A month or so ago one of the head keepers of the safari department in our zoo came to me and asked me about what the options are for training fallow deer’s. She ultimately wanted the hooves being trimmed. I thought this is possible but we have to put a Read more…
1. The know it all. One of the worst parts is working with people that think they know everything. You know that I’ve been this way before and saw all the bad outcomes coming from it. It all happened when I worked with Sea Lions for about 2-3 years. I Read more…
Going through the social media sites many questions come in regarding what books others have or read to extend their behavioural knowledge. I concider myself an animal training addict and have read quite some books. Lately my focus slowly goes to further psychology in people because a lot of that Read more…
I want to ask you a question, are you an optimistic person or a pessimistic person? For some of you a question you know the answer too right away and for some of you a question of what do you mean. What it means is: Optimism: One who usually expects a favourable outcome. Pessimism: the state Read more…
Throughout my career I discovered that the phsycology of animals interest me most. Questions like why animals do their thing and why they have certain responses etc is an interesting part of why I enjoy what I do. Animal Training in general is a passionate part where I try to Read more…
In the last 2 years I have changed my thoughts on many different topics. Reading books about psychology made me reflect a lot of different characteristics we humans have into animals. Anthropomorphism might come to mind with you reading this story but that’s not really what this is all about. Read more…
As human beings we like to discriminate animals due to their states in our lives. We like to say because the dog is in my house he should understand who is the boss. We like to show everybody how much we love our animals without knowing if they actually like Read more…
In 2005 I started to work at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands. I worked under a great supervisor who taught me a lot over the years to come. One of his key points I never forget is to train animals to be used for anything and everything. He explained me Read more…
Learned Helplessness The moment you don’t feel like you have options anymore for choices you want to make, from every angle there is a pressure that gives you a cornered-up feeling. The only response you can give is stare in front of you. You probably agree with me that humans Read more…
Five indispensable concepts for your animal training success in 2018 By Ryan Cartlidge – Animal Training Academy As the business owner of an online space where many different animal training professionals come together, here are five important concepts that really stood out to me in 2017. I present these here Read more…
