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Chewie’s Diary Week 69: Tractive Part 2

By Mary Hunter on June 5, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

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 […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 68: ABAI 2026

By Mary Hunter on May 29, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

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 […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 67: Tractive Tracker

By Mary Hunter on May 22, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

I’ve started experimenting with using a small GPS tracking device to track Chewie’s movement. It’s a Tractive tracker, which is often used to track the activities of a dog when out walking or hiking. Or, to be able to find the dog if the dog gets lost! Chewie with the tracker on her head I […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 66: Fly mask training, continued (video)

By Mary Hunter on May 14, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

Last week, I wrote about introducing Chewie to a fly mask. This week, Chewie and I have continued to practice putting on and taking off the fly mask. In this week’s post, I wanted to share a video with you of our current fly mask routine, as well as some big ideas that I have […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 65: Fly mask training

By Mary Hunter on May 8, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

Now that the nice spring weather has arrived, the flies are also back! Chewie and I have been doing some fly mask training. I think she will appreciate wearing a fly mask, as it will help keep the pesky flies off her face. I’ve been using clicker training this week to introduce Chewie to the […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 64: More noodles! (video)

By Mary Hunter on May 1, 2026 in Chewie’s Diary

We’ve spent a lot of time recently playing with pool noodles. And, I’ve been quite pleased with all of the progress that Chewie has made. Chewie is a good helper when I set up the noodles! As I wrote about in last week’s post (Week 63: Pool noodles!), I tried introducing Chewie to the noodles […]

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Chewie’s Diary Week 69: Tractive Part 2

Chewie’s Diary Week 68: ABAI 2026

Chewie’s Diary Week 67: Tractive Tracker

Chewie’s Diary Week 66: Fly mask training, continued (video)

Chewie’s Diary Week 65: Fly mask training

Chewie’s Diary Week 64: More noodles! (video)