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Courses from Karen Pryor Academy

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PUPPY START RIGHT FOR INSTRUCTORS

Learn all the background knowledge, training, and observation skills, and marketing tools you need to succeed as a puppy socialization class instructor. Taught by Debbie Martin, RVT, VTS (Behavior), CPDT-KA, KPA CTP and Kenneth M. Martin, DVM, the authors of Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog

Tuition: $479

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CONCEPT TRAINING: Let's Get Started

Enrich your animal’s life, strengthen your relationship, and sharpen your training skills with Ken Ramirez and Concept Training: Let’s Get Started. This is the entry course for any other course in the Concept Training series.

Tuition: $299 / $99 (audit)

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CONCEPT TRAINING: Modifier Cues

Teach your dog how to tell the difference between left and right… or large and small! In Concept Training: Modifier Cues, Ken Ramirez shows you how to train the concept of modifier cues step-by-step. 

Tuition: $279 / $79 (audit)

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SMART REINFORCEMENT

Smart Reinforcement™ teaches you how to use non-food reinforcers effectively. Non-food reinforcers can become as powerful as, or more powerful than, food alone, but only when integrated systematically. Smart Reinforcement is that system.

Tuition: $495 / $249 (audit)

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DOG SPORTS ESSENTIALS

The cornerstones of success in dog sports are: confidence on all surfaces, self-control, solid cues, ability to work in distracting environments and at a distance, body awareness, handling skills, and a robust reinforcement toolbox. KPA's online course Dog Sports Essentials gets you started with, or helps you improve, the necessary skills for your dog sports pursuits.

Tuition: $449 / $249 (audit)

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SHELTER TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT

This online course will be invaluable for shelter staff, volunteers, managers, or trainers who want to help improve the quality of life for animals living in a shelter. Whether you are looking for quiet kennels, help for shy or stressed animals, enrichment ideas, or solutions to behavior problems, this course will be a treasured resource. 

Tuition: $249

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CANINE FREESTYLE

Enroll in our online Canine Freestyle course to learn how to create show-stopping freestyle routines. Taught by three-time international freestyle champion Michele Pouliot.

Tuition: $329

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BETTER VETERINARY VISITS

This course, designed in collaboration with Fear Free, provides veterinary-care teams with practical, easy-to-implement protocols that will transform the experience of the dogs and cats in your care.

Tuition: $139

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TRAIN YOUR CAT

A little training with your cat goes a long way. This course's cat-specific exercises will help deepen your relationship, provide mental enrichment for your cat, and even reduce many common behavior problems.

Tuition: $199

DOG TRAINER FOUNDATIONS
Our online Dog Trainer Foundations course is the ideal entry point for those considering a career in dog training, or for anyone looking to broaden his or her dog-training skills and knowledge.

Tuition: $249

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PUPPY START RIGHT FOR INSTRUCTORS

This online course gives you all the background knowledge, training and observation skills, and marketing tools you need to succeed as a puppy socialization class instructor. Taught by Debbie Martin, RVT, VTS (Behavior), CPDT-KA, KPA CTP and Kenneth M. Martin, DVM, the authors of Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog

Tuition: $479

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CONCEPT TRAINING: Let's Get Started

Enrich your animal’s life, strengthen your relationship, and sharpen your training skills with Ken Ramirez and Concept Training: Let’s Get Started.

Tuition: $99 - $299

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CONCEPT TRAINING: Modifier Cues

Teach your dog how to tell the difference between left and right… or large and small! In Concept Training: Modifier Cues, Ken Ramirez shows you how to train the concept of modifier cues step-by-step. 

Tuition: $79 - $279

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SMART REINFORCEMENT

Smart Reinforcement™ teaches you how to use non-food reinforcers effectively. Non-food reinforcers can become as powerful as, or more powerful than, food alone, but only when integrated systematically. Smart Reinforcement is that system.

Tuition: $249 - $495

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DOG SPORTS ESSENTIALS

The cornerstones of success in dog sports are: confidence on all surfaces, self-control, solid cues, ability to work in distracting environments and at a distance, body awareness, handling skills, and a robust reinforcement toolbox. KPA's online course Dog Sports Essentials gets you started with, or helps you improve, the necessary skills for your dog sports pursuits.

Tuition: $249 - $449

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SHELTER TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT

This online course will be invaluable for shelter staff, volunteers, managers, or trainers who want to help improve the quality of life for animals living in a shelter. Whether you are looking for quiet kennels, help for shy or stressed animals, enrichment ideas, or solutions to behavior problems, this course will be a treasured resource. 

Tuition: $249

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CANINE FREESTYLE

Enroll in our online Canine Freestyle course to learn how to create show-stopping freestyle routines. Taught by three-time international freestyle champion Michele Pouliot.

Tuition: $329

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BETTER VETERINARY VISITS

This course, designed in collaboration with Fear Free, provides veterinary-care teams with practical, easy-to-implement protocols that will transform the experience of the dogs and cats in your care.

Tuition: $139

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TRAIN YOUR CAT

A little training with your cat goes a long way. This course's cat-specific exercises will help deepen your relationship, provide mental enrichment for your cat, and even reduce many common behavior problems.

Tuition: $199