October has been a busy month. I’ve been preoccupied with some work projects. In addition, moving Chewie and getting her settled in 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 […]
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 […]
Chewie has a new toy! This past week, I introduced her to a blue puzzle ball toy. The ball is an enrichment toy that is really made for dogs, but it can work for horses, too. Session 1 with the puzzle ball When I first introduced Chewie to the ball, I put it in a […]
