Season one
Eight visits to the ranch.
Each episode is timed just right for attention, moves slowly, and ends with something to try at home.
Episode 1
Meeting the Farm Animals
A first walk around the farm to meet Handsome, Franklin, Martha, Milton and the horses. Nana shows where everyone eats, sleeps and plays, and why each animal is a little different.
Start here
Episode 2
How to Talk to Animals
Ears forward, ears back, soft eyes. Nana visits the whole herd to show how animals say a great deal without saying a single word, and how staying calm helps them feel safe.
Empathy
Episode 3
Horse Colors and Sidewalk Chalk Art
Palomino, chestnut, chocolate, paint and gray. Then out to the driveway to draw a pony in sidewalk chalk, purple outline optional.
Words & art
Episode 4
Is a Bunny Right for Your Family?
Away from the horses, Nana introduces Franklin and what a bunny really needs: hay, patience, and eight to twelve years of looking after. Carrots are mostly a myth.
Pet care
Episode 5
A Horse’s Home and How to Behave Around Them
Where horses sleep, eat and shelter from the weather, and how we behave around them. Nana explains why a calm, everyday voice keeps everybody safe.
Manners
Episode 6
Tansy Gets a Hair Cut
Clippers, brushes and cooling spray. Nana and Julian show how Tansy gets a body clip, why it does not hurt, and how the soft clipped hair ends up in birds' nests.
Grooming
Episode 7
A Nature Walk
Nature is not only deep in the woods. Nana and Handsome walk down the driveway and find flowers, birdhouses, baby birds and a creek, plus a few quiet ways to reset a hard day.
Nature
Episode 8
Meet Sebastian and Baxter, the House Birds
Inside for a change, with two twenty-year-old cockatiels. Whistling, bath time, and the daily routine of feeding and cleaning that keeps Sebastian and Baxter happy.
Pet care