worked out rather than ignored and fought over. Our trainers want to train the same way you want to be trained. IF they stand around hunting for a pony to train and can't find one then they leave. IF you are at the farm in pony gear with a bridle on and a trainer takes your reins you are to go with them.

 

(FYI, in many states of the USA the person who holds a horses rein owns the horse. Which is why if the person can prove the horse was / is his via a bill of sale or registration papers then It is still legal to shoot someone for stealing a horse. Let's not forget that Atheena Hyun is a real horsewoman and feels strongly about these laws. )

 

Please be sure that if you have your bridle on you also show your owner either on your profile or your scroll. Likewise, if you want to be trained then hang out at the underground fully ready to be trained.

Trainers can find out quickly when they have time who wants to be trained and can come there fully dressed to get you. That way you can swim and meet up with friends make new ones dance have fun. There are hidden cuddle balls in the forest, and you can sit by the fire. It is more role-play and easier to find the pony to train than if they somewhere else in SL. Please remember in real life a horse can be trained anytime they can be caught. So if you are hanging out and a trainer wants to train you, then enjoy it. It is part of the role-play.

 

As a rule, in order to be trained you must have on your hooves, tail, harness and bridle.

 

 

Emoting vs. IM'ing

 

Serious role-playing ponies would not emote thoughts. Humans cannot magically push thoughts into other peoples minds normally. And I did say normally! This should be done in IM's where it is human talking to human.

 

IRL people only see what the pony does and are not able to know what the pony thinks.

Ponies more accurately would emote behaviors such as:

Tugs experimentally at his reins

Peers curiously around his surroundings, sniffing the air

Stomps, chomping her bit

Nods head in understanding.

Smiles around his bit

Raises one nostril to smell you

Twitches her muzzle

Eyes widen

Pushes your back with their head bumping into you *Not a good thing unless gently and with someone you love*

Looks down at ground

 

 

If we have hooves and tail on (making us a pony), but no bit in our mouth, are we allowed to speak?

 

The answer is you are always a human in pony gear you are role-playing a pony and humans don't talk with their mouths full. Neither do horses. Therefore, you can talk without a bit, even if you have tail and hooves on. At the underground, you may take off your bridles bits and hand hoofs at least, other wise you can't socialize in human fashion. You can do pretty much anything you want at the underground except sex or harass another person / pony, as it is a place for pony people and their trainers and owners to relax, meet, greet and make new friends.

 

 

Group Training vs. One on One Training:

 

When being trained in-group, it is important not to emote. One should listen to the trainer and be an active participant with the trainer. Do not do IMs in the background to friends, this makes the session seem unbearable to trainers and makes them not want to help you again. I understand that some have slow connections or are using wireless connections or dont have the fastest newest computers. I know that the lag eats us all a lot.... A trainer can see your lagging you stop with one foot in the air or go under the ground or up in the air and normally they are also experiencing lag. There is no need to bring that into the pony play. IF your embarrassed you can IM it... but trust me we know if your lagging or if your not paying attention. The best bet is to let your friends know ahead of time that if you do not respond back to their messages as normal that means you are in training and will return as soon as you are able.

 

When being trained one on one such as one trainer and one pony, there is a lot more fun the two can role-play. This is the time to really enjoy the part of being a horse and enjoying the touch and feel of your trainer. If you have been in group training before this will help you relax and enjoy yourself and play with the trainer in turn. One should still listen to the trainer and be an active participant with the trainer. It is even more important to not do IMs in the background to friends; this becomes even more obvious when you are the only pony or trainer around and really really makes the session even more unbearable. I ask you with this chance to have one on one with a trainer please don't waste it I can not stress enough how much this makes them not want to help you again. As above, lagging and background IM'ing become even more obvious in a one on one situation.

 

You are always allowed to IM your trainer while being trained but do not expect to be IM'd in return. Some trainers may adjust what they are doing accordingly without speaking to you at all as if they suddenly got the feeling that they should alter their behavior somewhat. Others may wish to address it openly. There are even some who WILL answer you back. It depends on the level of role-play the two of you are engaged in. I will answer out in the open chat unless it is private.

 

 

Relationships between mares, stallions, and other ponies in general:

 

Mares and stallions are to get along to gather just as if they were all mares or all stallions these humans are your family for as long as you are on the farm. Please do not use the excuse I was raped so do not want to be near men IRL. The very woman you love most may be a man and the stallion you hate or fear may be the most gentle woman that exists in the world who was raped when they were little by both a male and female. Seriously folks... IF you are upset with the stallion role-play it... snort, kick, bite, buck and know that if you are not in season a stallion has no interest in you. Females rule the horse herd. Only being in heat makes a stallion go wild on you.... so if you are not interested simply say... this mare not being in season turns her rear and kicks the brains out of the stallion....

 

Who if they are really role-playing a real stallion will act as if nothing happened and snort off with their noses at the ground blowing puffs of air at the dirt making puffs of air poof up! Stallions are amazing animals in real life that is why they are so many stories written about them. IF you want to fall in love like you never have before please read the series by Walter Farley, which begins with the Black Stallion. OMG that is the love of my.... Heart...

 

 

Technically as a brand new pony, should I pretend I do not know even the basics, and play up a bit as an untamed pony?

 

I think that as a pony that is up to you. However, if you are going out with a trainer, talk to them in IM about it as they may not want to have you behaving this way. Remember the role-play goes both ways and our trainers should have just as much fun as you or they wont want to come to work. Please remember everyone at FFF is here because of our love for horses and / or pony play NOT because we are paid. Real ponies kick and bite one another if they do not like each other or to express their hierarchy. Please do not kick or bite a trainer or any pony that does not like it when you are out of your bits ad bridles you speak just like any other human. However, polite manners says we dont speak with our mouth full I have one pony on the farm that has a stick at her desk when she puts the bridle on she puts the stick in her mouth and when she takes it off she takes it out Things like this can help you enjoy your pony connection even more. You can emote whinnies and have even more control over what they mean:

Whinnies delightedly

Snorts in confusion

Paws the ground in boredom

Snorts because she is not friendly with so and so

Snorts because that pony kicked me

Stomps in understanding

Lips stretch around his bit in a grin.

Nodding head understands

Shaking head is no or some shake their mane to feel the air under their necks

Stomps because she wanted to

Or stomps at a fly

Maybe you just stomp because you want to

Or snort because there is a fly in your nose

Lifts his muzzle, flaring his nostrils

 

 

Have fun with it and always remember this is pony play let's bring the play back into BDSM.