Training Multiple Alpacas at Once

During a recent Dive Deep: an Advanced Training Course, Ken Ramirez demonstrated training five alpacas at once....

Dive Deep: Advanced Training Course

Is Dive Deep: An Advanced Training Course at The Ranch right for you? Here Ken Ramirez shares his thoughts on why...

Salsa, the Untrainable Alpaca

I have always enjoyed alpacas and appreciated their gentle nature. About 16 months ago, I heard about a nearby...

Something Borrowed, Something True: 8 of My Favorite Animal Training Sayings

There are plenty of maxims, adages, and popular sayings in the training community. I tend to avoid them, because...

Animal Training Recipes, Rules, and Principles

As a lecturer and coach, my ultimate goal is to teach principles, rather than “recipes” and rules. A solid...

Marlin Meets Tulip – A Systematic Introduction

In my years working in the zoological world, I have introduced aggressive animals to one another frequently. We...

Tulip Joins the Ranch

Training by Any Other Name

Not My Grandfather’s Ranch

I grew up on a ranch in Southern New Mexico, a 6000-acre ranch sprawled across desert terrain at the base of the...