Well, today is the first day of RAC2009 I had a chance to do anything with either of my girls. I had about an hour to either start taxes, or play with my girls. What do you think I chose?
I decided to work on deworming today. Neither of my girls are good about it, at all, and I've just avoided the issue by squirting dewormer in their grain for years. I know the day will come when I need to get something into their mouth, so it was long overdue.
I mixed up some applejuice in one syringe, and some molasses and warm water in another syringe, and out to the barn I went.
Lakota volunteered to be first, and she was clicked and given a treat for touching the curious yummy smelling tube with her lips. It wasn't long before she understood the game, and by the third or fourth time, she was putting it in her mouth. She was a bit offended the first time it squirted until she realized it tasted yummy.
Then Jen was begging for a turn, and she is so much fizzier than Lakota. She is an over-achiever, and after only a few minutes she though that if putting the tube in your mouth gets you a treat, then perhaps biting the tube in half gets you a bigger treat! Not so, Jen, it just makes the game end, as she ran off, spitting bits of broken plastic out along the way.
I tried getting a photo of both girls together to post, but, well, it didn't work out all that well, this is the best I got out of 25 photos.
Lol at Jen chewing the tube in half...Sage and I need to spend some quality time working on the same thing; worming. He spit out more than half his wormer last week!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo!