Saturday, October 30, 2010

Clicker trained horse playing piano

Thanks to our years of horse clicker training, Red Rabbit has learned to play the piano. Not sure what song this is. He makes it up as he goes along. Maybe we'll enter his concerto in Hannah Dawson's World Clicker Equine Games for horse tricks...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Listen carefully




"Half halt? I remember how to do that!"

My horse, Red Rabbit, listens attentively to the neighbor, USDF Gold medalist Nancy Fair giving a dressage lesson this morning.

He stood alert this until the lesson was over, 
completely mesmerized by the voice from over the hill. 

Maybe he's taking notes.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Trick or treat?


The spider on my porch eaves finds a scorpion in her web. 

I wonder, does she see this as a threat or a treat?

The situation reminds me of the Taoist Farmer story: 
Chance encounters: good thing or bad?

Two nights later, the spider had built a new web, and the scorpion? My guess is he was cut from the web, free to pursue his dastardly ways.