Not much happening here the last few days. It's been raining pretty much all the time and everything is growing like crazy right now. All the bulbs are up but not flowering, the lilacs are leafing out and my fruit trees are pushing leaves too. All the peas in the first bed are up now, and probably by the end of the week they should be 1-2" tall. I planted about 16 lettuce seeds yesterday and we have some raspberry canes that just went in.
I got really sick of not being able to touch Mylie lately and bought some new apple chunks (these Masterfeeds ones that smell amazing from TSC) and bought this awesome new massage brush for her and decided to try out clicker training/targeting with her again. I just do it everytime I feed her, 4 targets and I'm happy with her LOL. More recently I'll feed her, then go hay and feed the pony and come back to work with her. I'll have her target the brush with my arm outstretched, then a little closer to me, closer, and finally right on my chest and she has to almost touch me. I am showing her that I want her to come into my space at that time, that there are times when it is acceptable and times where it is not, like when I'm coming through the gate to feed her. So far things are pretty good and she's responding well, but I'm not pushing it and I'm happy to be able to at the end of each short session touch her neck, or her chest, or her nose. Its a stepping stone to something much much bigger. Daina may be meeting Mylie this weekend, her dad died this week and she's come back to Ontario to go to the funeral (she arrived in Oshawa today) and asked my mum to pick her up in Oshawa on Friday because she has some friends out here she'd like to visit (plus meet Mylie and see the farm) so maybe she can show me/give me some hints on things to work on before she comes back out in May/June.
And Tuesday was my tour at York University and I had one at U of Toronto - Scarborough campus. I was concerned about both schools and the commuter feel, but when I got to York it felt great. I obviously would still love to be able to go to U of Toronto St. George campus but right now I've decided on York University because it had a better community feel, better facilities, and the staff were friendly and helpful. But the number one reason I decided on it aside from the program was the York University Equestrian Club/Team
I get to take lessons while living in the city and possibly compete on the OUEA circuit
UTSC was dirty, dingy, boring, and lacked ANY sense of community.
Oh and I went to the dentist this week and I have about 4 cavities that need doing (I think 2 are my wisdom teeth) but my wisdom teeth need to come out. And then I'll need a retainer again as well since my teeth will start shifting again. Better start saving LOL. The good thing is my new dentist does sedation and laughing gas, I'm super needle phobic so I'm opting for the laughing gas.
