Haley Harding

 Hello again! This is my last blog for this term, so this is probably the last time you guys will hear from Coco. So I had a question on my last blog about the anxiety treats I was thinking about using. Yes, I do think that they will help her around the other animals, but I'm not 100% sure where to find them so I'll probably have to ask Natalie since I stole the idea from her blog:) This week went pretty well with Coco. It helped a lot that I was working this weekend so I could just have her with me before I left for the ranch. She did very well around the horses and even helped me catch them. They did not want to be caught at all, so Coco came with me and pinned my horse in the corner and just sat there so I could catch him. I thought this was awesome and had no idea she knew how to do that. She did get a bit nervous when I was saddling, but she just stayed right next to me and I helped her calm down so she did a great job standing right next to my horse's feet.   So her...

 Hello again! Since this is the second to last blog, I am going to start by answering some questions that I have seen in my comments. One of the main questions I have had from you guys is if the sheep are scared of my dog. They are not actually scared of Coco because of Tank, so I think that is definitely a bonus. Another frequently asked question is when I am going to get her around cows. I really don't know when that is going to happen because we have been making slow progress, but I think I will definitely be able to take her to the ranch soon since she's been getting more used to the horses. So Coco is actually a hanging tree Australian Shepard mix which should make her extremely easy to train and susceptible to herding animals, but she is also three so that's why it has been so hard to train her since the training was not started when she was a puppy and there is no muscle memory. I think that kind of covers it for questions at the moment so I'll go ahead and get s...

 Hello again! This blog is going to be kind of short and sweet for this week. I've been pretty busy all week working so I haven't had a ton of time to work with Coco, but I managed to get a little practice in. I think the best progress we made this week was her listening to me pretty well because there is scraps from my deer in the garage, which is tempting to her but when I told her no she listened and went right back into the mud room. I was proud of her to say the least. The weekend wasn't bad and I had some time to train with her a bit but these past few days have been hectic. I wish she didn't get so car sick and then I could've taken her to the ranch with me today, but that's ok. She did help me get the horses in last night which was a bonus, but unfortunately I forgot to get a picture. I did have her sitting right next to me when we fed the horses this morning however, and she was absolutely terrified. That's okay though, we just need some more practi...