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Episode description
* 1:25 - Ryan introduces Chad.
* 4:17 - Chad talks about when he first learned of positive reinforcement animal training and shares stories of some of the first animals he trained.
* 14:17 - Ryan asks Chad to fill the audience in on the time between his career & his current work - including sharing about some of the amazing people he has had the opportunity to work with.
* 20:27 - Chad talks a bit about his work with marine mammals.
* 24:40 - Chad discusses his current role as the Senior Keeper of Birds and Herpetofauna at Zoos South Australia and how positive reinforcement animal training fits in with that role.
* 27:59 - A story about getting a voluntary blood draw from a 42-year-old tortoise.
* 36:47 - Chad shares some stories of a special bird he worked with.
* 43:30 - A story about one of the marine mammals Chad worked.
* 55:20 - Chad talks about working with two of his rescue dogs.
* 1:02 - Ryan asks Chad to share with the audience what he wants to see in the positive reinforcement animal training world over the next five to ten years.