This is part seven of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For the rest of the notes, please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Steve White’s lecture at this year’s ORCA conference was titled “Plateau schmateau! Why progress matters.” During his talk, Steve discussed training […]
Friday Fun: Salty the Shetland Sheep
Happy Friday! I hope you’ve been enjoying the notes that I have been posting from ORCA’s recent Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. I have one talk left to post — notes from Steve White’s talk. If you’ve missed any of them, my notes from this year’s conference (as well as from past conferences) […]
Drive and motivation: Do we build it or lose it?
This is part six of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For links to the rest of my notes (which will be posted over the next few weeks), please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Kay Laurence gave a thought-provoking lecture at the ORCA conference […]
Training when you’re not training
This is part five of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For more notes, visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Ken Ramirez gave a very interesting lecture at this year’s Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. His presentation, “Training when you’re not training,” discussed […]
What did Bailey do, and why: A training potpourri
This is part four of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For links to the rest of my notes (which will be posted over the next few weeks), please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. I always love listening to Bob Bailey speak. His talks […]
Clicker training Clever Hans: The balance loop
This is part three of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For links to the rest of my notes (which will be posted over the next few weeks), please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Alexandra Kurland’s lecture was one of my favorite talks at […]