Barbara has been a professional in the field of animal training since 1990. She owns and operates Good Bird Inc (www.GoodBirdInc.com) that provides behavior and training products to the companion parrot community. These products include Good Bird Magazine, books, videos, and parrot training workshops. Barbara has been a featured speaker on animal training on six continents and has been published in six different languages. She is an in demand speaker. The following represents a small portion of her past speaking engagements: US Department of Agriculture Inspector Training, Association of Avian Veterinarians conference, The American Federation of Aviculture conference, The International Parrot Conference at Loro Parque, Parrot Festival, The International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators conference, American Association of Zoo Keepers conference, Association of Zoos and Aquariums conference, The Parrot Society of Australia conference and many more. For a complete list of past presentations click HERE. She is a former president of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (www.IAATE.org) and served on the Board of Directors since 1997-2009.

She is the author of “Good Bird! A Guide to Solving Behavior Problems in Companion Parrots” and also “The Parrot Problem Solver. Finding Solutions to Aggressive Behavior.” She is also the producer of the Good Bird Parrot Behavior and Training DVD series and publisher of Good Bird Magazine. She is also a co-host of a popular podcast about parrots called Wings ‘n Things on PetLifeRadio.com.

Barbara’s experience also includes consulting on animal training in zoos and other animal related facilities. She has been a part of the development and production of more than 15 different free flight education programs and has worked with 20 different animal facilities. Barbara continues to provide consulting services to zoos, nature centers and other animal facilities through her other company Animal Training and Consulting Services. In her career she has trained animals, trained staff, and/or presented shows at facilities around the world, including the following:

• Disney’s Animal Kingdom
• Dallas World Aquarium
• Dallas Zoo
• Santa Barbara Zoo
• El Paso Zoo
• Brookfield Zoo
• Caldwell Zoo
• John Ball Zoo
• State Fair of Texas
• 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 Puerto Vallarta Mexico
• Earth Rangers in Canada

Publications that have featured articles by Barbara Heidenreich

• Bird Talk Magazine – USA
• Birds USA – USA
• Pet Age Magazine – USA
• Good Bird Magazine – USA
• The International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators Flyer – USA
• Urban Animal – Australia
• BirdKeeper – Australia
• Parrot News – Australia
• Parrots Magazine – United Kingdom
• World Parrot Trust Psittascene – United Kingdom
• Kaijutin – Finland
• Companion Bird – Japan
• Woliera – Poland
• Papegaaien -The Netherlands

Credentials and Affiliations:

• International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (www.iaate.org)
• – Past president and board of director’s member from 1997 to 2009
• American Zoological Association (www.aza.org)
• – Member since 1990
• The Animal Behavior Management Association (www.theabma.org)
• – Charter member
• American Federation of Aviculture (www.afabirds.org)
• – Member
• Bachelor’s of Science in Zoology from the University of California at Davis

Areas of Expertise:

• Parrots
• Parrot training
• Parrot behavior
• Parrots as pets
• Teaching parrots to talk on cue
• Training birds to fly outside and return- free flight bird shows
• Reading and interpreting animal body language
• How animals learn (the science of behavior analysis)
• Solving animal behavior problems
• Pet animal Training
• Zoo animal training
• Training animals for medical and husbandry behaviors
• Training animals for conservation education shows
• Legalities of owning birds
• – exotic species (eagles, hawks, owls, parrots)
• – domestic (chickens, ducks, pigeons)
• The value of companion animals

Other topics:

• Female entrepreneurs
• Starting your own home based business
• How to travel the world for a living
• Living life out of a suitcase successfully
• Getting your book published
• Publishing your own magazine
• Reading a “how to” book and getting results
• Targeting a specialized niche market

biography from http://www.goodbirdinc.com/presskit.html