Teach Your Dog to Wait at a Boundary

Do you have a dog that barrels out doorways or from the crate? What about from the car? This can be a dangerous behavior, but boundary training can help. Anything can be used as a boundary!

In this video, Shelly Brouwer, KPA faculty member and instructor for our upcoming Dog Trainer Professional program in St. Louis, MO, uses a leash on the ground to begin teaching her dog Bert to wait at an interior doorway.

Learn How to Become a Certified Dog Trainer!

With Karen Pryor Academy’s Dog Trainer Professional program regional format, you’ll learn from home with access to 1:1 faculty mentorship and virtual connection with fellow classmates. Hone your skills through four integrated workshops, with the first workshop held approximately 6 weeks after enrollment. In the event that it is not safe for a workshop to be held in person, it can be delivered as scheduled in a virtual workshop environment. The adaptations we have made deliver the excellent education experience for which the Dog Trainer Professional program is known while keeping everyone safe in this unique time.

Apply by August 24, 2020
Phoenix, AZ
Workshop: October 17
Laura Monaco Torelli

Apply by August 31, 2020
St. Louis, MO
Workshop: October 24
Shelly Brouwer

Apply by September 21, 2020
Magnolia, TX
Workshop: November 15
Sherrie Yuschak

Upcoming Dog Trainer Professional Course Application Deadlines:

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Puppy Socialization During COVID-19: Drop-Off Classes

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in fostering and adopting pets has soared. However, with many dog parks closed and social distancing and quarantining orders in place, puppies may miss out on critical exposure to other pups, people, and experiences. The good news is that it is possible to provide puppies with this much-needed socialization through drop-off puppy classes!

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See Theory Come Alive at ClickerExpo LIVE

At ClickerExpo LIVE (January 29 - 31, 2021) you’ll see theory come alive with real-time live training demonstrations with dogs, horses, cats, birds, alpacas, and more!

With multiple formats and courses offered simultaneously each day, you choose how you experience the event. Want to practice alongside top teachers and trainers? Awesome! Get your animal training partner and follow along. Prefer to sit back and soak it all in? That’s okay, too! Catch the early-bird savings when registration opens Thursday, August 27, at 9 am (PT).

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Overcoming Separation Anxiety - Live from The Ranch

This week, Ken will be joined by Malena DeMartini-Price and Terrie Hayward to talk about ways to help our animals overcome separation anxiety. Tune in Thursday, August 20, at 12:00 pm (PT) for this free, hour-long virtual social event where Ken will also show a live training demonstration and take questions from participants.

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Adding Distance to a Behavior

Adding distance to a behavior is one of those things that sounds simple on the surface but can get sticky in practice. In this video, KPA faculty member Hannah Branigan and her dog Rugby demonstrate how to add distance to Rugby’s go-outs.

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August 2020 CTP of the Month: Consuelo López

Consuelo López, KPA CTP, halted a study of literature to return to her greatest passion, horse riding. In addition to riding herself, she volunteered as a horse leader for an equine assisted therapy program. However, the atmosphere where the horses lived and trained felt wrong to Consuelo. “Most of the horses were shut down, scared, and avoidant,” she remembers. This exposure prompted her to enroll in a program to earn a postgraduate Diploma in Animal Assisted Therapy.

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