Learn how to train animals and successfully lead yourself, animals, and people through positive relationship building, empathy, and teamwork! REGISTER NOW!
July 26th through July 31st students in grades 6-9 will participate in a hands-on workshop. You will work with live koi to get an introduction to the fundamentals of the positive methods professional animal trainers use. This humane education workshop will utilize your interactions with koi to teach you some aquatic animal and conservation basics as well as problem solving skills you can later apply to other animal species … and people too!
Since your “student” will be a koi, you will learn an overview of fish biology and care; how water quality impacts captive fish welfare; facts about koi and Japanese culture; some ways conservation and fish are connected; and how you can make a difference for fish by sharing what you have learned with others.
You will work with the same koi over the course of the week to try to teach it some basic behaviors that help to increase captive animal welfare. This fun and interactive workshop will also teach you other important skills for building more positive relationships with both animals and people. Some of the techniques you will be taught include how to:
- Communicate more effectively
- Positively shape behavior
- Understand the perspectives & behavior of others
- Grow your awareness & sensitivity about what others are experiencing
- Identify confusion & stress in yourself & others
- Lead yourself & others back to a more relaxed & connected state after stress
- Increase your leadership & team building knowledge
- Apply all your new skills to both animal training and human interactions
Human- Animal Interaction Workshop