Ultimate shoulder rides

... a great way for you to keep fit too - much cheaper and more enjoyable than going to a gym. And a great way to give a female some enjoyment. Maybe you could set up a video camera on a tripod and show her mounting you and then riding you from the back (i.e. back view) as you set off?

Thank you, Tusk to share with us such an exciting story! I also share your envy for the non verbal communication received by the bio-horses, and I wonder how it could be adapted to human riding. Basic orders, like going right or left, and going faster,  should be easy, with just heel-kicks and some form of a bit and reins, ( probably very embryonic, to be acceptable in public), but what about more complex communication like walking sideways, prancing, shifting from trot to walk, kneeling down when the rdier wants to dismount ...... ?????

I wish you many more rides with this great rider,and please ..... keep us posted !

The essential thing about shoulder-riding as an activity is that one person (the rider) is physically and mentally in control of another person (who is the so-called 'pony'). Once a rider is sat astride the shoulders of the other person who does the carrying and, indeed, the walking, he (or she if the pony is female) is subject to the commands and orders of the rider. The fact is that a rider is in a very dominant position (or potentially dominant position) by the very fact that he or she is sat astride the other person's shoulders. How dominant the rider chooses to be depends on the rider. Some (maybe most) male ponies may well prefer a dominant female rider but rarely get one. On the other hand, a male rider riding a male pony is likely to want to ride in a dominant way. A few male ponies will sometimes try to find an extremely dominant male rider who will happily sit on their shoulders until they have rode them to exhaustion. This power relationship between the rider and the carrier in which the rider has all the power is the thing that makes shoulder-riding an erotic activity - more so if there is an understanding between the rider and the carrier that the pony is subject to the commands and orders of the rider. So this understanding between rider and carrier - which may not even be explicitly verbally expressed - means that the carrier is expected to carry the rider for as long as the rider wishes and in a way that the rider wants. Although it seems contrary to common sense, quite a few carriers love the challenge and excitement of being 'made' to carry another person who is sat dominantly astride their shoulders even if, after an exhausting carrying session, they end up with an aching back and shoulders. For them, they have satisfied their desire (for a while at least) to feel the weight of another person on their shoulders and, more importantly, to know what it is like to be ridden by another person as though they were a horse or pony. The secret of a really good shoulder-ride is to find the right 'jockey' for the right 'pony.'

Your command of English and the way you express yourself in the language is excellent, equidum. I wish I was as proficient in French.

checkmateguy wrote:

Although it seems contrary to common sense, quite a few carriers love the challenge and excitement of being 'made' to carry another person who is sat dominantly astride their shoulders even if, after an exhausting carrying session, they end up with an aching back and shoulders. For them, they have satisfied their desire (for a while at least) to feel the weight of another person on their shoulders and, more importantly, to know what it is like to be ridden by another person as though they were a horse or pony.

Why would that be "contrary to common sense" or surprising at all? Far more people (M or W) very much enjoy regularly lifting weights at a gym, despite ending up with aching body parts (legs, arms, back, shoulders, and what not). It's called exercise. Some say guys like giving rides to girls because of the fantasy (fetish) of submitting to female domination. Then (far more) guys pumping iron have the fetish of domination by weights?

Spinal compression injuries are one of the dangers that face 'ponies,' particularly if they give shoulder rides to riders who weigh too much in relation to the weight and carrying abilities of ponies. As most people know, between the individual bones of the spine, there are cartridge discs which can get squeezed out if or when too much weight is put on the spine. A similar thing can happen if or when a person lifts something too heavy. Such an injury is called a slipped disc. Once an injury like this occurs it takes a long time to heal and it's painful too and limits walking. In actual fact, this type of injury never really heals. The injury or damage caused to the spine tends to be lifelong.  Apart from being ridden by a rider who is too heavy, a back injury can also be caused to the pony if the pony stands behind the rider and puts his head between the rider's legs and then lifts the rider up onto his shoulders. The pony could also get a neck injury too. So the female rider who was concerned for the safety of her pony was acting in the best interests of her pony by drawing his attention to this danger.

I totally agree with both Fisk and Checmateguy, and would just add a short comment : Problems generally occur when your back is working in a wrong position, especially while you're lifting your rider, and your back is then working with an angle.  That's the moment when one of your spinal discs may be pinched between two vertebrae and you're in for a sciatica which can last from a few days to a lifelong recurrent problem ... So, it's better to avoid that lifting of riders, even if they are not that heavy ...

Thanks for all the input.  I have never had back trouble and my rider is quite light.  It just seems there should not be an issue so long as I don't lift her improperly.  Still, she will decide whether we train again.  Last time we were out, she declined my invitation to mount up.  Could be back to pasture for this pony.  I'm not going to offer again, hopefully she will ask.