Dogs, horses, and rats. Birds, goldfish, cats. Dolphins, raccoons, and elephants. What animals can’t we train? In this section you’ll find lots of great training stories and tips. You will also get to meet many of the wonderful animals that I get to train. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading about my adventures (and misadventures) and that these articles and tales can provide you with insight that will help you with your own animals.
I’m still on the road, visiting some of my family who live out of the country. And, Chewie is still in good hands with my wonderful pet sitter! My pet sitter always sends me a handful of pictures every day. The photos let me get a little glimpse into what Chewie and Liberty have been […]
It’s been hot and humid recently in north Texas. Chewie finds some relief from the heat by swimming in the pond, which I wrote about last week. She’s also quite itchy currently and really enjoys a good scratch. Chewie and I have a game we play when I’m scratching her. I will pause after scratching her […]
We have had a hot June here in Texas and also an extra humid June, due to quite a bit of rain. Chewie’s solution on these hot, sticky days is to go for a swim in the pond. Recently, I’ve seen her go for a swim on two different days when I have been at […]
Currently, I’m still obsessed with tracking Chewie’s movements throughout the day. She has been wearing her Tractive tracker most days. As I wrote about earlier this summer, the tracker gives me a general sense regarding where she is spending her time and what she is doing. In addition, I have a solar security camera set […]
Chewie and I have a new behavior we have been working on recently — a chin rest! Here’s how this behavior works: I hold out my hand, under Chewie’s head Chewie backs up a couple of steps She stops when the underside of her head touches my hand I reposition my hand slightly so my […]
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 […]
