I've finally done it . . . I've even ordered rabbit treats through Amazon.com. I discovered these delightful little papaya treats at the petstore, but I don't trust the petstore to continue to supple them. Plus, I realize what a huge markup they get. To be sure, I have to pay for exhorbitant shipping on the items purchased through Amazon.com, it's just I bought enough of them to make the shipping charge worth it.
Dorcas digs these treats. There's no getting around it. And if she likes it so well, and if it conceivably helps with hairballs, I am all for it. I hope she likes Craisins and raisins a little bit too.
I have now officially run out of the Vitakraft yoghurt drops but I am not going to buy anymore. I know that's taking a risk, taking a risk that Maddie and Jemimah may never again be so eager to perform. But I also know that their diet will soon be simplified by going back to Bunny Basics so that they may start to find just about any treat a welcome break. Right now, with the ecotrition. they are getting a lot of treats in a day through their food. They shouldn't be getting that much, really, I know. Fortunately, that will change.
I am pleased with their training this morning. All three walked forward on their hind feet. Very difficult for a rabbit, but very easy for these three girls to do. I need to get Scott to take video of this so that it can be part of the next Rabbits in Harness video.
I was really disappointed to see that the Rabbits in Harness I video only got rated as a 3. I guess it doesn't move very quickly, with the slow rag time and stuff. I guess you had to be there to appreciate it.
I am not sure what my palns for this afternoon's training will be. Maybe the hoop and the obstacle course. We shoudl concentrate on thsoe things and reward by going back to simpler things and such. I really want to get them in the habit of jumping through the hoop as a confidence builder for doing the jumps. I want them to enjoy jumping. Is is possilbe that they won't enjoy jumping? I find that hard to imagine and yet they balk at anything very tall. Other bunneis seem to go over without any problem, and I have seen Maddie, when upset, jump quite high. I have seen Jemimah, when motivated to get on the sofa, also jump quite high. And I recall that they all could hop on top of the very tall queen size bed. . . . They should not have any trouble with these jumps.
