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Ted Turner Biography

ANIMAL TRAINING & BEHAVIOR SEMINAR

with Ted Turner & Todd Feucht

21. - 23 . APRIL 2006

at Munich/ Germany

Animal Training

3 days Seminar with Ted Turner und Todd Feucht, Ocean OdysSeas LLC http://www.oceanodysseas.com

This seminar presented by Ocean OdysSeas, LLC, will include 3 days of analysis, practice and discussion of the most successful animal behavior and training principles. Practical work demonstration with dogs on limited timeframe is planned.

The variety of animal species highlighted during the seminar includes marine mammals, birds of prey, equines, exotic animals and domestic pets to help each participant practice these important training principles.

The seminar is specifically designed to enhance the animal training and handling skills of professional trainers, zookeepers, veterinary personnel, large animal handlers, competition dog trainers and pet owners.

The seminar multi-media presentations are extremely popular throughout the U.S. and include music, video and power point graphics that combine dynamic learning with humor and fun for an entertaining and informative seminar.

Although animal professional have been the target audience of this seminar, school teachers, corporate managers and motivational speakers have requested these seminars for their audiences as well.

Location: Munich Aufkirchen - Airport Hotel Mercure

Language: Course and material are in English.

Seminar schedule : Beginning Friday 9.00 o´clock until Sunday about 16.00 o`clock.

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Seminar Content ( the content might be slightly adapted and abridged )

Animal training processes and principles

The science of animal learning and how it applies most effectively.

Techniques and principles: Separating the practical from the mystical.
The process of learning and memory: How animals retain and recall information.
Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and Observational Learning: Comparing and contrasting these processes for the most effective animal training.
Incorrect Behavior: How best to handle bad behavior.
Turning failure into success.
The optimum training session: How animals progress and learn complex behaviors.
Developing a strong foundation: Preparing for rapid advancement.
The seven habits of the world’s most effective trainers.
Research techniques for recording, analyzing and modifying behavior

Animal Aggression

Lessons learned from the laboratory, understanding the conditions that cause aggression.

Animal behavior in the wild vs. captivity: The role of predatory behavior, sexual behavior, territoriality, instinct and nature.
Human reactions to behavior that shape aggression in animals.
Identifying the number one cause of aggression in animals.
The physiological response to fear and aggression.
New research into animal aggression: What does it tell us?
Why does aggression seem to increase in frequency, intensity and duration?
When to react and overreact: The timing of intervention.
Dominance, Force and Punishment: Understanding the long-term effects of these reactions, habits and techniques.
A ticking time bomb: Why aggression escalates over time.
Appropriate supervision: Managing properly to prevent disasters.

Reducing and eliminating aggression, handling, managing and training aggressive animals.

Desensitization: Dealing with fearful and over-reactive animals.
Differential Reinforcement: A selective approach to shaping appropriate behavior.
Activities that help control and eliminate aggression.
Handling large and dangerous animals.
Food Possession, object possession, handler possession and more: Dealing with these problems in large animals.
Pet aggression: Dog-to-dog, dog-to-people aggression.
How best to handle various aggressive situations.
Animal acclimation: Increasing the success rate of animal introductions.
Fears and phobias: Simple principles that help your animal overcome these reactions.
Zoo management: Increasing safety and understanding negative reinforcement.
Medical management: What to do when an aggressive animal must be treated.

Behavioral Troubleshooting: Solving common and uncommon behavior problems.

Pro-active behavioral management: Solving problems before they appear.
Habits that develop affectionate, safe and happy animals.
Handler induced behavior: Your role as leader and the importance of a positive attitude.
Applied Reinforcement: Knowing when, what and how to apply reinforcement to increase motivation.
Accidental Reinforcement: The biggest enemy of positive trainers.
To Punish or Ignore: The consequences of poor behavior.
Training Perfection: Hints for the best show performance.
Learning phenomena: Research applications and areas of study for the serious student.
Common problems and solutions.
Uncommon problems with practical solutions.

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Price for the seminar without rooms :

Early Registration From   01. May to    30. July 2005         380 Euros

Regular Registration From   01. August to 31. November 2005 450 Euros

Late Registration From   01. December 2005 to 01. February 2006 500 Euros

Registration from 1. Febuary 2005 are possible in consultation with us.

External Participation (without rooms at the hotel) Have to pay 70 Euros more on every condition. That means early reg. - 450 Euro. Regular reg. - 520 Euro. Late reg. - 570 Euro. 450 / 520 /    570 Euros

Dogs / per day      8 Euro

Seminar costs Includes:

Seminar participation
conference room
Coffee / tea breaks
lunch
coffee break in the afternoon with cake and fruits ( only Friday and Saturday )

Other drinks than coffee and tea are available at breaks, but must be payed seperat, the drink for lunch as well.

Price for rooms per night at the Airport Hotel Mercure:

75 .- Euro Singleroom incl. breakfast ( 3 nights 225.- Euro )

88 .- Euro Doubleroom incl. breakfast ( 3 nights 264 .- Euro )

Please book your rooms directly yourself at the Airport Hotel Mercure !

http://www.airporthotel-muenchen.de/

Email : reservierung@airporthotel-muenchen.de

or phone: (049) 8122/8670

Since there is only a limited amount of doublerooms available, please start booking these early. Booking single rooms is no problem !

Rooms can be booked from Thursday 20th April.

If there is enough interest, we plan to book the " Dinner under water" at the Mercure Hotel. A very special and exciting event at Saturday evening. Dinner at their special restaurant, with life music and ocean films. Costs 14,50 Euro without drinks ). If you would like to participate please make your mark at the reservation sheet ! We have to know and book that event on time.

Note ! If your dog leaves a big mess or dirt in the room, the hotel charges extra costs from you for cleaning. Please bring a blanket for your dog to lie on at the seminarroom and some old towels to clean their paws. Thank you !

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Ted Turner Biography:

Ted Turner is a nationally known Animal Behaviorist giving animal learning seminars around the world from Alaska to Australia. His 24 years of animal management experience includes extensive work with dolphins, killer whales and sea lions. He conducts weekend clinics for professional dog trainers, horse trainers, veterinarians and zoo professionals and specializes in severe behavior problems. Ted has published a number of scientific articles and produced both video and audio programs for beginning and advanced animal trainers. He worked for SeaWorld for over 20 years and has a wide range of marine park operations experience. Ted served as Vice President for SeaWorld Cleveland for nine years, and consults with many zoos and aquariums on animal behavior issues, interactive exhibit design, show production, staff training and business development.

In 1997 he was elected President of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association where he received numerous animal training awards. Ted currently serves on the Board of Editors for the journal Marine Mammals: Public Display and Research. His most recent book chapter on marine mammal training, The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, was published by Academic Press in June of 2001.

Ted has produced a number of successful dolphin interactive programs, which bring people closer to animals and enhance awareness of wildlife conservation. He has trained and performed in hundreds of animal shows and has trained animals for television and movie segments. He has appeared on CNN’s Science and Technology involving the use of lexigrams for teaching killer whales, 20/20 with Hugh Downs on the first captive killer whale birth and development and most recently, he appeared on Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures, filming killer whales in Alaska.

He continues to champion enrichment programs and learning principles for zoological parks. These programs emphasize learning principles that improve quality of life for individual animals (Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals, [1998] Smithsonian). He is currently producing a volume on the behavioral development of captive killer whales, and has recently completed an important study on the development of kidney stones in Asian Otters, a species of special concern. He was appointed as a delegate to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Kyoto, Japan.

Ted is the owner of Ocean OdysSeas, a marine life education program that combines ocean adventure with animal interaction and promotes further study of our oceans treasures. He is also co-founder of Behavior International; a company dedicated to teaching positive reinforcement techniques to pet owners. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Psychology, is a US Air Force veteran and holds memberships in the American Zoological Association, the Animal Behavior Management Association, and the International Marine Animal Trainers Association. Most importantly, he is the father of three beautiful children.

Testimonials : Yes, I have been at one of his lectures actually two, and they are quite informative. This seminar to me has been an invaluable resource to my career in animal training. Even though I had been dog training for several years before meeting Ted once I went to his seminars all of my ideas of what training was, changed. I credit Ted Turner and his staff of trainers as being a major influence on my ability and style of animal training. Rickey Kinley, 1st Vice-president The Animal Behavior Management Alliance

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