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I just bought a Critter Nation off Ferret.com...It said it was backordered but arrived in a week anyhow

Congratulations Ryan! Your chinchillas are gorgeous! Thank you big time Sue and Claire and Sue's husband for all your work. Brenda our judge was fantastic. I loved finally meeting you! It was a fun show. It was great seeing everyone. Thanks Christine for bringing all the goods and being a great...

Anyone is welcome. The show starts around 10am and goes until finished, with a break for lunch in there too. How long it lasts just depends on how many animals there are. There will also be a raffle, animals for sale, and some wonderful toys and cage accessories from Christine for sale. Hope to...

Less than one month until show time! If anyone has raffle donations, please be sure to bring them. If you aren't coming but still have something to donate, let me know so we can arrange to get your item to the show. Raffle items do not have to be chinchilla related. We've had towel/pot holder...

Sorry for the delay...I took a hard fall in agility practice. Nothing serious, but sitting on the floor was not something I wanted to do for a while. Still have bruised knees, but all else is well now. The chins seem to have retained what they learned, despite the two week break...

LESSON #3: Adding the Cue OBJECTIVES: the noise the human makes means something 'SIT UP' means lift your two front paws two front paws off the floor earns a click click=treat The only difference here is now I'm using words. In Lesson 1 and 2, I was silent and just waited for the desired...

Lesson #2 (cont.) Rolled oats again for today's treat. GIRDY: B Girdy started out great with several good clicks for two front paws up. Then distraction came. The cat decided to come watch. She won't hurt the chinchillas...quite the opposite. Girdy likes to chase her. So Girdy spent a while...

Lesson #2 (cont.) Today we switched to rolled oats for a treat. Mixed results. LINA: A+ This girl is really focused and smart. I've made far more progress than I expected to with her at this point. When she hears the click, she automatically looks to me for her treat. She started offering me...

LESSON #2: Click means I did something right and I get a treat OBJECTIVES: Click=Treat My behavior earns a click Front paws off the floor earns a click In this lesson, the goal is to get the chinchilla to begin understanding that it is their own behavior that earns the click and gets them a...

LESSON #1: CLICK = TREAT OBJECTIVES: The clicker is not scary. The human has yummy treats. When you hear the click, you get a yummy treat. For this, I needed to start with a high value treat. I decided on raisins. No, they are not the most healthy treat, but for the first lesson, I needed a...

This crazy chinchilla lady has finally lost it...or so some people seem to think. :tease: I have decided to clicker train a few of my chinchillas. I intend to use this thread as a training journal/blog so the other crazy chinchilla people here can follow along. Maybe some of you will be inspired...

Calpurnia is 16 yrs old (give or take). She's been with me for 11 years and was a ranch chin prior to that. If anything, she's gotten younger. She didn't used to like to run around for playtime. She'd just sit on my lap and hide her head by my arm. The past couple of years though, I can't hardly...

Baby #2 for 2013 is Cassia, born May 12th to Goliath and Katniss. This little girl rarely holds still. I think she's going to be built like her dad, heavy and round. And an updated pic of Cricket...

She didn't say. Just a Black Velvet.

Do any of the WA folks have a Black Velvet available? Bob Gunning's granddaughter is looking.