Here’s a cool video that’s been making the rounds on some of the training lists. It’s a 13 minute clip that was produced recently by an Australian television station. The clip focuses on the ways that people’s lives are being changed by animals. As the tag line says “From those paralysed by tragedy to those […]
Wordless Wednesday: Beau gets his mane brushed
On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I feature rescued animal in north Texas. Beau, our big black and white paint horse has been appearing quite frequently on my blog this summer, as he has been making great progress with his training! Beau has a gorgeous, long mane. However, he tends to get huge knots and tangles in […]
Blossom’s recycling day ride
This summer I’ve been working quite a bit with a young horse at the rescue named Blossom. We went slowly last summer when we started Blossom with her training for riding, giving her time to learn to be relaxed and confident while being ridden. Too many trainers rush at the beginning when riding young horses […]
Are you going to ClickerExpo 2013?
Karen Pryor Clicker Training has recently opened the registration for ClickerExpo 2013 and released the schedule of speakers and topics. The schedule looks really exciting. Not only does it look like there are lots of cool new talks, but this is also the 10th anniversary for ClickerExpo, so it’s a big year! As always, there […]
Does your pet have a pal?
As you might know from reading my blog, I share my apartment with four pet rats and three pet mice. Rats and mice make great pets, as they are fairly low maintenance when compared to a dog or a cat. However, they are still very intelligent, fully of energy, and lots of fun to have […]
Good-bye Lucy (2010-2012)
One of my rats, Lucy, died last week. She was almost exactly 2 years old and had started to slow down some over the past several months, spending a lot more time napping than she use to. Lucy and her sister Georgie were my first two rats, who I got as babies in the fall […]