In March 2015, I attended the 7th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference in Denton, Texas. This post is part of my notes from the conference. For the rest of my notes from the conference, please visit this page. I loved Ken Ramirez’s talk at this year’s Art and Science of Animal Training […]
Tag Archives | ken ramirez
Ken Ramirez: Working with groups of animals
These are my notes from the 6th Art and Science of Animal Training Conference, held in March 2014 at the University of North Texas. Visit this page for more conference notes. Ken Ramirez’s presentation centered around different strategies and approaches for working with more than one animal at a time. I thought this was a […]
Great quotes from the 2014 ORCA conference
I had a great time last weekend at the 6th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. I am slowly getting caught up on work (and sleep) and beginning to type my notes so that I can post them on my blog. As I’ve done in the past years, I’ll post my notes and […]
Barkin’ at the Shedd
I recently watched an awesome hour-long lecture by animal trainer Ken Ramirez that is available to view for free on YouTube. If you’re not familiar with Ken Ramirez, he’s the head trainer at the Shedd aquarium in Chicago. He’s been a professional trainer for several decades and has trained hundreds of animals and dozens of […]
Cruising with top animal trainers
As you might have heard, Kay Laurence is organizing an animal training conference on a cruise ship for next spring! I’m not sure yet if I’ll be able to attend, but I hope I can, as this sounds like an awesome opportunity to spend a week with some of the world’s top animal trainers. The […]
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 […]