Cover Photo: Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand Might be thought provoking but that’s what we are all about! Positive reinforcement training is all about focusing on the behaviours the animal does correctly. Through successive approximation plans we try to assure the animal will not make any mis-movements. Adding a motivation strategy Read more…
It’s only recently that I had a talk with one of our experienced keepers who challenged my thoughts about aggression. She came with the point that aggression is not necessarily a learned behaviour, whilst my belief was that it is. Aggression has a lot of complex behaviours. When I asked 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…
Are you going to win or are you going to lose? Observation is a powerful method useful before and in all training sessions. It can make you win the session or lose the session. I remember working with Killer whales one of the senior trainers in Spain telling me Peter Read more…
