Animal Training Academy

[Episode 159] Autumn Sorrells - Animal welfare in medical research: Part 1

[Episode 158] Veronica Boutelle; Master schedules & saving ATA!

[Episode 157] - Kristina Spaulding; Smart Dog Training & Behaviour

[Episode 156] - Emelie Johnson Vegh; Are you feeling Overwhelmed?

[Episode 155] - Allie Bender; Canine Enrichment for the Real World (Part 2)

[Episode 154] - Emily Strong; Canine Enrichment for the Real World

[Bonus episode 153] - Digital & content marketing with Melissa Breau

[Episode 152] - Tony Harvey; Guide dogs UK & TAG teach

[Episode 151] - Rick Hester; Curator of Behavioral Husbandry for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

[Episode 150] - Dr. Susan Friedman & Ryan Cartlidge; Off the perch part 2

[Episode 149] - Tim Van Loan; Behavioral Husbandry Manager of the ABQ BioPark

[Episode 148] - Emily Harvey; Guide dogs UK (& dreaming of Ken Ramirez...)

[Episode 147] - Catja Pedersen; Mother of awesomeness.

[Episode 146] - Emelie Johnson Vegh; The pros & pitfalls of the fluff!

[Episode 145] - Catherine Nelson: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

[Episode 144] - Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Advocating for Positive Reinforcement.

[Episode 143] - Michael Shikashio & Trish McMillan; Nobody makes good decisions whilst being strangled.

[BONUS Epiosde] - Dr. Christy Alligood; How research works.

[Episode 141] - Terrie Hayward; PAW, Positive Animal Wellness

[Episode 140] - Unscripted/impromptu behaviour nerding with Eva Bertilsson

[Episode 139] - Chris Varnon; Assistant Professor of Psychology at Converse College ... Part 2

[Episode 138] - Dr. Chris Varnon - learning with bumble bees, snakes, rats, pigeons and more!

[Episode 137]; Adele Shaw, The Willing Equine ... Part 2

[Episode 136]; Adele Shaw, The Willing Equine ... Part 1

1.20 – Ryan introduces Adele Shaw and her bio that is driven by her passion for horses. 3.22 - Adele thanks Ryan and they discuss the challenges that occurred at the start of 2020. 6.00 – Ryan aske Adele to take us back to where she first started her journey with positive reinforcement training. 11.55 – Adele explains the particular problems that she experienced with the horse she was training. 19.50 – Ryan asks if Adele is influenced by the local horse community in Texas and the thoughts on her...

[Episode 135]; Sean Pogson; Never say never with - TAG teach!

4:25 - Sean discusses brave learning and how it has enabled him to be resilient through many challenges 9:00 - Sean explains how his desire to learn developed with direct feedback and reinforcement, and how he learnt the difference between education and learning. 13:30 - Sean describes his first experience of using a clicker and his first step into the world of using Tag teaching and the support and the exploration into help teaching his daughter. 20:40 - Sean explains more regarding the genetic...

[Episode 134] Amy Cook, PhD - 'The Play Way'

4:40 - Ryan asks Amy to take us back to when she started with training with positive reinforcement. 9:30 - Ryan and Amy discuss her PhD further and the questions that were raised through her PhD and how her research resulted in studying and researching studies involving children. 15:40 - Amy explains that the approach at UC Berkeley was focused around cognition rather than psychology and asking cognitive questions rather than focussing on ethology and behaviour. She details how the questions we ...

[Episode 133] - Veronica Sanchez; Service dog training

4:30 - Veronica shares the experience of her first dog and the training journey through different dog schools until she was able to find one to help her with her reactive dog. 10:00 - Veronica explains how she became sick with the neurological condition Generalized Dystonia and her life came to a halt. 12:20 - Veronica explains how she became interested in the Service Dog industry which led to the decision to open her business Co-operative Paws 15:00 - Veronica realised the need to bridge the ga...

[Episode 132] - Ryan Cartlidge & Shelly Wood; Making Ripples

6:28 – 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. 13:23 – 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 25:51 – Shelly asks Ryan to share with us a recent training related challenge that he has experienced, how...

[Episode 131] - Erica Feuerbacher; Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Welfare and Behavior

3:10 - Ryan asks Erica if she can take the listeners back to the first time she heard about animal training. 15:20 - Erica discusses how her curiosity developed from a young age. 17:30 - Ryan asks Erica about how she discusses statements from others that may not have any scientific data supporting them - The two questions Erica would love people to ask! 21:05 - Ryan asks Erica what she is doing in 2020 and where the listeners can find out more about her. 24:30 - Talking about shelter dogs & Eric...

[Episode 130] - Trish McMillan; Improving shelters in 2020 & beyond...

3:00 - Trish shares where she began her positive reinforcement animal training journey. 7:00 - Trish explains how she started working in a shelter environment, how it led to working with the San Francisco’s SPCA and developed into the opportunity to work towards achieving a Master’s Degree in Animal Behaviour. 11:00 - Trish and Ryan discuss the opportunity Trish created to speak with Dr Sophia Yin and the early training Trish dog with her Dalmatian. 12:30 - Ryan asks more about Trish’s experienc...