As a training professional, my journey began in the 1970’s. Through the course of my career I have worked with guide dogs, marine mammals, birds of prey, primates, big cats, and eventually came full circle back to dogs. The trajectory of my career has followed and mirrored the changes taking place throughout the world of professional training. I will use my personal experiences to describe the unique changes I have witnessed in the profession; starting with traditional dog training and continuing through the growth of positive reinforcement in the dog community. Meanwhile in the zoo community, my career began in a show environment and transitioned through research training, the growth of science based training, and ultimately returned full circle to show training with a new perspective and new goals. This presentation will focus on several of the highlights including husbandry training, remote training, chaining, unique animal applications and much more.