I was traveling some after Christmas, and we’ve also been dealing with some winter weather. (See Diary 51: Snow Day.) As a result, poor Chewie had to wait nearly a month and a half to finally get to play with her Christmas toy from Santa! Chewie’s first day playing with her new hay ball Chewie’s […]
2025 is over, and Chewie has now been with me for almost a year. She has grown a lot and will turn three this spring. You can read about Chewie’s arrival and a little bit of background about her in this post. I have been reflecting on everything we have done this year, as well […]
Chewie & Liberty eating some Teff in their enrichment hay balls Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family, friends, and pets! Chewie and Liberty both got some extra Teff hay on Christmas morning in their enrichment hay balls. They were both quite happy! (See my post from last week about their preference […]
October has been a busy month. I’ve been preoccupied with some work projects. In addition, moving Chewie and getting her settled at the new barn has taken quite a bit of time. We haven’t done a whole lot of formal training this month. My main goal for October has been to help Chewie feel comfortable […]
Chewie has learned how to use her snuffle mat! (Scroll to the bottom of this page for a short video.) Initially, Chewie wasn’t sure what to think about the snuffle mat. She wasn’t afraid of it, but she didn’t know what to do with it. So, we ditched the snuffle mat and played the “Anything […]
One of my goals this year is to introduce Chewie to a variety of enrichment toys. In our post from Week 19, I wrote about teaching Chewie to use a puzzle ball toy. She quickly learned how to push the ball to get hay pellets to come out of the ball. Earlier this summer, I […]
