Last week was my first week back to school for the spring semester. As some of you know, I’m currently working on a master’s in behavior analysis at the University of North Texas. If you don’t know much about behavior analysis, I’d encourage you to check out the post that I wrote last year about [...]
I like google+ (and riding helmets)
So, I finally broke down and joined google+ over the weekend, after one of my college friends, Ron, sent me an invite. Here’s the link to my public profile on google+. So, I’m just wondering, who else has given google+ a try? I’m finding it fun to play with so far. Let me know if [...]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family and friends (and animals) are all having a wonderful Christmas holiday. We’re having a great time celebrating. Ginger got two new dog toys for Christmas and she has already happily destroyed both of them! This is a great Christmas tree we saw this week in downtown Waxahachie. [...]
March Clicker Carnival Coming Soon
My, didn’t February fly by! Dallas saw some crazy snow but has recently returned to lovely, sunshiny 50s. I attended the 2010 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference at UNT, which was phenomenal. Gatsby and Daisy, two of our young horses, learned how to wear halters and started working on leading. And just this [...]
Stale Cheerios: The Best of 2009
These are some of my favorite posts from 2009. I’ve picked a few of the ones I enjoyed writing the most, as well as some of your favorites–posts that got the most views and the most comments. Let me know if I’ve left any of your favorites off the list! If you are a newer [...]
Rescued Horses Need Homes
The rescue I volunteer at saved 23 horses at the end of the summer. The horses finally legally belong to the rescue and we are looking for adoptive homes or foster homes. We recently have also had several horses returned from adoptive homes that could no longer care for them. The rescue now has over [...]
Stale cheerios gets a little stale…
I’m back in Dallas now and am starting to recover from my whirlwind of a summer. I spent 13 fantastic weeks running the horse program at a camp for children and adults with special needs. However, the campers and horses kept me busy 24/7, so I didn’t have a whole lot of time for much [...]
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I'm a graduate student studying the science of behavior and training. On this blog I share stories of my animal training adventures, as well as tips, techniques and tricks to help you improve your training. Although most of this blog centers around training rescue horses, the ideas discussed apply equally to all species. The other animals I work with, including dogs and rats, also appear occasionally on the blog.
Mary Hunter
cheeriotrainer@gmail.com
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