Happy Cat Day: Fun with Shaping How do you celebrate National Cat Day? At Karen Pryor Academy (KPA), we celebrate by teaching our cats new behaviors,…Read More
Teach Your Dog to Clean Up Toys How to teach your dog to drop their toy on cue so you can keep the game going with them.…Read More
Simple Shaping Games How to teach your dog to drop their toy on cue so you can keep the game going with them.…Read More
Using Shaping to Build Confidence Shaping is the process of breaking down a behavior into small steps and reinforcing each small step as you work…Read More
Teaching Verbal Cue Discrimination As trainers, we need to be able to depend on our dogs’ ability to respond to the correct verbal cue…Read More
Flip the Switch with Shaping Shaping, teaching a new behavior by breaking it down in small increments, is an essential tool for teaching complex (and…Read More
Shaping a Head Dip Shaping, the process of teaching a new behavior by breaking it down in small increments, is a great way to…Read More
Foot Target – Adding a Cue – Easy Button How to add a cue to a foot target to object behavior using an easy button.…Read More
Shaping Foot Target – Easy Button A demonstration of how to shape foot targeting to an object.…Read More
Settle on a Mat – Step 2 Once your dog is reliably going to the mat, this demonstration shows how to add a cue…Read More