Quit Playing Games With My Heart

The lame title is in honor of the AMAZING concert that Amanda and I attended and the fact that I can now play a fun game with both Kela and Naku. Its called ball toss which is pretty self-explanatory. I put a ball in the whale's mouth, give and sD, and then catch the ball when they throw it to me. Actually the first time I played with Naku I dropped the ball, scared her, but then she retrieved it for me from the water. She is such a good whale.

I am actually beginning to form relationships with both of the whales. Naku has a "please more please more please more" vocalization when she is getting tongue rubs. She has never done this with me before, but on Sunday when I was giving her ice she started vocalizing to me when I ran out. She has also been vocalizing during our end of session tongue rubs. Kela has been approaching and and vocalizing to me during morning chores. She is also alot more vocal during our sessions and has been eager to stay with me during tongue rubs. I was sharing end of session tongue rubs on her with a volunteer and she seemed more interested in me than the volunteer (something that has never happened before).

I am continuing to maintain and improve on the other behaviors that I have already talked about and I can only hope to continue to improve on what I can and to build up the relationships that I am gaining with the whales.