Animal Training Academy [Episode 125] Chris Shank - Cockatoo Downs
Aug 3, 2020
57:44
- 1:20 - Ryan introduces Chris Shank
- 4:50 - Chris takes us back to the start of her training journey
- 12:00 - Chris explains that her new education and skills were difficult to transfer to her own pets
- 13:25 - Ryan asks about what valuable learning opportunities occurred from Chris’s time working with dolphins in the US and in Germany.
- 16:45 - Chris is honest and brave about sharing her experience regarding her introduction to breeding birds and the impact to her life.
- 20:45 - Ryan asks about the switch in Chris’s life regarding training techniques with birds
- 23:20 - Chris shares her face book and email details.
- 24:00 - Ryan asks about the activities and events at Cockatoo Downs.
- 28:25 - Ryan asks Chris to discuss free-flying parrots.
- 40:45 - Chris expands how she discusses with people about free-flying their pet parrots as it is often controversial.
- 45:10 - Ryan asks if having a frank conversation about consequences about free- flying their parrots with clients help. Chris describes an example of how it can go drastically wrong.
- 47:45 - Ryan asks about training with parent-raised birds and chicks.
- 54:00 - Chris shares her final comments on the training world at this time.
- 55:50 - Ryan thanks Chris and wraps up the episode.