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 […]
Chewie has been wearing her Tractive tracker on and off for a few weeks now. So, I thought it might be fun to share some screenshots of some of the data I am collecting! Here’s 24 hours of tracking data from a recent day. What did Chewie do for 24 hours? Chewie and her donkey […]
I’m just back from spending almost a week in San Francisco for the 2026 ABAI convention. ABAI is the Association for Behavior Analysis, International. ABAI 2026 in San Fransisco I had a nice time at the convention! I got to see a lot of friends and a lot of interesting presentations. I also had a […]
