DOG SPORTS ESSENTIALS
Learn the skills you both need for most major dog sports.
AGILITY * OBEDIENCE * RALLY * TREIBBALL * NOSE WORK AND MORE!
TRAINING FOR DOG SPORTS COMPETITION
The essential skills you both need for most major dog sports
AGILITY * OBEDIENCE * RALLY * TREIBBALL * NOSE WORK AND MORE!
FROM FRONTS TO FINISH
Fun exercises build your dog’s confidence in 11 key areas, including starts, heelwork, fronts, recalls, novel surfaces, and more
TRY IT FOR FREEFROM FRONTS TO FINISH.
Fun exercises build your dog’s confidence in 11 key areas, including starts, heelwork, fronts, recalls, novel surfaces, and more.
TRY IT FOR FREE
42
DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS
46
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
7
CANINE SPORTS
1
YEAR COURSE ACCESS
PLAY AT A HIGHER LEVEL
Deeply build skills that will enhance
communication, confidence, and consistency
OUR SPORT TRAINING PROCESS ELEVATES
BOTH YOUR GAME AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP
PLAY AT A HIGHER LEVEL
Deeply build skills that will enhance communication, confidence, and consistency
OUR SPORT TRAINING PROCESS ELEVATES BOTH YOUR GAME AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP
READY WHEN YOU ARE
START ANYTIME
Begin on your schedule
FROM ANYWHERE
Learn wherever there is internet access
USE ANY DEVICE
Tablet, cell, desktop, laptop. All good to go!
Learn the keys skills needed to participate in major dog sport competitions. These skills include: confidence on all surfaces, hind-end awareness, jump work, recalls and fronts, send-aways, consistent handling skills, and more. Our cross-training approach to teaching sports skills prepares your canine athlete through deep training the skills applicable across seven different canine sports including dog agility, competition obedience, rally, treibball, and more.
Training your canine athlete the right way from the start will set you up for a successful competition career together. You will improve your own handling skills and teach your dog to tackle any challenge confidently.
MEET YOUR TEACHERS
Your Passion, Our Expertise.
EXCEPTIONAL TRAINERS & EDUCATORS COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS
Lynne Stephens
Former school principal
Dog-agility addict
England
Karen Mielke
Rode a camel in Sahara Desert
Moved 16 times
England
“People are so happy to see the pleasure and the joy that their dogs are having in the training. It becomes a fun project for both the human end of the leash, and the dogs as well. ”
— Carolyn Clark
Steve Benjamin
KPA Faculty
Burgers & Fries • Former "G" Man • Upstate New 'Yawk'
Steve Benjamin is the owner of Clicking With Canines in Endicott, NY. Steve retired from the federal government in January 2004 to pursue his passion for working with dogs and their owners. Steve specializes in teaching clicker training to his clients, helping them teach their dogs to be socially acceptable, happy, and intelligent family pets. Steve is a faculty member for the Karen Pryor Academy and instructs KPA Dog Trainer Professional program sessions in New York (spring/summer) and Florida (fall/winter).
LET’S PLAY TOGETHER
Learn creative ideas for training critical sport skills Use our proven, positive protocols for a lifetime of learning
START TODAY!“I can honestly say the course has been perfect for me to progress my training knowledge to the next level. I already compete in agility and would also like to compete in obedience. The course has helped me significantly.”
– Nicki Banks
“The course was fantastic. It was filled with invaluable skills that I can use with every dog in my home, young or old, involved in competitive sports or just my cuddle buddy. The videos all demonstrated skills I needed to be practicing and the activities in each section really helped my dog and me to grow together.”
– Kim M.
“There is no doubt that incorporating the skills taught in the course will improve my performance as a trainer. All of the exercises were valuable, and some were truly innovative.”
– Peggy Danneman
“I can honestly say the course has been perfect for me to progress my training knowledge to the next level. I already compete in agility and would also like to compete in obedience. The course has helped me significantly.”
– Nicki Banks
“The course was fantastic. It was filled with invaluable skills that I can use with every dog in my home, young or old, involved in competitive sports or just my cuddle buddy. The videos all demonstrated skills I needed to be practicing and the activities in each section really helped my dog and me to grow together.”
– Kim M.
“There is no doubt that incorporating the skills taught in the course will improve my performance as a trainer. All of the exercises were valuable, and some were truly innovative.”
– Peggy Danneman
$249
$249 $199.20
USE COUPON CODE: BTS2023
A LEG UP
(THAT WON'T COST YOU AN ARM & A LEG)
- 42 videos, 46 downloadable training exercises, 11 key skills
- A 8-lesson course
- Unlimited course access for one year
Purchase this course now and start it later
We can place your course on hold for you for as long as you'd like. Immediately after purchase and before you access your course, please send an email to [email protected]
- Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
- CEUs: 21
- The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
- CEUs: 21
- The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
- CEUs: 12
$249
$249 $199.20
USE COUPON CODE: BTS2023
A LEG UP
(THAT WON'T COST YOU AN ARM & A LEG)
- 42 videos, 46 downloadable training exercises,11 key skills
- A 8-lesson course
- Unlimited course access for one year
Purchase this course now and start it later
We can place your course on hold for you for as long as you'd like. Immediately after purchase and before you access your course, please send an e-mail to [email protected]
- Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
- CEUs: 21
- The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
- CEUs: 21
- The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
- CEUs: 12
$249. See price.
1. A clicker-savvy animal with which you have an existing relationship
2. Computer or device with high-speed internet access and a modern web browser
3. Support for Adobe PDF documents
4. Clicker, treat bag, and high-quality training treats
5. Occasional help from a human assistant
View suggested equipment for the course (PDF)
The course is designed to be completed in a few months, but you get access to the material for a full year after enrollment. The training activities and handouts are all provided in PDF form so you can print and make a workbook for your personal use.
If you need additional time to complete the course, extensions can be purchased for $35 for each 30-day extension.
- Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
- CEUs: 21
- The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
- CEUs: 21
- The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
- CEUs: 12
This course was written by Lynne Stephens, KPA CTP, and Karen Mielke, KPA CTP.
Lynne Stephens, KPA CTP
Lynne Stephens is co-owner and trainer at DogLogic Training near Statesville in North Carolina. She was an educator in England for 26 years and has more than 30 years' experience in a variety of dog sports. Lynne has taken her own dogs to the highest levels of competition both in the USA and abroad. In 1987, Lynne won the prestigious Working Trials competition, ASPADS (Associated Sheep, Police and Army Dogs) Patrol Dog of the Year with a Belgian Tervueren. She was a member of the British World Agility team in 2003 and 2004 with her Cavalier King Charles spaniel and has taken both Cavaliers and Border Collies to AKC and USDAA agility Nationals in the USA. Lynne now combines her passion for teaching, learning, and dogs in her roles as agility specialist, instructor, and seminar presenter at DogLogic.
Karen Mielke, KPA CTP
Karen is co-owner and trainer at DogLogic training near Statesville in North Carolina. Always fascinated by the scientific principles governing learning and behavior, she has found her training niche in the positive-reinforcement, marker-based training community. Karen is eager to seize any opportunity to increase her training knowledge. Karen is a Certified American Treibball Trainer and Judge as well as a Therapy Dog evaluator. She enjoys presenting clicker-related seminars as well as teaching group classes and working with private clients at her training facility. Playing Agility and Treibball with her personal dogs is her favorite pastime.
The course was reviewed and approved by Karen Pryor Clicker Training, and guaranteed to be developmentally appropriate, 100% force-free, and fun for all!
