western australia

endurance riding

A tricky pony

@JudyEv (381739)

Rockingham, Australia

August 29, 2021 10:04pm CST

At the endurance ride, one rider showed Vince how her horse would shake hands on command. Then offer the other leg if asked to. She also had a cat that would ring a bell when it wanted a special food. Normally, it wasn’t given wet food but if it rang the bell then put up first one paw then the other, it would be given a small amount of this particular food it liked. However, after being woken once or twice at 3am, they decided it might be a good idea to hide the bell at night. Sounds like a typical cat, don’t you think? Our little cat had much too much attitude to ever learn tricks. Instead, she taught us a few. The photo is of the hand-shaking pony.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

30 Aug 21

That's a nice photo. Have you managed to teach Vince any tricks lately?

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

30 Aug 21

There must be some reason you keep him around, though.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

@DaddyEvil That's simple - he cooks!!

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

He's not very quick on the uptake when it comes to tricks. Very good with bad habits but not so good with tricks.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

30 Aug 21

Teach a trick to a cat and you will be harassed all the time. I love cats, but they are rulers of the universe.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

30 Aug 21

You can bet he did. When I go out to water the garden the cat of my neighbor joins me, he meows he attacks my foot and does not stop until I stop watering and I offer him a treat.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

@LadyDuck So, I think in this instance, that he has trained you!!

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

I can just imagine the cat ringing the bell at some unearthly hour of the morning.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

31 Aug 21

A horse shaking 'hands' is quite rare

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

31 Aug 21

@JudyEv We never taught any tricks to our pets but Preiti our pet dog did so many things on her own like pulling out a soiled bedsheet wanting to sleep on a clean one

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

@allknowing That was pretty smart of her.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

My goat would shake hands.

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@rebelann (117194)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Aug 21

Very pretty pony. The only thing I've ever been able to teach my cats is to come when I whistle a certain way, of course whenever I did they expected food.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

There always seems to be 'food' on the end of teaching tricks.

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@rebelann (117194)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Aug 21

Yep, it's probably the only way to get kritters to do the things we want and even then it doesn't always work.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

30 Aug 21

She has smart animals. Hiding the bell...that made me laugh.

What are those flowers on her seat?

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

The ride was called 'the enchanted forest ride' so some decorated themselves or their horses.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

@arunima25 Some went to a lot of trouble. There were prizes for the best costumes.

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@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

30 Aug 21

@JudyEv Oh! Okay. That actually looks beautiful.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

30 Aug 21

Animals can be so very entertains. Beautiful photo.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

The riders are all very proud of their mounts. If you ride endurance, you do spend a lot of time with your horse - getting it fit, etc.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

31 Aug 21

@JudyEv I am sure you do.

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@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

30 Aug 21

Wow, having a big horse paw in my hand would be interesting!

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

Haha - Yes, a bit different from a person - or even a dog! lol

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@jobelbojel (36791)

• Philippines

30 Aug 21

I would have hidden the bell as well.

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@jobelbojel (36791)

• Philippines

30 Aug 21

@JudyEv Yes exactly.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

Being woken at 3am would become annoying very quickly.

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

30 Aug 21

that is a nice trick for a pony! as for the cat, yes it is better to hide that bell at night

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

We need to be careful what tricks we teach our pets.

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@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

30 Aug 21

@JudyEv oh yes, that is true

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@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

30 Aug 21

I'd hide the bell too. Those are wonderful tricks. Beautiful picture. I love the saddle blanket decorations.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

The blanket looks really cool. Another rider had butterflies on her riding helmet.

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@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

30 Aug 21

@JudyEv That sounds pretty too.

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@JESSY3236 (22199)

• United States

31 Aug 21

pretty horse.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Sep 21

Yes, he is very pretty and he seems to know he is.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

30 Aug 21

Ha! Just when you think you are teaching a cat a trick it turns it back on you! Gotta admire moggies determination to get another meal

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

You really have to be careful what you wish for, don't you? I'm sure the first time the cat did the trick properly the humans would have been very pleased but now they're not so sure about it all. lol

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

31 Aug 21

@JudyEv Little did they know that cute trick would grow!

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@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

30 Aug 21

Great photo. What a clever horse...and cat.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

I can just see the cat laughing up its sleeve and ringing the bell at 3 in the morning.

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@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

31 Aug 21

@JudyEv lol Just what a cat would do!

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@aureliah (24687)

• Kenya

30 Aug 21

Wow! Thats quite interesting coming from animals but I believe they have put in a lot of work to train them

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Aug 21

Some learn tricks more easily than others.

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@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

30 Aug 21

I remember when I was a child I met a horse who used to dance to the music at parties. It's good that they use to hide the bell at night otherwise the cat would demand the food at night too.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

I know in Luxor, Egypt, they taught some of the horses to dance too. I wouldn't like to be getting up at 3 am to answer a bell.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Aug 21

She spends a lot of time with her animals

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

You can't teach those sorts of tricks without spending a lot of time.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69155)

• Centralia, Washington

30 Aug 21

The rider and pony look so good together.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Aug 21

They match each other nicely for size.

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