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 thoughts from each of the lectures. I’m planning to start sharing these on my blog next week.
For now, here are some of my favorite quotes from the conference that were posted on twitter. This was a wonderful conference and all seven of the lectures were full of great information. You can find all of the tweets that were posted during the conference by searching for the hashtag #orca2014.
We CAN study animal emotions scientifically. And understanding animal emotions will help us better understand our own emotions.
~Dr. Jaak Panksepp
There is nothing “magic” about the clicker! It is all in how you use it.
~Bob Bailey
Training is not a luxury. It is an essential part of animal care.
~Ken Ramirez
“Dog handler” is just a title. To the dog, everyone is a trainer.
~Steve White
Your animals have a right to learn at the speed they want to learn.
~Kay Laurence
Are you telling, or are you asking? If I am telling, I am not asking and I am not listening to my learner.
~Alexandra Kurland
The beginnings of clicker training: Keller Breland trained 6 field dogs with clicker training in 1945.
~Bob Bailey
The way a behavior is carried out is more important than the behavior.
~Kay Laurence
A good trainer should make the training worthwhile to all.
~Bob Bailey
Thank you so much for sharing these quotes! Totally looking forward to your great notes. It’s an exciting time….to be able to scientifically study animal emotions. Once this information gets more main stream this will no doubt be very transformative to how we collectively relate to animals. Love the quote about the ‘way’ a behavior is carried out being more important than the behavior.
Do you know if the conference offers/sells transcripts of the speakers?
Hi Cheryl,
Thanks for leaving a comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the quotes!
The conference does not sell or provide transcripts from the talks. I will be posting notes on my blog starting next week and I know Katie Bartlett is also posting notes on her Facebook page, so those are probably your best ways to get more details about the talks.
This is the link to Katie’s Equine Clicker Training facebook page, if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Equine-Clicker-Training-Katie-Bartlett/191117310919760
cheers,
Mary