Tagged: Animal Behavior

04.28.2010: Storrs, CT - UConn student Jessica Henry, 18, accepts a kiss from UConn horse Fiona, as part of a project in her Animal Behavior and Training class. Using positive reinforcement and apples Henry has been working with Fiona for the past month, training her to kiss, hug and walk backwards with simple voice commands. Today, along with her classmates Oliva Carey and Meaghan Bolles, Henry brought Fiona out into a Horsebarn Hill corral to videotape her the results of her efforts in order to show her professor. "I've always loved animals," she said, "I've wanted to be a vet since I was seven-years-old."

04.28.2010: Storrs, CT - UConn student Jessica Henry, 18, accepts a kiss from UConn horse Fiona, as part of a project in her Animal Behavior and Training class. Using positive reinforcement and apples Henry has been working with Fiona for the past month, training her to kiss, hug and walk backwards with simple voice commands. Today, along with her classmates Oliva Carey and Meaghan Bolles, Henry brought Fiona out into a Horsebarn Hill corral to videotape her the results of her efforts in order to show her professor. "I've always loved animals," she said, "I've wanted to be a vet since I was seven-years-old."