Featured Trainers
A few of the fabulous grads of our Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program and their work with animals and clients across the globe.
August 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Amélie Hupé
Amélie Hupé, KPA CTP, works both in human resources and as a dog trainer. Her business, L’Esprit du Chien(the Spirit of the Dog), offers customized dog-training services in and around Rimouski,...
July 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Aimee Bench
Aimee Bench, KPA CTP, LCSW, was taught a “snap-and-release” form of animal training in her first class, at an animal shelter close to 20 years ago. From the beginning, she was not comfortable h...
June 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Jane Jackson
Jane Jackson, KPA CTP, works with dogs, horses, and people at Bookends Farm in beautiful Vermont. Always striving to educate learners in a positive and stress-free environment, Jane offers animal t...
May 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Toni Lynn Mark
Toni Lynn Mark, KPA CTP, found her way to clicker training following her own instincts and the “leadership” of her rescue puppy. With little dog-raising or dog-training experience in her backgr...
April 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Kim Lyddon
Congratulations to Kim Lyddon, Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) Certified Training Partner (CTP), and her red tricolored border collie Tyler, for their recent success in the UK Kennel Club’s annual Cr...
March 2017 KPA CTP of the month: Wayne Dooley
Wayne Dooley, KPA CTP, left his corporate job at AT&T to work fulltime with animals. Now known as “The Dog Trainer Guy,” Wayne offers in-home training through his business of the same name. In...
February 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Kinna Öhman-Leone
Kinna Öhman-Leone, KPA CTP, has always counted animals as her friends, and she has been involved with teaching in some form since she was 16. It took the completion of the Karen Pryor Academy (KPA...
January 2017 KPA CTP of the Month: Valeria Cascaddan
Valeria Cascaddan, KPA CTP, owns and operates a dog-training business in Michigan called Drop the Leash Dog Training. Living with and interested in dogs her entire life, Valeria became involved wi...
December 2016 KPA CTP of the Month: Dawn Gilkison
Dawn Gilkison, KPA CTP, has combined her lifelong “fancy” for dogs with her considerable experience in both animal behavior and education. The result is her business, Positive Solutions Dog...