{"id":360252,"date":"2026-07-31T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/a-new-trick-my-shetland\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:59:59","slug":"a-new-trick-my-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=360252","title":{"rendered":"A New Trick | My Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I learned a new photographic trick today and I tried it out on the Shetland ponies (and even Lambie), who were around alternating between eating their afternoon haynets and sheltering from the sudden and\u00a0 heavy rain showers.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84512\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was a rather good trick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84510\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It worked on almost everyone, though Albie was unhelpful following me around trying to mug me so I couldn\u2019t get him to stand still.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84509\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is my most favourite photograph of the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84508\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I like all my photos of horses and ponies to have ears forward.\u00a0 Ears back always looks so miserable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84505\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Like I said, the trick mostly worked except for Newt who was having none of it.\u00a0 Of course, he wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84504\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Waffle, again, so handsome.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84503\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This trick even worked on Lambie who was busy guarding his bedroom\/shed because of the heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84502\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And he even left his bedroom to show me his ever-Winning Smile and bat his beautiful eyelashes at me. I was, of course, smitten.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84501\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And the trick?\u00a0 Always carry in one hand a brand new crunchy packet of Vetwrap (stretchy, self-adherent bandage) while you\u2019re taking photos of disobliging animals. I had to fetch a new one from my stores in the shed for Pepper\u2019s poorly paw and was carrying it around in my coat pocket to get it to the house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84500\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Albie and Tiddles heard the crinkly noise and instantly pricked up their ears!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84511\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/My-Shetland-5734.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFollow me for more tips!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:10px\">Discover more from My Shetland<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned a new photographic trick today and I tried it out on the Shetland ponies (and even Lambie), who were around alternating between eating their afternoon haynets and sheltering from the sudden and\u00a0 heavy rain showers. 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