In our everyday life we grow in what we do, our thoughts become different and our actions are being considered more as we get older. When I was younger I used to do a lot more reckless things what I wouldn’t do today. Opinions have changed due to experiences and Read more…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the times when we do not interact with our animals. It is actually a huge amount of time when the animals have to make themselves busy. I mean look at it from this perspective, we come in on our day at work, let’s Read more…
A few years ago Kolmårdens eager to do more as a zoo for conservation of endangered species grew stronger. Kolmården wanted to have concrete results to present to our guests. At the same time the reports of rhino poaching increased rapidly and as a zoo with a 50 year history Read more…
TeamWork All the achievements humans have reached is done with Teamwork. From discoveries to inventions, you name it somewhere there was a team involved. We know that most of the time problem solving is easier when we are with a team. Beside the Teamwork that we need we have a Read more…
Gabrielle Harris is a great person I had the privilege to meet at on of the IMATA conferences I attended. She has a perspective on animal training what I like very much. Very thoughtful presentations are presented by her such as this one: Awareness of Control as Primary Reinforcer Read more…
Ryan had asked me to do an interview with him about my thoughts in animal training. So we planned a moment to do this. Last week the Podcast came out. Pretty happy with the end result because I tried to give all of you a different view to your career Read more…
The Human Specie is an interesting specie to work with. They have strong social bonds and detailed complex thinking. Some are extraordinary smart and some are super fit. I think its very interesting how people respond to situations and there for I can just look at people for a long Read more…
The Window of Opportunity Right at this moment I’m in a dilemma if I should train the next 2 weeks for a triathlon. The race is called IronMan, it’s a big triathlon race. I’m not able to do a full one but half should be ok, although that’s what I Read more…
Shapes, Forms and Colours 3 weeks ago I was in Arizona walking through the desert where I talked with Grey Stafford about many different topics regarding zoological facilities. Animal Training, Enrichment, Conservation efforts all these topics passed our thoughts. You know how that goes when you have 2 zoo lovers walking Read more…
I had the privilege to meet Dr. G. Stafford several times. We had some great talks over time what gave me more inspiration to make sure our community goes forward in what we are good at. Dr. Stafford is one of the advocates that fights for the animals we Read more…
