Animal Training Academy: Making Ripples

Whitney Buchman - Buchman Best Behaviors [Episode 24]

Whitney received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in Animal Ecology with a specialization in animal care and a minor in Biology in 2005. From there he became lead animal keeper at the Kangaroo Conservation Center in Georgia. In 2009 he moved to Garden City, KS for a zookeeping job at Lee Richardson Zoo. He was then promoted to Manager of Distance Learning and Technology and then again to Curator of Education. In 2018 he left the zoo field to help pet owners in SW KS by starting B...

When the behavior of eating gets broken- “behavior affects health, health affects behavior”

SI lives with her husband of 37 years and their 5 year old dog, Micki (whom she loves a ridiculous amount). While she grew up with an assortment of apartment friendly pets, SI did not own nor even personally know a dog for most of her life. All that changed 21 years ago when her family got a puppy. That puppy inspired her to learn all she could about training. She has been a dedicated “cookie pusher” training enthusiast ever since. While that first puppy was the world’s easiest dog to train, the...

Behavioral Euthanasia: Forgiving Yourself for Not Walking on Water {Episode 22]

Joann Rechtine, CSAT, CPDT-KA, FDM, FFCP, MS, MPH, RN Joann has been working with dogs professionally for over twenty years and specializes in separation anxiety work. Joann is a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT). She is the owner and founder of The Loose Leash Academy and works exclusively with dogs who experience separation anxiety or isolation distress issues and uses humane and studied protocols that are formulated specifically for a dog’s needs. She is also a Certified Professiona...

Belinda Young - Treat Play Love [Episode 21]

Belinda Young Bio Belinda stepped into the world of animal training in early 2010, while working as a veterinary nurse and being tasked with running puppy pre-school classes. In the same year, she was fortunate enough to attend a parrot conference and learn about applied behaviour analysis and learning theory from the likes of Dr Susan Friedman, Nic Bishop, and Jim McKendry. That was all it took to become hooked! In 2013, while completing her Certificate 4 in Companion Animal Services through th...

Stuart Hoffman - Labrador Retriever Adoption Services; volunteer/trainer [Epiosde 20]

Stuart Hoffman lives in Newmarket Canada with his wife Maria and their seven-year-old lab Dani (Danielle). Over the last 10 years Stuart has worked with Labrador Rescue Adoption Services as a trainer and interviewer. He provides training to both fosters and adopters encountering behaviour issues. In addition, he writes articles for the Rescue’s magazine, hoping to give a voice to the labs that pass through. His learning path started after his failed foster and adoption of his beloved black Lab A...

Scotti Harvey - Why Runamuck

After humble beginnings with Bob Bailey's chicken camps, Scotti Harvey has spent the last 15 years as a committed educator of applied animal behavior and learning science. Scotti is a graduate of the Karen Pryor Academy, a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer, a Puppy Start Right Instructor and Fear Free Trainer, a City and Guilds Scent Detection Dog Handler, UKCSD Scent Instructor and the founder of the animal training and consulting service, Why Runamuck. Scotti’s expertise is in the impact of...

Brianne Zanella - Program Animal Specialist; Oregon Zoo [Episode 18]

Brianne Zanella Bio Brianne Zanella is a Program Animal Specialist at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, OR. She engages with thousands of zoo visitors each year, curating experiences that foster curiosity for nature and wildlife. As a Program Animal Specialist working with ambassador animals in a zoo setting, Brianne uses training in various ways. She strives to be creative and considerate about training that provides education animals with choice to participate in programming and is also ardent about...

[Episode 17] Dr Lucy Scott - Veterinary Behaviour Services NZ​

Lucy graduated from Massey University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. She spent six years practising as a mixed-animal veterinarian, working with everything from sheep and cattle to cats and dogs. Not long after graduating, she went to a clinic on positive reinforcement in horses and started incorporating R+ with her horses and animals. This spread to consuming every piece of information she could read on animal behaviour and training! In June this year, she gained membership to t...

[Episode 17] Marie Koenen - Byrackaforever

Marie Koenen – Bio Marie is 58 (!!) years old, single and lives with her two lovely dogs in a small farm house just outside Malmö (3rd biggest city of Sweden). Marie is a dog trainer, behavior analyst, scent detection trainer and works part time with the above in her own facilities. She is also working on searching for bed-bugs, slugs and planning for Sniff to become a scent detection dog in the agriculture trade. As much as she loves holding classes, she also enjoys attending classes. Marie lov...

[Episode 16]: Caroline Howlett - Petnanny

[Episode 15]: Anna Bartosik - Woofs and Purrs

[Episode 14]: Kelli Inglis - Wings, Paws and Claws

[Episode 13]: Barbara Glatz - AnimalTrainingCenter

[Episode 12]: Josefin Linderström - Djurpedagogen

[Episode 11]: Gabriella Boijsen - R+ Hundskola

[Episode 10]: David Thatcher - ATA Happiness Engineer.

[Episode 9]: Julia Lomb - Neighborhound Dog Training

[Episode 8]: Anat Shalev - HorseFriendship

[Episode 7]: Sara Crockett - Contingent on Kindness Behavior Consulting

[Episode 6] Sian Mulhall: Moonlit Sanctuary

[Episode 5] J.R. Henderson: Zen Cats Roc

1:25 - Shelley Introduces JR Henderson and his feline friends! 3:20 - JR Thanks Shelley for having him on the podcast today. 4:00 - Shelley asks JR to talk about his life beyond training and how it links across to his animal training world. 1015 - Shelley asks JR if there is an example where he has become more musical with his cues to help the animal to discriminate what is taught. 14:25 - Shelley asks about the voice memo app that he uses. 15:00 - JR and Shelley discuss how the Krav Maga has en...

[Episode 4] Lee Stone: Parrot Life Behaviour & Training

1:20 – Shelly introduces Lee Stone detailing her journey through from behavioural training with dogs to working with parrots 3:35 – Shelley asks Lee to talk about her life experiences outside of training and how they have impacted her animal training life. 6:00 – Shelley and Lee discuss some specific strategies that she shares with her clients to help them with looking after their animals. 8:30 – Shelley asks Lee more about the importance of enrichment for parrots 11:20 – Shelley is curious abou...

[Episode 3] Kiki Yablon; Dog Training by Kiki Yablon

4:45 – Kiki explains how she began on her path to animal training. 11:45 – Shelley asks more about the online Masters program that Kiki chose to complete and her experience. 18:25 – Kiki shares a recent training related challenge and what she learned from it. 35:55 – Kiki shares another training experience with which she was particularly proud of counter conditioning a behaviour using a slightly unique approach where the dog was in control of when the counter conditioning would begin. 41:25 – Ki...

[Episode 2] Jo Lock - Nose no limit

3:30 – Shelly asks Josephine to share her education and work background and how it lead her to the animal training community. 16:40 – Shelley highlights that Josephine mentioned PORTL and asks her to explain a little more about what it is. 19:00 – Shelley asks Josephine to speak more on how she began on her path to working in the conservation world. 22:47 – Josephine shares the differences in the training aspects of search and rescue in-comparison to conservation work. 26:20 – Josephine explains...

[Episode 1] Ryan Cartlidge - Animal Training Academy founder

2:55 - Shelly asks Ryan his first question and asks him about his life outside of the animal training world and how it has influenced his work and vice versa. 9:50 - Ryan discusses the four books that have greatly influenced his world and including his daily life and his animal training career. How to win Friends and Influence People. Crucial Conversations Growth Mindset First things First 22:18 - Shelly asks Ryan to share with us a recent training related challenge that he has experienced, how ...