#animaltrainingworkshop

Social media, conferences, popular magazines, even TV shows have produced animal training gurus……some of them are great! Some are easy to identify as problematic…..but what about the in between? There is a difference between being perceived as an expert and possessing the skills to perform at an expert level. Sometimes it can be difficult to tease out the two. We’ve got some great exercises to practice our critical thinking skills when evaluating credentials for our Raising the Bar Think Tank. We are also going add some clarity to the definition of “expert” and guide participants towards developing a stellar profile that represents their strengths and skills with transparency. Join us on Oct 1st at the Copenhagen Zoo to learn more, see impressive training demonstrations, dive deep into advanced concepts, and get inspired by the latest advances. Learn more and register here https://www.zoo.dk/en/events/animal-training-workshop/ #animaltrainingworkshop #advancedanimaltraining #criticalthinkingskils #certifications #evaluatingexperts (at Copenhagen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2-mc40FZyd/?igshid=q8c7xptaknd9

Look at this grumpy Gus! How do I get a Cape buffalo to go from aggressive to gentle giant in one training session? It’s not just about bananas. There are a number of factors that contribute to increasing his calm and relaxed behavior. I will be going over all of them at the Exotic Solutions to Exotic Animal Behavior Problems at Warsaw Zoo Sunday September 29, 2019. Animal training demos too! Visit this link for more information. https://ethoplanet.com/en/kursy/seminar-with-barbara-heidenreich/ #capebuffalo #capebuffalotraining #aggressivebehavior #behaviorproblems #animaltrainingworkshop #warsawzoo https://www.instagram.com/p/B2yFAbHl3NW/?igshid=1biq1k4wjkyak

Have I mentioned how excited I am about the Raising the Bar Think Tank we are doing at Copenhagen Zoo Oct 1? We are going to really challenge trainers to get outside of their routines and usual ways of looking at animal training. We will really evaluate the tools we use to communicate to animals and see if they do what we think they do. I’ve got some great exercises that will have you questioning traditional practices. (For example what tells these macaws we trained to loop for a bird show to keep flying? And what tells them to stop?) When you leave this workshop, you will be better able to observe and evaluate your training sessions. Most important, you will understand if you need certain popular tools and if you do, how to apply them properly. Learn more and register here. https://www.zoo.dk/en/events/animal-training-workshop/ #animaltrainingworkshop #advancedanimaltraining #trainingduration #bridgingstimulus #criticalthinkingskils #keepgoingsignals https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wYbUhFSY5/?igshid=1vxhjiauowsbw

If you are watching Orangutan Jungle School, you will have seen an episode about this little lady…Luthy! She was learning to ditch school early. And for good reason. She entered school at 2 years old so didn’t have quite the bond with her classmates and was getting bullied. She also learned if she headed back to base camp she could score goodies from the food bins of the residents waiting for release. Learn how training helped give her reason to stay in school and graduate to a pre-release island. Come to the Animal Training Working Group session at the EAZA conference in Valencia Spain. We will be discussing how training can facilitate conservation and scientific studies and how zoos are participating. Wednesday September 18th 18:30 – 20:00 in the Ghana room. Here is the conference program [https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Events/Valencia19/Docs/EAZA-Annual-Conference-2019-programme-web11b.pdf](https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Events/Valencia19/Docs/EAZA-Annual-Conference-2019-programme-web11b.pdf) Also there is still time to sign up for the hands on Intro to Animal Training Workshop Sept 17th. More info [https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Academy/Courses/TTZP-FLYER-2.pdf?inf_contact_key=5cd462ba5e3daca2128edbcbdcfc7367](https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Academy/Courses/TTZP-FLYER-2.pdf?inf_contact_key=5cd462ba5e3daca2128edbcbdcfc7367) #orangutantraining #orangutanconservation #animaltrainingworkshop #EAZA2019 (at Valencia, España) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UdRsNlSUa/?igshid=dhwvej9p6lau

I’ve been working my buns off on this one. It is sooooooo good if I do say so myself 😉 You are going to practice thinking about training in ways you probably have never done so before. This workshop will have you asking why you do the things you do? And if certain practical application procedures really do what you think they do? And what exactly do they mean to the animal? And how do you know? And that is only a small part of it! You will leave this workshop armed with critical thinking skills, ideas to progress the industry, and be prepared to have an impact on the future of animal training. Super interactive. Live demos of innovative training too. Don’t miss this one!! Oct 1, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark. More info here https://www.facebook.com/events/467018894150856/ #animaltrainingworkshop #advancedanimaltraining #zooanimaltraining (at Copenhagen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Rx91xFDVS/?igshid=1ntuf8uvqvh9j

This lemur had a long reinforcement history for jumping on shoulders. The team often had a hard team keeping him off of their shoulders or getting him to leave. This is a very condensed clip of a session of teaching him there is value in staying on a perch and also working on redirecting when he is tempted to leap to a shoulder. I also wanted to test if we had built up enough reinforcement history that he would leave a shoulder when prompted. However, he didn’t even want to offer leaping to a shoulder by the end of the session, which is a good thing! In an ideal world, team members would watch his behavior and reinforce for staying on perches and catch him in the act of doing the right thing before he misbehaves. We hope to avoid asking an animal to present undesired behavior first in order to present desired to gain reinforcers so this pattern doesn’t get repeated, but it was likely keepers might find themselves in this situation at some point. And for some, being on the shoulder may not be an undesired behavior, just one they would prefer only happens when cued and that the animal will leave when cued. This is why practicing the behavior of leaving the shoulder can have value as well. Do you want to train lemurs with me, Annette Pedersen and Dr Kirstin Anderson Hanson? Join us at the EAZA Intro to Animal Training Workshop in Valencia, Spain Sept 17 https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Academy/Courses/TTZP-FLYER-2.pdf?inf_contact_key=5cd462ba5e3daca2128edbcbdcfc7367 To learn more about solving behavior problems with zoo animals join me in Warsaw, Poland Sept 29 https://ethoplanet.com/en/kursy/seminar-with-barbara-heidenreich/ #lemurtraining #addressingbehaviorproblems #animaltrainingworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/B2MwC_RFWeL/?igshid=1jbf79yadvwrn

You often see video clips of animals after recall has been trained, but how do you get started? We need to pair the signal with the action (aka coming to us) followed by that action getting reinforced. This is what gives your signal/cue significance. That is what is happening here. We are just creating reps of this. These baby flamingos are probably cueing off of seeing the bowl, their favorite keepers and/or seeing other birds eating for now. But as we build up reinforcement history with the signal (click), we can test their attention to the audio cue by fading out the other signals. You will also notice the click sound is intended to be a cue to walk to the bowl as opposed to the typical “you did a behavior correctly” bridging stimulus. Eventually the goal is that the flock of the hand raised flamingos will recall out of the main group when they hear the clicker. They are off to a good start! Learn more about training birds and zoo animals in our upcoming workshops in Poland at Warsaw Zoo Sept 28 and 29. See both events here https://ethoplanet.com/en/kursy/seminar-with-barbara-heidenreich/ (You may also appreciate our Think Tank for Progressive Trainers at Copenhagen Zoo where we will have a deep discussion on the bridging stimulus 😉 https://www.facebook.com/events/467018894150856/ ) #recalltraining #flamingotraining #birdtraining #animaltrainingworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/B2HeFI8F92x/?igshid=1r94r7hjcohjv

Orphaned Noni had a hard time learning to be independent. In our work with the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, one of the things we practiced was teaching young orangutans to allow their caregivers to leave and to also go explore the forest on their own. Learn how animal training can facilitate the efforts of conservation projects and how zoos are helping. It can improve animal welfare and facilitate release success. I will be giving a presentation on Training to Improve Welfare of Orangutans in Borneo. Join us for the Animal Training Working Group session at the annual European Association of Zoos and Aquariums conference. The ATWG session is Wednesday September 18th, 2019. 18:30-20:00 in the Ghana Room. Conference info here https://www.eaza.net/events/eaza-annual-conference-2019/ You can also participate in a hands on introduction to animal training workshop on Tuesday Sept 17th More information on the workshop can be found here https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Academy/Courses/TTZP-FLYER-2.pdf?inf_contact_key=5cd462ba5e3daca2128edbcbdcfc7367 #orangutantraining #orangutanconservation #eazaconference2019 #animaltrainingworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CL3BnlefA/?igshid=15qb9f106vozg