Ponies are not “little assholes”. That is such an absurd generalization that shows how little you know about equines. I have had many ponies in my life and I can count on one hand how many of them had a “bad” attitude. Everybody else (besides a mare that got mean when she had a foal-but that was pretty understandable considering her history) had been no different than large dogs when it came to sweetness, eagerness, and curiosity. The ones with “bad” attitudes had been abused and so of course they acted that way. Heck, one of them I know for a fact came from a farm that treated them like the pony in this video, and like how you describe treating yours. It messes them up and can take years to “fix”. Even then he was a darling little man when we weren’t trying to saddle break him. He never bit or kicked, he just had so many bad experiences with saddles and riders that he didn’t know it wasn’t inherently painful so he reacted badly whenever we tried to work through it. I never blamed him, nor did I call him an asshole. I never called any of my ponies assholes. However they behave, they have a reason. There is always a reason. If you had any number of ponies who all ended up being “assholes” I think you should start looking at the common denominator(s). Most people who own ponies know they’re all different with their own stories and history, so your comment is a huge red flag for your (or perhaps your children’s) treatment regarding those ponies.