Parrot Training 101 with Cassie Malina

Join Cassie to begin learning the important building blocks to train your flock to have a variety of skills. Bring some questions with you and come prepared because Cassie has a ton of knowledge she is happy to share.  Cassie will be addressing our most commonly asked questions in the store as well as showing you the beginning steps of target training and all the things you can build from it. 

About the speaker: 

Cassie Malina has been training people and animals professionally worldwide for over 20 years.

After  graduating with High Distinction from the Pennsylvania State  University, Cassie joined the animal training team at Natural  Encounters, Inc. During her 22 years with NEI, she produced and  performed in free flight bird shows across the country. She performed in  free flight bird shows at Disney's Animal Kingdom since the park's inception through April 2020. As the Director of Staff Development,  Cassie grew a community of animal trainers and caregivers. She also instructed on the art and science of animal training at numerous  workshops, seminars, lectures, webinars and presentations across the  country. Cassie has consulted on animal programs across the US and  abroad. She has been coaching pet animal caregivers independently since  2000 and was Parrot Kindergarten’s School Counselor for the first two years of the program.

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Cassie maintains her CPBC certification from the International Association of  Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) since 2015 and her CPBT-KA  certification from the International Avian Trainers Certification Board  (IATCB) since 2013, and she completed Dr. Susan Friedman, Ph.D.'s Living  and Learning Course. Cassie has been an active member of the  International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) since  1998 and has been an Executive Board Member since 2004. In 2020, the  IAATE presented Cassie with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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This lecture will be fully online only via Google Meet. You can watch  the class without being on camera or using a microphone, but it is  highly recommended that you do so that any questions can be addressed  quickly and easily.

You will also be emailed a link an hour before the start of  the class with the email you provided for us when buying your ticket. If  you do not receive a reminder email the Friday before class, please  contact us at general@sugarcreekbirdfarm.com so we can make sure you get  the link for the class.

Google Meet is a professional video conferencing app that can be  accessed on a PC, Mac, laptop, tablet, or phone.  The app only requires  you to have a google account, which is free and can be done here if you do not already have one.  PC, Mac, and laptop users can access Google Meet by simply using your web browser at meet.Google.com. You will need to download the Google Meet app on an iPhone or iPad in the App Store, or the Google Play Store for an android device. The link to access the class on Google Meet will  be sent out one hour before class starts.  Ensure the email you put in  the registration form is one that you can check during that time. We  also recommend you try out Google Meet beforehand if you can, and use this page to get your settings correct if you have never used video conferencing before.