About the Author: Jenifer Zeligs, Ph.D.—internationally acclaimed author of Animal Training 101— is a behavioral consultant and the founder of the Animal Training and Research International Center. She has taught advanced care and training of both pets and exotic animals at California State University, Monterey Bay, for more than 20 years. Jenifer is also a Buddhist with decades of meditation experience.
Mindful Partners
The Zen Art and Science of Working with Animals
by Jenifer A. Zeligs, Ph.D.
Mindful Partners
The Zen Art and Science of Working with Animals
by Jenifer A. Zeligs, Ph.D.
Published Nov 11, 2021
216 Pages
Genre: PETS / Dogs / Training
Book Details
Discover how to train animals through compassionate wisdom.
Many of us dream of being like Dr. Dolittle, able to speak joyfully with animals. Now you can bring that dream to life! In Mindful Partners: The Zen art and science of working with animals, Dr. Jenifer Zeligs takes you on a transformative journey to the deepest level of connection with animals.
Dr. Zeligs combines breakthroughs in behavioral sciences with centuries of contemplative wisdom, guiding readers to see behavior as it fundamentally exists and how actions and reactions are born, practiced, and altered. She teaches the reader to use mindfulness to develop a special kind of partnership in which both parties share a mutually beneficial connection. The book is filled with intimate and amusing accounts of Dr. Zeligs’ 40-year history of partnerships across the animal kingdom—from improving the welfare of horses and dogs to filming wild whales using trained sea lions. It teaches you to partner with any animal to create a strong connection, establish interspecies communication, develop calm behavior, respond when things go wrong, reduce aggression, build confidence, overcome fears, and motivate without causing stress. This is an empowering guide to connecting with animals, drawing on the best of science, as well as traditions of inspirational wisdom.