Episode 327: Ken Ramirez Pt 2: Treatless Clicks, Clickless Treats and End of Session Strategies

This is part 2 of our conversation with Ken Ramirez. For over thirty years Ken was the executive Vice President overseeing animal care and training at the Shedd Aquarium. He is now the Executive Vice President and chief training officer of Karen Pryor Clicker Training. Those are impressive sounding titles, but they don’t come close to describing Ken’s talent as a trainer and teacher.

Dominique and I were delighted to be able to spend an afternoon with Ken shortly after this year’s Clicker Expo. Dominique had a long list of questions for Ken relating to a talk he gave at the Expo.

In this episode the discussion centers around treatless clicks, keep going signals, clickless treats, and end of session signals.