In this week’s interview episode, we are joined by Ken Ramirez. Ken Ramirez has been working in animal care and training for nearly 50 years and is the EVP and Chief Training Officer for Karen Pryor Clicker Training, and the author of ANIMAL TRAINING: Successful Animal Management through Positive Reinforcement and The Eye of the Trainer. 

Ken is an amazing human being. He has done so much for the animal training industry and even though he’s one of the biggest and most respected and recognized trainers, he is still such a humble and kind person who is always striving to learn more and improve. He’s someone that we can learn so much from whether it’s animal training or how to just be a human. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Ken talk about:

• Primary and secondary reasons for training
• When choice is coercive 
• Agency to say no and honest communication
• Troubleshooting when things aren’t going quite right

You can find the full show notes here.