My Horse is a Puzzle Solver!!

Just wanted to encourage y'all with this awesome acheivement.

I was bathing Cloud the other day (that in itself being impossible BP - before Parelli). He was loosely tied to the Round Pen - just enough that he didn't wander all over creation in search of grass while still allowing access to food. He had 9' or so of slack; the rope was dragging on the ground. As he was grazing, he stepped over the lead. No big deal, right?

Then came my worst nightmare - he turned around, the lead under his belly and holding his HQ in a vise next to the corral pannel. He started to resist and I started envisioning him falling, breaking something, blood, putting him down... the works. But then, all of a sudden, as if figuring out a puzzle, Cloud relaxed and yielded his hindquarters, thus aleviating the pressure. He immediately calmed down and went back to grazing!

I was floored. I mean, I'd heard stories about this before, but I couldn't believe I'd get to see it happen first hand. I know that this would not be possible if Cloud hadn't learned Game #2. You know, it's nice to have a horse that goes into trailers without being forced, who accepts shots and the farrier without a fuss or who can be ridden anywhere over anything, but it's so much better to see him go left brained in a situation when staying right brained would have killed him. That is the ultimate way of putting games to a purpose!

Thank you Pat and Linda!! I couldn't have done it without you!