Since I was Four years old I knew I was going to dedicate my life to animals….. Well, actually I knew I REALLY wanted to pet a lion. But that’s where I started from. So I searched for the right opportunities and eventually was able to pet a Lions, take Tamanduas for walks and play with baby Grizzly Bears.

And through my work with a variety of Wild and exotic creature I came to realize one fundamental idea about training any of these animals, and if you could do this well, you would be a fantastic animal trainer. And that one thing is to “think like the animal”, to try to see life from their point of view rather than your own.

From the Grizzlies at Washington State University the Lions at the Big Cat Sanctuary, the Slow Loris Primates at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, or your family dog, they all have this one thing in common. If you can see the world from their eyes and understand what is important to them, you can get them to do anything you need.