The Tarp Personality Test

[lantairvlea]

It was a few weeks ago, but it was still an amusing incident. I had to rinse off one of the tarps due to an unfortunate incident with the cat (he thought it was part of his territory ...). For lack of a better place to dry it off I hung it on the fence to the arena and then went about the rest of the chores

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[adifferentriver]

I do a lot of work with various novel objects with horses in our therapeutic riding program. The more bombproof they are, the better, especially since we use a lot of toys and games in our lessons. It's always interesting to see how each of the five horses reacts differently to something new. Usually, I can predict what their reactions are likely to be based on what I know of their personalities, but sometimes they surprise me!

Our big lead gelding turned out to be absolutely horrified by the giant beach ball I rolled into the pasture one day... he drove the other horses (some of whom were completely unconcerned) to the other end of the pasture, then stood there tossing his head and glaring at the ball. He wasn't going to let the scary, horse-eating beach ball near his herd!

Truly, this is one of the more entertaining parts of my job. :)

[lantairvlea]

*Laughs.* That would have been quite something else to see, the gelding herding up his crew and taking them away from the terribly threatening ball!

I think along with seeing their initial reactions, it is fun to watch them grow and become more bold and confident.