{"id":1174,"date":"2010-03-16T16:08:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T20:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trickponies.wordpress.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2010-03-16T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T20:08:39","slug":"pole-bending-at-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/16\/pole-bending-at-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole Bending at Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you have probably already seen this video on Horse Agility.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vmkxnpkPjWE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Well I was trying to help my mom come up with things she could do with the ponies on the ground &#8211; since she will be getting her knee surgery in a week after her <a href=\"http:\/\/trickponies.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/17\/sometimes-you-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\">fall from Blitz<\/a>. She really won&#8217;t be riding for a while, but there are still plenty of things you can do with your horse from the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The horse agility sprang to my mind as something fun that both my mom and Blitz could do together. So yesterday I grabbed Boomerang and started working on some liberty leading to see if I might be able to get him to do something agility wise. He actually picked up what I wanted pretty quickly and within 15 minutes I was leading him around the arena without a rope. The next step was to bring out some of my bending poles to see if I could maybe get him to bend them on his own. Here&#8217;s our third try:<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3-6dxiT2eU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Pretty good for only his third try. Boomer already knew how to pole bend (from our gaming work) &#8211; so the hardest part was getting him to recognize that I wanted him to do it on his own and then asking to move away and to me in order to weave the poles.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway I think he did pretty well and I&#8217;m looking forward to doing more ground work with him in the future. The funny thing I&#8217;ve been noticing about Boomer is that ever since he saw me working with Minnow on his Spanish Walk a few months ago he has begun mimicking it whenever he recognizes that its &#8220;trick time&#8221;. He&#8217;s been doing leg lifts randomly in order to try to get me to reward him. All because he watched Minnow do it one time&#8230;.smart pony I&#8217;d say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you have probably already seen this video on Horse Agility. Well I was trying to help my mom come up with things she could do with the ponies on the ground &#8211; since she will be getting her knee surgery in a week after her fall from Blitz. 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