Hi all, haven't been as active recently. Just wanted to pop in and say that recall training with Poppy has been going well! She is becoming quite the flier. She is going farther and farther each day and gaining confidence and strength. It is great to see.
This has been so successful partially because of her medicine regiment. She is on antibiotics twice daily. At first this was a struggle because she hated the taste but after some trial and error, I finally found something that worked: plain unsalted peanut butter. While it's not the healthiest, and there is the risk of fungus, it was the only thing I could mix her meds into that she would take. And she goes crazy for it.
So now, twice a day, we have a small flight training session using the peanut butter-medicine as a reward! She is so motivated by the peanut butter, I might just have to keep using it.
And it is so great to see her progress. You can tell how hard she's working to get better at flying, and she improves every day. I'm very proud of her.
This has been so successful partially because of her medicine regiment. She is on antibiotics twice daily. At first this was a struggle because she hated the taste but after some trial and error, I finally found something that worked: plain unsalted peanut butter. While it's not the healthiest, and there is the risk of fungus, it was the only thing I could mix her meds into that she would take. And she goes crazy for it.
So now, twice a day, we have a small flight training session using the peanut butter-medicine as a reward! She is so motivated by the peanut butter, I might just have to keep using it.
And it is so great to see her progress. You can tell how hard she's working to get better at flying, and she improves every day. I'm very proud of her.