In today’s podcast we talk about how Ken went from growing up on a ranch to becoming one of the best animal trainers in the world. We also spoke about keep going signals and Ken’s time as an “otter wrangler”.

About Ken

Ken Ramirez is the Executive Vice President and Chief Training Officer at Karen Pryor Clicker Training. He also spent 26 years at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium caring for over 32,000 animals. Ken has trained animals for over 40 years and is the author of Animal Training: Successful Animal Management Through Positive Reinforcement and Better Together: The Collected Wisdom of Modern Dog Trainers.

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You can find out more about Karen Pryor Clicker Training at www.clickertraining.com. Karen Pryor Clicker Training are also on Facebook here and you can find their Academy page here. Ken also has his own website where you can find out more about him: KenRamirezTraining.com and he’s on Twitter as @KenKPCT.

If you’re interested in attending a ClickerExpo then you can find all of the dates and locations over at clickerexpo.clickertraining.com

Hannah Branigan’s podcast Drinking From The Toilet in which she interviewed Ken which I referenced at the start of the podcast is available on SoundCloud.

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