Combinations, Chains and Intelligence… What About the Others? I Like to talk about motivation, it has a very broad spectrum what I like very much. Sky is the limit I always say. As you guys probably all have seen the blog from Kayce Cover about training various animals the same way Read more…
I want to introduce you to Kayce Cover who I have met last year at the IMATA conference and long before on social media platforms. She has trained over 130 different species of animals, ranging from crabs and sharks to dolphins and primates. She has trained animals for diverse applications, including pigs to Read more…
Over the years in my career I had the privilege to learn many new ways of training. My killer whale path took me to different views while going back to pinnipeds gave me completely new thoughts about training those animals. I also learned working animals in groups what is not Read more…
Conservation plays a big role in zoos today. Some of the work we do is long term and it can be hard be hard for the public to understand the value of. Here are 5 examples that are the exact opposite – animals that would already be extinct without zoos. 1. Read more…
Negative Reinforcement; A Go or a No Go? I grew in a household together with my brother. We are actually only 1,5 year difference. We lived in a village where we could play outside. It was that time when you jumped in mudpools etc. Best time of our lives. But.. Read more…
Problem Solving, its sometimes easier than you think. One of the last courses I give in our training program for the trainers is about problem solving. Its an important task for the trainer to see particular problems and how we can solve them. I mention in my classes “you know Read more…
Julie Scardina – Racing Against Time, The Role Trainers Have Today. I met Julie Scardina personally this year at the IMATA conference and I asked her what her vision is on our current situations. After a while I discovered that she is making a huge difference in the life of Read more…
When Aggression Becomes a Problem… Animals come in many shapes and sizes. From big African Elephants to the beautiful red squirrels who roam in the forest of Europe. Every animal has its stress levels and so do we humans now we are considered mammals. Stress comes in many various ways Read more…
I am a dreamer. I have been ever since I was a child. My mother is an amazing lady that supported myself and my siblings to the fullest in everything we want to do, although she is realistic, she never once told me I couldn’t achieve the things I Read more…
The Art of Foundation Art doesn’t really interest me. The museums with paintings etc they just don’t get me at all. Art is not just paintings, when I was younger I used to breakdance a lot. Breakdance is part of a culture and is an art. If you can control Read more…
