Tyne recording the taxiing (accident at signal 1986 after training and management. Twelve carnivore species are cared for ranging from Meerkats to Sunbears. The primary focus of staff is on providing high levels of animal husbandry with regards to exhibitory, diet and enrichment as well as providing high level animal management terms of behavioural, health and reproductive requirements. Animal husbandry routines make up approximately 80% of the carnivore keepers day. During this time the keepers are cleaning exhibits holding facilities, preparing providing daily diets, making and providing enrichment, performing maintenance tasks and various other duties to provide high levels of animal husbandry and health care. Once all animal husbandry duties have been performed, staff generally have approximately one hour during the day for other work such as attending meetings, administration work and training. The Carnivore is not considered to be ‘animal training unit'. Due to time constraints, most training is incorporated into daily work routines eg Frontline® is applied the morning when feeding the Red Pandas or Binturong. All of the essential training outlined this talk was performed by a single keeper taking from 1 minutes daily. Where more complex behaviours are required, two keepers attend the training session for 10 minutes. During the presentation you discover the how and why of training of co-operative care behaviours of Carnivores eg. training different species to accept handfeeding, weighing, den conditioning, Frontline® and Revolution® application as well as specialised programs such as ultrasound training for Sunbears, claw trimming, teeth brushing and pole or hand injection training for big cats and bears. Learning Objectives About The Presenter Ginman PCT-A is a Accredited and Professional Canine Trainer Accredited Dog Behavioural Trainer who runs a dog training business ‘Positive Dogs' Australia. She has served on APDT Australia committee since 2008 and been President since 2012. also serves on the PPG Australia committee. has several qualifications including a Bachelor of Science Degree and Certificate IV Companion Animal Services. has over 21 years' experience with both domestic and exotic species both a training and husbandry management capacity. worked as a veterinary nurse, dog and cat groomer and animal attendant a busy and large practice the Eastern Suburbs of for several years before moving to Taronga Zoo to work on the Carnivore where she is the Supervisor. Her role is varied and covers duties such as carnivore husbandry and management, animal training and enrichment, diets and nutrition, staff training and supervision, media work, conference presentations and other forms of public speaking, research, education and conservation work. 's involvement with dogs and dog behaviour spans over 26 years. She currently is guardian of a Shetland Sheepdog and Siberian Husky and competes at both agility and obedience. is author of ‘The of introducing dogs. A guide to conducting dog to dog introductions' Dogs have always been 's passion and she continues today to educate people about living with their dog through her writing and pet dog training courses. Nose work or scent work classes have become the latest big thing the Canine world. This is for all the right reasons! Not only can it be amazing therapy for dogs with special needs, it catapult the handler's knowledge of their dog to a whole new level. Learning Objectives Participants About The Presenter Peta has been training animals professionally for 25 years. Her of nose work started 4 years ago when she began to understand and witness the therapeutic benefits of the activity for dogs. Peta is currently Associate Instructor with the National Association of Canine Scent Work and as always continues to research and study the activity of nose work as widely as possible to ensure every point of view is heard and understood. Along with Steph Mccoll and Bowe, Peta proudly runs K9Scentral which offers array of nose work activities for dogs. The Pet Dog Ambassador Program has been created by experienced Australian PPG members drawing from their knowledge of other pet dog assessment programs and complimented by their vast, collective knowledge of training the real world. Their knowledge of what is important to pet dog guardians and to trainers alike has helped formulate a program that allows instructors and assessors the autonomy to create scenarios that are client and location specific. The PDA webinar outlines the aims and benefits of the Pet Dog Ambassador Program. Details be given about how PPG members can become PDA Instructors and or Assessors together with the simple