Credentials – Barbara Heidenreich (Pronounced: “Hide den rike”)

Barbara provides consulting services to zoos, nature centers, and other animal facilities. She also works with pet community, specializing in avian and exotic species. She lectures regularly to the veterinary community and is an adjunct clinical instructor at Texas A & M University, Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences. Barbara is a former president of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators and served on the Board of Directors from 1997-2009. She has a degree from the Univ of California, Davis in Zoology.

She volunteers her expertise to support conservation projects, The Kakapo Recovery Program in New Zealand and the Bird Endowment. In her career she has trained animals, trained staff, lectured and/or presented shows at over 80 facilities around the world. (see list below)

Barbara has been a featured speaker on animal training in over twenty countries and has been published in nine languages. (Visit her past calendar here.) Barbara teaches learning theory as described by the science of behavior analysis. She is also passionate about teaching excellent animal training practical application skills. Barbara is thrilled to have had the opportunity to train thousands of animals, from rats to rhinos. This hands-on practice with so many different individual animals has been invaluable to helping her provide caregivers the tools they need to solve behavior problems and have a great relationship with the animals in their lives based on trust. Her goal is to leave behind a legacy of kindness to animals by sharing her expertise.

For more information on her work, please visit the following websites:

Barbara’s Force Free Animal Training www.BarbarasFFAT.com
Zoo Animal Training www.AnimalTrainingFundamentals.com
Parrot Training www.GoodBirdInc.com
Rabbit Training www.BunnyTraining.com

Barbara has lectured, presented workshops, trained staff, presented shows, provided consulting services and/or worked at the following facilities:

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Dallas World Aquarium
Dallas Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Santa Barbara Zoo
El Paso Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Caldwell Zoo
Curacao Zoo
John Ball Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Disney’s Discovery Island
Marine World Africa USA
Toledo Zoological Gardens
Tautphaus Park Zoo
Gulf Park Marine World
Perth Zoo in Australia
Ocean Park in Hong Kong
Umgeni River Bird Park in South Africa
Africam Safari in Puebla Mexico
Vallarta Adventures in Mexico
Auckland Zoo in New Zealand
Xcaret in Mexico
Wellington Zoo in New Zealand
London Zoo, United Kingdom
Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Ranch
Austin Zoo
Walsrode Bird Park in Germany
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Helsinki Zoo, Finland
Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Mill Mountain Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Dublin Zoo, Ireland
Zoo Heidelberg, Germany
Taman Safari Indonesia
Fota Wildlife Park Ireland
Zoo Leon, Mexico
Frank Buck Zoo
Boras Zoo, Sweden
Zoo Karlsruhe, Germany
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Poznan Zoo, Poland
Furuvik Zoo, Sweden
Gladys Porter Zoo, Texas
Chulpultapec Zoo, Mexico
San Juan de Aragon, Mexico

Conservation Projects
The Kakapo Recovery Program
The Bird Endowment
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Veterinary Teaching Hospitals and Universities
University of North Texas – Denton Psychology Dept. O.R.C.A.
University of North Carolina Veterinary Medicine at Raleigh Durham
University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical School
Cornell University Veterinary Medical School
University of Vienna, Austria
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
Shuttleworth College Bedfordshire, England, UK
Hadlow College, Hadlow, England, UK

Adjunct Instructor
Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical School