THINK OUTSIDE THE TREAT POUCH

1. A clicker-savvy animal with which you have an existing strong relationship. The animal should have a diverse repertoire of already trained, fluent behaviors.
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. A variety of training toys your dog enjoys, such as tug and retrieve toys
6. Ability to record video on smartphone, camcorder, or digital camera

The skills taught in this course are essential for anyone working in competition (such as agility or obedience) or in a working context including service animals, search and rescue, scent detection, and more. The course is also important for anyone teaching others and for those with non-food motivated animals. Lessons from this course are widely applicable in daily life with any animal. The course assumes that the student has:

• A clicker trained animal
• A strong relationship with the animal
• A diverse repertoire of fluent behaviors already trained
• An animal that enjoys learning and eagerly participates in the training process

Full Course:

• Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
  • CEUs: 21
• The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
  • CPDT-KA
    • KSA-Knowledge: 10
    • KSA-Skills: 1
  • CBCC-KA: 10
• The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
  • CEUs: 25
• International Avian Trainers Certification Board (IATCB)
  • CEUs: 20

Audit:

• Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
  • CEUs: 21
• The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
  • CPDT-KA
    • KSA-Knowledge: 10
  • CBCC-KA: 10
• The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
  • CEUs: 25

This course was written and designed by Ken Ramirez and the team at Karen Pryor Academy (KPA). Ken is one of the foremost experts on, and practitioners of, animal training in the world today. He has taught more than 20,000 trainers and 500 individual animals of nearly 75 species throughout his career.

A 35+ year veteran of animal care and training, Ken is the Executive Vice President and Chief Training Officer of Karen Pryor Clicker Training (KPCT) and Karen Pryor Academy. Previously, he served as the Executive Vice President of Animal Care and Animal Training at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. There he developed and supervised animal care and animal health programs, staff training and development, and public-presentation programs for the entire animal collection of more than 32,000 animals. Ken worked at Shedd for nearly 26 years.

Ken is a past president of the International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association (IMATA), has been a ClickerExpo faculty member since 2005, and teaches a graduate course at Western Illinois University.

Ken has written for numerous scientific publications and authored countless popular articles. He authored the book Animal Training: Successful Animal Management through Positive Reinforcement, published in 1999.