I was introducing a new trick to Kiki, the Toss Ring Trick. It’s no easy task. Kiki was extremely scared of the props for the first time. Whenever i tried to bring props near her, she starts to drift far away from the props. She showed no curiosity about the new items. I spent the whole morning coaxing (yeah again with her favourite “candy” - Millets) her to touch the new props. From this I can forsee she will take definitely more than 2 weeks again to master this new trick. Oh gosh. Definitely hard work for her and also hard time for me. Haha.

After couples of short sessions of 10-15mins, Kiki is now able to lift and bring the ring near to the stem prop. That’s something encouraging and a big improvement for her. But here comes a big problem, she hardly managed to toss the ring onto the stem prop, instead she drop outside the stem prop. Every time, I’ve to assist her and guide the ring onto the stem prop and that’s when she complete the trick successfully. Whenever it’s only her to do it, the ring is always out of the stem prop (and this means no “candy” for her, seems a little demoralizing for her). I have to let her know, that only successful tries onto the stem prop, she then can get her favourite “candy”.

Unexpectedly during my last session of the day during the evening, she started to show frustration after failing to bring the ring onto the stem prop for nearly 5 times. She start to walk away from the prop and scream. Whenever I asked “Ring”, she started screaming. She started behaving like naughty little kids, she’s giving up. No choice, I’ve got to terminate the session immediately. I’ve got to do the “pampering” procedures to calm her down. Got to cuddle her, give her scratches on the neck and head, it’s when she stop the screaming for time being. And her favourite pastime, cuddling on Mum’s shoulder and under Mum’s hair (perhaps she likes the warmth). That’s my girl, my beloved Kiki with weird needs.