Over the weekend, I had the privilege of presenting as part of the R+ Horse Summit. It was a fun three-day event, all about positive reinforcement training for horses. Today, I want to share one of the video clips from my lecture. Chewie and I practice rasping one of her hooves When I adopted Chewie […]
I have been on the road this week! I’m in Richmond, Virginia for the 2025 APDT annual convention. APDT is the Association for Professional Dog Training. Opening presentation at APDT 2025 On Tuesday this week, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and I gave a six-hour workshop about shaping. We had a great time with the workshop attendees. […]
It’s interesting watching animal friendships develop! Chewie and Liberty are definitely becoming friends, which I’m very happy about. My slow introduction process gave them time to start getting to know each other. Now, they have been living in the same pasture together for a couple of weeks. And, they seem like they are enjoying each […]
I have been introducing Chewie to her new friend, Liberty the donkey. This has been a gradual shaping process over the past couple of weeks. I wanted to go slowly, to make the experience positive for both Chewie and Liberty and to make sure we didn’t have any injuries or negative experiences. At the previous […]
As I wrote about in last week’s post, Chewie has moved to a new barn! In this post, I wanted to share a little more about how I introduced Chewie to her new home. Rescue horses running in the pasture When a horse is introduced to a new pasture or a new group of horses, […]
Chewie has had an exciting week. This past weekend, we moved to a new barn! There were many things that I liked about our old boarding barn. However, there were a handful of things that meant it wasn’t the best fit for Chewie and me. First day at the new barn The new “barn” isn’t […]
