Episodes
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Safety: 11 points
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
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.
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Touch-back Targetting - ya gotta try this!
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
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
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Episode 60: Amahl and The night visitors trilogy
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
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
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
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.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Homework and Histories May Not Matter
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
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?
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Julie Alexander, your pets and their hormones
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
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.
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Is Operant Conditioning a conscious process?
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
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.
Monday Nov 13, 2023
The New Age of Training
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
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.
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
How did we teach pigs to cooperate in voluntary blood draw from the vena cava???
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
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.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Vets and Pets
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
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.
Living your best life with animals!
People love animals, and love to be with them. Kayce has dedicated her life to bringing people and animals together, in the best of ways.
We'll talk about training, behavior, genetics, husbandry... and more. Kayce has trained over 100 species of animal to do all kinds of things - mostly to have a long, healthy, happy lives. And Kayce dives into controversial areas with deep knowledge and experience - and expert guests. Let's discuss the effects of mandatory spay/neuter, closed registries, laws, activism, and more.
Listen in, chime in, and stand up. We are seriously passionate about learning how to best be with animals, and how to support their inclusion in our society.