Chewie and I often train in short sessions, with little breaks in between the sessions. I video many of our training sessions, but I often don’t video the in-between time. That is, what happens during the breaks and immediately before and after each training session. Recently, I decided it would be interesting and useful to […]
This summer, I’ve been trimming Chewie’s feet approximately every two weeks. Frequent trimming makes the task quicker and easier for both of us. It also lets me watch how her hooves are growing. About a month ago, Chewie sustained a mild injury in the pasture. We aren’t sure what happened. Luckily, it was not 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 […]
Where has the time gone? I can’t believe Chewie and I have now had six months together. I spent a bit of time this week reflecting on what we’ve accomplished during the last six months, as well as looking forward and thinking about some of our goals for the future. Since February, I’ve been blogging […]
Earlier this summer, I started working on teaching Chewie how to take a bath. My goal is for Chewie to be happy and relaxed when she takes a bath. Right now, we are just practicing sponge baths. Also, we do these training sessions with Chewie loose at liberty in her pasture. She can walk away […]
Chewie and I have been working a lot lately on picking up her feet. We are working on two aspects of hoof care: Better communication. I cue Chewie to pick up her foot by running my hand down the back of her leg. Then, I wait for her to shift her weight and begin lifting […]
