Introducing myself

Hi! I’m Ilana. I’m a mom and an animal behavior consultant. I aim to take stressful or scary situations for kids and turn them into favorite games that they actually look forward to. In this blog, I will share with you strategies I’ve come up with for gently guiding my son through various medical and routine self-care behaviors. I draw inspiration from my years working with animals — teaching sentient, non-verbal creatures to participate in their own care, from tooth brushing to voluntary hoof trimming. I combine that experience with a good deal of intuition, and present to you the result.