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Animal Training: Successful Animal Management through Positive Reinforcement
Ken Ramirez wrote and edited this book as a training manual for his staff and for students of his graduate course on Animal Training. Published by the Shedd Aquarium in 1999 and now in its third printing, it has become the "must have" book for zoo and aquarium trainers world-wide. The book is a collection of articles by over 100 trainers focusing on training topics ranging from beginner to advanced. The book is divided into chapters that guides the reader through the development of a professional training program. Each chapter shares Ken's perspective on how to put a training program together then introduces the reader to articles that appear at the end of each chapter.
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Karen Pryor's Clicker Training webs-site is an excellent source of information about positive reinforcement training. Check out the website at www.clickertraining.com for a great variety of resources or click on the KPCT logo to the left to order the book Animal Training.
One of the best resources for training equipment, tools, and enrichment items is www.MyTrainingStore.com. If you click on the logo above you can also purchase the book Animal Training.
Seminars & Programs on DVD
Reinforcement Strategies
This DVD from Tawzer Dog Videos www.tawzerdog.com was videotaped live at one of Ken's seminars. This seminar focuses on the proper methods to train and implement non-food reinforcers into a training program. Most trainers recognize the value of having reinforcers other than food, but many trainers have difficulty incorporating them into their training plan. Ken shows how to systematically introduce these reinforcers into a program so that they will have the maximum effect. Click here for more information about purchasing this DVD from Tawzer Dog Videos.
Problem Solving
This seminar, video taped by Tawzer Dog Videos, is an overview of the systematic approach Ken takes to solving animal behavior problems. Problem solving is the primary reason consultants are usually brought into an animal program. During this seminar Ken provides a look at the step by step process he uses when called in as a consultant to trouble shoot behavioral issues. Click here for more information about purchasing this DVD from Tawzer Dog Videos.
Talk to the Animals - TV Series on DVD
Coming soon, two seasons of the successful television seires Talk to the Animals hosted by Ken Ramirez. In each epsiode Ken visits a home with a behavioral problem with their pet. He guides the owners to a positive solution to the problem then takes the viewers to a zoo or aquarium to demonstrate the same technique being used to help an exotic animal. This unique show will be avilable on DVD next year!
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News & Events
KAREN PRYOR
CLICKER TRAINING
Ken is the Executive Vice President and Chief Training Officer of Karen Pryor Clicker Training (KPCT). As part of his role with KPCT he will continue to do seminars and lectures around the world. Check the Karen Pryor Clicker Training website for his full schedule of events.
The Butterfly Project
One of the highlights of Ken's Spring/Summer 2015 was a unique butterfly project - training 10,000 butterflies while he was in London. Read the details on the KPCT website or click here.
The Ranch is at rest from October through March. Classes begin again in April 2026 - Dates are posted for 2026!
The Ranch is a 13-acre ranch in the Seattle-Tacoma area that serves as the Karen Pryor Natiional Training Center. Classes started in September of 2017. The first two years were a great success, then in 2020 the Covid-19 Pandemic hit and the Ranch closed temporarily. We reopened to half cappacity in 2021 and moved to full capacity in 2022. In 2023 and 2024 the facilities were refurbished with many new upgrades. For more information visit the Karen Pryor Clicker Training website: The Ranch.
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