Resource guarding can be a serious problem for some dogs. (Resource guarding is when a dog displays aggressive behavior when another dog or a person tries to take something away from the dog, such as a toy or bone.) This spring, several of my friends at UNT used Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT) to successfully treat […]
Archive | June, 2011
Gingersnap’s Unbelievable Transformation
One of the best things about working with rescue horses is getting to see the tremendous progress the horses make, sometimes only in a matter of months. One of the horses I am working with this summer is Gingersnap. Gingersnap is a three year old filly that came to the rescue at the end of […]
The Boy Scouts Build Us a Horse Obstacle Course
Our rescue has lots of new toys to play with!! We’re feeling pretty lucky right now. A scout from Boy Scout Troop #1, of Duncanville, Texas, decided that he wanted to do his Eagle Scout project at our horse rescue. This past weekend, he and part of his scout troop labored in the hot sun […]
Training with Urchins and Sea Stars!
What animals can’t be trained?? I had a lot of surprised friends several years ago when I did some clicker training and trick training with my goldfish Blaze. Many species are much more capable of learning than we give them credit for. A woman named Barbara Ray recently posted on one of the discussion groups […]