I'll be honest, by the end of this first week I was beyond exhausted and so ready for my weekend. I felt like a million different pieces of information had been thrown in my direction and I was so worried about making a good impression and showing the trainers that I could and would do a good job that by the end of the week I was just so tired. However, things did go really well today and at the end of the work day I felt pretty confident in my abilities as the marine mammal training intern and I was hopeful that the next week would lead to good things.
On day 5 we focused on gating, so I learned how to move the gates in the pools with and without the animals. The gates are all at least 50 pounds, so it definitely does take some practice! Kimmy wasn't there today so I spent most of my day working with Leah. We went over all of my reading information and the basics of the tasks for the day. I also helped out a lot with fish preparation and cleaning tasks including cleaning the buckets and the toys.
I'm really looking forward to next week and hopefully more good days. I looked ahead at the schedule and it seems like I will be getting a lot more experience and practice time next week as well as some more animal interaction, so I think my one bad day is out of my system and it will be a great experience from here on out!
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