As I wrote about last week, Chewie and I have started to work on stay. Currently, Chewie can stay on her platform while I walk about ten feet away. I am expanding this behavior by adding more distance. We are also increasing the duration of time that I can wait when I walk away. Here’s […]
Chewie and I have started to work on a new behavior — stay! It’s pretty darn hot right now. Stay is a good behavior to practice because it doesn’t involve a whole lot of movement, and we can do our sessions in the shade of the barn. I’m using Chewie’s big platform for our stay […]
After breakfast today, Chewie left me a present in her tub. A baby tooth! Horses continue to loose their baby teeth and gain adult teeth until they are around five years old. Chewie is three, currently, and she certainly looks like an adult horse now. But, finding the baby tooth was a good reminder that […]
It’s been hot and humid recently in north Texas. Chewie finds some relief from the heat by swimming in the pond, which I wrote about last week. She’s also quite itchy currently and really enjoys a good scratch. Chewie and I have a game we play when I’m scratching her. I will pause after scratching her […]
We have had a hot June here in Texas and also an extra humid June, due to quite a bit of rain. Chewie’s solution on these hot, sticky days is to go for a swim in the pond. Recently, I’ve seen her go for a swim on two different days when I have been at […]
Chewie and I have a new behavior we have been working on recently — a chin rest! Here’s how this behavior works: I hold out my hand, under Chewie’s head Chewie backs up a couple of steps She stops when the underside of her head touches my hand I reposition my hand slightly so my […]
