In the end, the biggest lesson she learned is that the only animal you can truly change is yourself. For a book i was writing about a school for exotic animal trainers, i started commuting from maine to california, where i spent my days watching students do the seemingly impossible. While observing exotic animal trainers for her acclaimed book kicked, bitten, and scratched, journalist amy sutherland had an epiphany. For me, that was the real magic of the book and learning the training because the way these principles worked with every species, including us, made me feel like, see. All about training shamu sea world all about books resnick, jane parker on. After all, humans are just a dna twist or two away from jungle creatures, and they bite less frequently on average. Hillary huber we can changeand trainpeople for the better, and every human interaction is training. Search for library items search for lists search for. While observing exotic animal trainers for her acclaimed book kicked, bitten, and scratched, journalist amy sutherland h. She was the fourth orca ever captured, and the second female. All about training shamu by jane resnick, sea world. As sutherland put training principles into action, she noticed that not only did her twelveyearold. All of these are more or less a memoir of the authors experiments.
John hargrove can clearly recall the moment in 1980 when, as a wideeyed sixyearold sitting with his family in the audience at a seaworld show in. What i enjoyed most about the book was how amy sutherland compared animal training to real life situations that we all can relate to. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Her feature piece what shamu taught me about a happy marriage, on which this book is based, was the most viewed and most emailed article of the new york times online in 2006. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Amy sutherland author of what shamu taught me about life. Amy sutherlands essay led to a book, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage.
Amy sutherlands june 25, 2006 column, what shamu taught me about a happy marriage, had a remarkable run at the top of the new york timess most emailed list and enjoyed wide circulation among behavior analysts. Jun 07, 2019 seaworld is a top tourist attraction where, for years, it seemed like the top predators of the ocean, killer whales, were thriving in captivity. Immediately after hearing the title, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage, i was very intrigued to find out more about it. What started as a goofy experiment had such good results that sutherland began using the training techniques with all the people in her life, including her mother, her friends, her students, even the clerk at the post office. Sutherland attempted to adopt animal training techniques with her husband. Lessons for people from animals and their trainers. This is the cultlike experience youve been programmed to defend your entire life, hargrove, now 41 years old and three years out from his job at seaworlds shamu stadium in san antonio, told the dodo. Mermaidmelissapage to help real life mermaid melissa on her mission to raise ocean conservation awareness. Sutherland wrote about using the techniques exotic animal trainers use on animals to improve her husbands domestic behavior. Mar 30, 2008 the author applied pettraining techniques to her marriage, and watched it thrive.
Buy all about training shamu sea world all about books by resnick, jane parker isbn. Take a closer look at these encyclopedia books including information about animal habitats, behavior, and scientific classification. Amy brilliantly tells a story using examples of how she was effective in training her husband, due to her acquired skills and knowledge as an animal trainer at sea world. The new york times selected shamu for the headline of the column my book is based on, but it was such a good fit i kept it for the book title. This week her book, what shamu taught me about life, love and marriage, comes out, and a movie is in development. Each tour includes a personal vip tour guide, 2day ticket, upclose parking and much more. Dine with shamu coolest dinner ever at sea world family fun pack. Call 619 2254201 or email email protected to book your private tour.
Despite weighing several tons and reaching lengths up to 30 feet long for a male, an orca whale swims and jumps with ease and grace. Find quick information and fun facts with these 1page easy resources about animals from a to z. All about training shamu sea world all about books by. It also reminded me of when i visited universal studios a few years ago and saw the animal training show. I tried out all i learned about training on my dogs, dixie lou and penny jane, and then my husband.
Lessons for people from animals and their trainers paperback april 14, 2009. Sutherland began using the training techniques with all the people in her life. Amy sutherland has written a short, amusing book called what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. For this particular book, its about amy sutherland using animal training techniques on people. What shamu taught me about love, life and marriage amy sutherland. Both dog and human trainer must be one hundred percent engaged with one another while training. Browse our extensive collection of zoological career infobooks including animal training, animal rescue and rehabilitation and zoo careers. What shamu taught me about life, love and marriage. In her new book, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. Amy sutherland is the author of kicked, bitten, and scratched 3. This is a great challengeas great as the ones you and i face as parents, coaches or managers.
What shamu taught me about a happy marriage the new york. Sutherland discusses spending time learning for this book in all of the following places except. Author interview amy sutherland, author of what shamu. Learn more about the seasonal camp counselor program at seaworld. Lessons for people from animals and their trainers, which was published in february 2008. Publication date 1994 topics killer whale juvenile literature, killer whale, training whales publisher. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. Sosdolphins interviews the former killerwhale trainer john.
Pets ahoy is the vision of nationally acclaimed seaworld animal trainer joel slaven who has more than 30 years of positivereinforcement animal training experience, as well as numerous television appearances and major film credits including ace ventura, pet detective and that darn cat. Which brings me to my new book, what shamu taught me. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Feb 12, 2008 full of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage describes sutherlands aliceinwonderland experience of stumbling into a world where cheetahs walk nicely on leashes and elephants paint with watercolors, and of leaving a new, improved homo sapiens. She was caught in october 1965 and died in august 1971, after about six years of performance. Publication date 1994 topics killer whale juvenile literature, killer whale, training whales publisher bridgeport, conn.
That humans have been able to train killer whales, the oceans top predator, speaks to the wonders that progressive animal training can accomplish. About what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. Former trainer blasts seaworld over killer whale captivity. What shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage by amy. Mar 10, 2008 and i found that this experience of being at that zoo and around those animals had this transformative effect that i describe in the book, but the other thing that happened to me thats not in the book is that i have never really been able to go back to a normal life. The orca performances have been held in seaworlds shamu stadium s, which each seat 5,500, and all of the shows have involved a part where one or more whales splash the audience. Author interview amy sutherland, author of what shamu taught.
Dine with shamucoolest dinner ever at sea world youtube. Wed love to host you and create a truly memorable experience. Lessons for people from animals and their trainers kindle edition by sutherland, amy. After all, you dont get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
In this lively and perceptive book, sutherland tells how. All about training shamu sea world all about books by jane. On this page, you can look at pictures of shamu and his friends from seaworld, and learn a little bit about whale and dolphin training at seaworld. The form of animal training sutherlands book details is based on primarily. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. What shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage book. Jan 01, 2008 what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage book. The success principles book by jack canfield first published.
Full of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage describes sutherlands aliceinwonderland experience of stumbling into a world where cheetahs walk nicely on leashes and elephants paint with watercolors, and of leaving a new, improved homo sapiens. Oct 11, 2019 amy sutherland s essay led to a book, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. What shamu taught me about life love and marriage download. All about training shamu 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. When it comes to romantic relationships, can people be trained just like animals. I felt that it all made a lot of sense then, and it was very interesting reading this book and getting to know more about the process and different. The form of animal training sutherlands book details. Lessons for people from animals and their trainers audiobook by amy sutherland. After all, if they can train a seal to balance a ball on its nose, surely she could train her husband to pick up his socks. Read what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage lessons for people from animals and their trainers by amy sutherland available from rakuten kobo. As sutherland put training principles into action, she noticed that not only. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. After two years of exotic animal training, my marriage is far smoother, my husband much easier to love. What makes the book interesting is that by coming from a different paradigm, that of animal training, we take things less personally and respond more intelligently.
Have you ever wondered how the whale and porpoise trainers at sea world get shamu, the 19,000pound whale, to jump 22 feet out of the water and perform tricks. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. After nearly two decades at seaworld, senior orca trainer john hargrove still believed in the marine parks mission. The san diego show has usually ended with a hangglider landing at or near the stadium. All about all about training shamu sea world all about books by jane parker resnick. This book is based on amy sutherlands numberone most viewed and often emailed article of the new york. All about training shamu by jane parker resnick, paperback.
What if she used these training techniques with the human animals in her own lifenamely her dear husband, scott. In her book, sutherland discusses how she applied what she learned about animal training to people in her life, such as her husband, mother, and. Amy sutherland is the author of a great new book titled what shamu taught me about life, love and marriage. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. All about training shamu sea world all about books.
In it she tells of her experience using exotic animal training techniques on her husband. That humans have been able to train killer whales, the oceans top predator, speaks to the. Sutherland sat down with time to discuss her new book. If you love animals, shows, rides or love them all, book one of these immersive vip private tours. They get that whale to go over a rope farther out of the water than most of us can imagine. I think, it sort of pulls us back into that broader web. Buy all about training shamu by jane resnick, sea world illustrator online at alibris uk. Dont shoot the dog, by karen pryor this book explains how rewardbased training works, and how to use it to solve all your behavior modification problems. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free. What shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage amy. That book, what shamu taught me about life, love, and.
While sutherland claims that animaltraining techniques work on both genders. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. When i grow up i want to be a vet that does take care of demestocated animals but i also want to train and keep shamu healthy. For a book i was writing about a school for exotic animal trainers, i started. What shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage ebook. What shamu taught me about a happy marriage the new york times.
Amy sutherland s essay led to a book, what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. Now, author amy sutherland has turned the oped into a book. Animal bytes animal bytes find quick information and fun facts with these 1page easy resources about animals from a to z. She has a masters degree in journalism from northwestern university. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Roy and finds, to her surprise, that they are equally effective on her husband. Jun 11, 2015 john hargrove was a killerwhale trainer at seaworld texas and seaworld california during 12 years and supervisor of orca trainers at marineland in france for 2 more years. Click to read more about all about training shamu sea world all about books by jane parker resnick. What shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. We say little bit, because training whales and dolphins takes quite a bit of time, patienceand love. To me, that is quite a life change and all from writing a book about animal trainers.
But a former senior killer whale trainer there says. Listen to what shamu taught me about life, love, and marriage. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mar 04, 2008 shamu teaches humans a thing or two in 2006, the most emailed story in the new york times was an oped about one womans attempt to get her husband to pick up his dirty laundry using the same.
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