Training With Kayce

Come explore this with me at 3-4:30 pm, Mon Jun 17, 2024.  This is a LIVE interactive seminar and we will cover as much actual method as we can in the time we have. Register This is for pro trainers who help people and their animals with the most difficult behavior problems, and for owners who have such a pet and NEED hellp.  We do this with no devices (not even FOOD!), no coercion, and the animal...

When we start teaching puppies, there are 2 cautions and 3 subjects I recommend. Cautions: 1) exposure to stress and disease 2) puberty and fear periods Subjects 1) Name & Explain, a running narrative of the dog's life 2) Body parts, directions, duration, types of touch 3) Conditioned Relaxation and mental states

Two great conferences:  International Marine Animal Trainers Association:  imataconference.org   Animal Behavior Management Alliance theabma.org   ,  click  conference  tab on top of page

Whilst doing the last podcast, Teresa Bowman and I got talking about some animal issues and how well - meaning people are supporting groups that are dedicated to removing animals from our lives.  Here is a bit about Lolita, extremists and animals in court.

The fascinating story of Teresa's journey to SATS

Johnna Pratt joins Kayce to discuss teaching prodigy, Veronica Lynn and prodigy-to-be, Ashley Elizabeth, and SATS!   There is a wealth of video there - check them all out!   Video links:  Join Johnna and I watching Ashley and Veronica   My Grammys home from church!!!!!!!!:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyOamZJSYgQ   Ashley Elizabeth Pet Bull's training Journal: Ashley's story:    https://www....

Teresa is a fan who is passionate about animal training.  Her comments have been very encouraging and I wanted to learn what brought her to the podcast, her goals are with animal training, and who she is.  I found this conversation fascinating.  It was a privilege to talk with Teresa.  Please  join us.

Kim and I talk about how animals blossom with SATS, and what needs to happen for more people to TRY this.  Please give your opinion in the comments.

In this episode we hear Kayce looking at intelligence.

Some of the best animal people I know are happy to call themselves pet parents - they love their animals, they care for them, and their animals are family. But I think there is much more to this. I think that the nuance is important. Just as we can miss the moon if the rocket path is off by half a degree, in our desire to be the best partners to animals, I think we miss a really important point, w...

I think integrity needs to underwrite all activities with animals.  Please join me to hear why, and how it protects us.

It takes WORK to stay safe with animals. Here are 11 points to points to consider, to keep you safe when working with dangerous animals. And ALL animals can be dangerous.

It is a huge benefit for animal and human, if the animal knows its body parts and can target with any body part, OR ANY BODY POINT.  And it is so easy to do.  I talk about it here.  Again.  Please try this!  Here are the links for the 2 videos covered in this episode:  https://youtu.be/1BI_NtuLpKU   and https://youtu.be/fRoxWSVsVBs  

Three TRUE stories about animals performing with the opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors", at the Kennedy Center!  Here is a photo of my monkey, myself and my trusty assistant, around the same time as this performance occurred (Note the wardrobe!):    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2964962081323&set=a.2964961761315  

Even if you ban fireworks, there is still thunder, gunshots, airbrakes... and more. Get ahead of the game and teach your animals how to cope with these potentially traumatizing events.

Trainers often express frustration when clients fail to complete homework assignments in dog training sessions. Is it necessary and effective to assign homework and take detailed histories from clients?

I was amazed to learn more about how hormones interact to affect ourselves and our pets.  Join Julie Alexander and I as we discuss this important, but complex, topic.

Kayce explores whether operant conditioning is a conscious process. Operant conditioning is a method that teaches animals to change their behavior in order to control their environment. There is a debate surrounding whether this type of conditioning is conscious. 

Natural behavior, resilience, health, and the dog's needs are influencing and even directing the way we teach and care for dogs. This is a good thing and I am happy to be seeing this. The philosophy of SATS has always been one of mutuality: mutual respect, responsibility and benefit. So glad to see a maturation away from tool ideology and toward the documented and studied needs of the dogs.

Dedicated professionals in this swine research unit wanted to change the way pigs perceived blood draw procedures - and so they did.  Amazing video from an amazing crew.  All animals can benefit from learning to cooperate in their own care.

Have you heard of 'Fear Free at the vet's? It's great! This is better. Go for it. Listen in and get started today.

Most dogs can be great colleagues, companions and collaborators - with the proper support and education. But that support and education is not encompassed in an obedience class. An obedience class can be a great experience for both dog and owner, but it is not the solution to a behavioral problem. So what is? Join me to explore an easy way to develop the best of dogs.

Swaggers is a thoughtful, methodical horse who is very selective on how, and with whom, he engages. We confer on ways we take him forward more quickly. Since this recording, Ivy has made substantial progress in being able to touch Swaggers.   Swagger before: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&ik=7eb7cd293d&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1777865908641260868&th=18ac3f9fd6d6e544&vie...

Operant conditioning is an important tool, but it is not the apex of training technology or learning leadership, Patti Menzel, liaison between the autism community and the cooperate community and certified SATS trainer joins me to talk about the reality of growing up as an operant conditioning subject, and the damage and trauma it brought. We discuss simple changes that bring better result all aro...

In this episode Kayce talks about why you should start training over using a barrier