Pony: Body Awareness Exercises with Will

I love to do body awareness exercises with all my animals, as i believe it helps them to understand their bodies better, which not only helps to create confidence & trust, but also greatly improves learning skills:)

Will is a 1yr old Miniature shetland who is clicker trained by my 14yr old daughter Jess.

Clicker training helps to develop the most awesome relationship...one that is built on trust & understanding.

Will is from Parlington stud in the Yorkshire Dales
http://www.shetland-pony.com/parlington/index.html

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Miniature shetland
• colt
• mini pony
• body awareness exercises
• parlington stud
• clicker training
• pony training
• horse training

[zsianz1]

I just love Will, it's amazing what Jess is doing with him, I really want a mini pony!!!!!!!!!!!! he is so confident, I love it, he walks just like a dog on leash, I can't get over it!

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@zsianz1 oh ya gota get one...they are so cool & yes they are just like big dogs...loving human interaction:)) Di the breeder is even starting to clicker train now...we went up to see her in action on sunday & she was doing fantasticly:)) going to try and get photos of all the foals for sale & put them onto a you tube dvd..i think it would be so cool to look at them all like that:))

[JessieTheJack]

They're both doing fantastic! I love his willingness to work! Jess has achieved so much with him already! Loved the last picture! =)

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@JessieTheJack Thankyou:))

[abirdslife]

nice liberty across the bridge, love how Will has mastered where he is placing his feet well done Jess :o)

great photo shots also !

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@abirdslife Thankyou... he actually loves walking on raised up things like the speed bump and wooden bridge thing. And i just love taking pictures of them all:))

[dappledbaybeauty]

this is kinda what I do but do clicks stick she knows I will always gove her the food unless she is nuaghty

[zsianz1]

@MultiAnimalcrackers oh yeah that would be very cool! I'm mini horse crazy at the moment, looking at some mini shetlands later today but really got my eye on a falabella I have seen, I wonder what I would be able to train?! it would be very exciting!! your Will proves how well they respond to the clicker :)

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@kidowmer your welcome i am glad you enjoyed. Yes i agree will is like a big dog and walking him is much better than some dogs. Thankyou so much for your comment:))

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@redcuprar13 Thankyou...lol! dont tell Jess she sounds like me..haha! you know teenagers..haha! oh at that point he had had problems going along the plank one side and she was so capped he had made the choice to jump back on:)) Husband has tried putting one on dvd and it worked..we never expected the quality to have been good enough...so you never know they may be dvd format soon...lol!