Our friends down the street gave us a "neighing" Horse Cookie Jar for
Christmas ..... it's the cutest thing -- everytime you pick up the top to get 
a
cookie, it whinnies.
    Well, I took it out to the barn and put "horse cookies" in it (I buy the
Manna Pro Apple Waffer Horse Cookies).  AND, every morning after I feed the
'herd' I give them a cookie (desert ).
    Yesterday  morning I forgot the cookie routine ..... SEDONA was standing 
at
the back gate of our barn -- as I started out the front gate I heard the back
gate ratteling ..... here stood SEDONA rocking the gate back and forth.  I
yelled at her to stop and proceeded on out -- SEDONA rocked that gate even
harder and as I looked up at her she very softly neighed ....
    At that point I remembered that I had not given them their morning 
"cookie"
so I went and got the horse cookie jar and gave each one their attoted 
ookie.
With that SEDONA was happy and she didn't rock the back gate anymore.
    Well, THIS morning I forgot the "cookie routine" again ... but THIS time 
it
was SHAMMIE who "reminded" me.  She stuck her head out the stall door and
neighed ever so softly ..... not a nicker -- but an actual NEIGH but VERY
quietly - TWICE she did this.  Then I went over to get the cookie jar and she
was happy again.
    Talk about conditioned -- the horses AND me are conditioned 
hehehehehehe>
They have ME trained VERY well wouldn't you say ;-)
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