{"id":866,"date":"2009-12-09T09:43:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trickponies.wordpress.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2009-12-09T09:43:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T13:43:27","slug":"threes-a-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/09\/threes-a-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Three’s a Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

So as I posted before<\/a>, my parents decided to feature the Trick Ponies on their Christmas Card this year. The idea was simple – get them to stand together holding fake berry swigs in their mouths. The reality was – its never that easy.<\/p>\n

I knew I probably should have worked them on targeting a stationary spot on the ground first (like a carpet scrap or piece of wood), but of course I never got around to it. I have taught all of my boys to stationary target the pedestal. Meaning when I put out their pedestal – get them upon it and ask them to stay put, they will all do so. (well Boomerang needs a bit more practice with this one). But since I only have one pedestal, the problem arose, how do I get all 3 of them to stand together? The answer is – I never actually did! Ha!<\/p>\n

In fact, I have never worked all three together at the same time. Not because I don’t want to – but mainly because I didn’t want utter chaos, and currently Minnow is the only one I trust to “behave” properly when the food pouch comes out and there are competitors for the treats.<\/p>\n

So anyway – that will all be a task for another day…now onto the Christmas Card. Below are a series of outtakes from the attempt at a Christmas Card (all before the sun set). I did end up getting some nice ones, but I will have to save those for another post. I hope you enjoy a good laugh at my attempt to “corral the wild Chincoteague Ponies”.<\/p>\n

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-KD
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