{"id":590,"date":"2009-09-04T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trickponies.wordpress.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2009-09-04T11:01:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T15:01:22","slug":"a-kiss-for-my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/04\/a-kiss-for-my-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kiss for my Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time to reveal Minnow&#8217;s newest trick &#8211; I know you are dying in anticipation! This is the first time I have worked with two animals on one trick. Currently I work each trick pony separately &#8211; Boomer and Blitz are too young to work in conjunction with Minnow because they don&#8217;t understand waiting their turn. Eventually I hope to have all 3 trick ponies performing at once, but we&#8217;re a long way from that goal. So you may be wondering who collaborated on the trick then? Well it was Ammo, the Dachshund.<\/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\/ymm-mF3ISOk?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>Ammo and Minnow are great pals. I&#8217;ve never seen a horse &#8211; dog relationship quite like it. And as I plan to attend tomorrow&#8217;s horse show with both Minnow and Ammo I thought it was only fitting I teach them a trick together. They are cute aren&#8217;t they? I was clicking when Minnow reached up and touched Ammo (Minnow added the lip flare on his own) and then both animals got a reward. Minnow got grain and Ammo got a cheerio. Less than a minute before I filmed this is when I first asked Minnow to &#8220;Kiss the Dachshund&#8221; &#8211; as you can see he mastered this trick in mere seconds. My amazingly smart wonder pony (and the Dachshund too).<\/p>\n<p>Tonight I&#8217;m planning to practice working this trick into Minnow&#8217;s beach act. I&#8217;m even making Ammo a t-shirt that he can wear for the performance. Sadly I bought him a baby onesie at goodwill (and it fits!) So now the plan is to figure out what to write on it. I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;I rode a Chincoteague Pony&#8221; or &#8220;BFF with a Pony&#8221; or &#8220;Trick Pony Side-kick&#8221; &#8211; suggestions are welcome!!<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone enjoys their labor-day weekend. I&#8217;m looking forward to mine! I&#8217;ll hopefully have lots of photos and videos from the performance to share on tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>-KD<br \/>\nwww.ponypaintings.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to reveal Minnow&#8217;s newest trick &#8211; I know you are dying in anticipation! This is the first time I have worked with two animals on one trick. Currently I work each trick pony separately &#8211; Boomer and Blitz are too young to work in conjunction with Minnow because they don&#8217;t understand waiting their turn. 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