I’ll be finishing up my posts from the ORCA Art and Science of Animal Training Conference this week. (About time!, you’re probably saying.) Figure I need to get them wrapped up, as I’ll be attending ClickerExpo in Lexington in about 2 weeks and, well, I should have plenty to write about that! The weather here [...]

Here are some recent photos of two of our geldings at the rescue, Shiloh and Sebastian, playing with each other and generally having a great time. The weather was quite nice last week and the horses really seemed to enjoy it. Shiloh is the dun (the one on the right in the photo below) and [...]

Well, jump isn’t perhaps the right word, as it implies a major exertion of energy. However, he was pretty interested in them, especially once he learned I’d reward him for interacting with the barrels with a click and a treat. First, Shiloh nudged the barrel with his nose a few times. This evolved to licking [...]

Before beginning to volunteer at the horse rescue, I had limited contact with donkeys.

It’s hard work being a young horse! Here are four of the colts at the rescue taking a morning nap in the sun. Doolittle is the cute little paint colt in the front, Suede, Moody and Tilde are the chestnuts in the back. As you can probably tell, it’s been really muddy lately! For now, [...]