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When I moved a little to my left (east), he would immediately trot over to the opposite corner. When I moved a little to my right (west), he would trot back to the original corner. When I backed up, he would stay in the original corner, and when I came forward to my original spot in the middle of the pen, he would also stay where he was but would trot a circle. When I moved ahead a little more, maybe just a step or two past my original spot, he would bolt for the opposite (north) end of the arena. Once there, he wouldn’t stop, but would make another large arcing turn and race back to the south end, always stopping or slowing in the same spot near the southeast corner of the arena (providing that I was in my original position in the center and not moving).

I repeated my movements several times while positioned in the middle of the arena. Each time Laddy offered up pretty much the exact same behaviors, and he always ended up right back in that spot in the southeast corner, head high, ears erect, and looking right at me.