Interesting post about the clinic... looking forward to more tonight!
I just had something funny happen. Yesterday when I was out walking I noticed one of my cats staring intently at something. I ignored him until the dog went over to see what was going on and saw her grab something and it started squeaking. It was a new bunny family, eyes not even open yet. One was dead but the one that the dog had in her mouth was still alive. 5 total. I brought them all in the house, looked up how to take care of them and have been doing it since. One of them opened his eyes today. Anyway, I went to the pet store to get some tiny bottles and nipples and when I was checking out, the register girl started asking me questions. She said there were rehab people that could take care of them. I said if I decided I needed help, I would call her and get some names. She said she was a rehabber and proceeded to read me the riot act about how to take care of them, don’t let the dog bark at them or let the phone ring because they would have a heart attack and die. (if being in a 75 pound black labs mouth didn’t give them a heart attack, I doubt a ringing phone would, but I didn’t say anything). Unsolicited advice is one of my biggest pet peeves and this woman was a total nutjob.
It was a great day today at the clinic. I’m not sure what I liked the best today, but one of the most truly awesome things was when he got his horse Mindy out and worked her first on the ground, and then under saddle....You know that video of the dancing dressage horse....Mindy was doing all of that stuff, forehand pivots, hindquarter pivots, sliding stops, he could get her loping in perfect circles with her head flexed to the outside, and other things too, all on very very loose reins and no tail switching:). It was incredible.
On the ground work, with no halter, no lead rope, they looked like ice skaters together. He could get her to do roll backs, by just pointing at her hip, she sidepassed away from him and towards him, no halter remember, she walk trotted, loped along side him, every move he made she made the same next to him.
It was really cool.
Becky