Karen Pryor Clickertraining - Training

Student scholarships now available for Karen Pryor Academy

Aaron Clayton — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:07:23 -0600

If you've been waiting for scholarship money to be available for the professional Dog Trainer Program through Karen Pryor Academy, then here's some great news!

Seeing How to Teach Those Who Can't See

Aaron Clayton — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:05:03 -0600

How does a sightless person teach a guide dog to help locate a wall switch or crosswalk button or find an empty chair to sit in? Those were just three of the fascinating training puzzles worked through at ClickerExpo this year.

Music teacher breaks new ground with TAGteach

Miranda Hersey Helin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:35:16 -0600

The following success story was posted to the TAGteach Yahoo Group:

I just wanted to say again how much I enjoyed your TAGteach seminar in Sanford last week. It has really changed not only how I view teaching music and training dogs, but how I view all human interactions.

Clicking for Credit: Video of ClickerExpo Cleveland, 2007

Aaron Clayton — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:53:58 -0500

Don't miss this great video from the 2007 Cleveland ClickerExpo. Entertaining and informative. If you've never been to ClickerExpo, this clip provides a great feel for the event—and if you've been before, see if you recognize anyone! Click here to watch!

Register by 9/30 for ClickerExpo Los Angeles and save $50

KPCT — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Only a few days Left to save $50 on ClickerExpo!

Guide Dogs for the Blind: Puppy Raising Clicker Trial

Miranda Hersey Helin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:04:35 -0500

Guide Dogs for the Blind, serving individuals across the US and Canada, has just announced that preparation is underway to launch a puppy raising trial program using clicker training techniques. The first Puppy Program Clicker Trial will commence in early 2008 using approximately 25 new puppies entering the program.

Over the past four years, the Training Department at Guide for the Blind (GDB) has skillfully utilized clicker techniques and fully appreciates the exceptional outcomes of using this powerful training tool. In the past year, GDB has successfully expanded the use of clicker training with students and alumni, and continues to assess other program areas that may benefit from clicker techniques. (Post continues....click "read more" below.)

Earn CEUs from Karen Pryor Academy!

Tia Guest — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:08:01 -0500

Great news! You can now earn CEUs for IAABC and CPDT by enrolling in the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Program! Along with all the other benefits — a great education, business training, marketing support and more — you can add CEUs (22 for CPDT and 20 for IAABC)!

Learn more about Karen Pryor Academy:

NEW: Karen Pryor Academy and Dog Trainer Certification Program

Tia Guest — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:23:22 -0500

We're thrilled to announce Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior, an innovative approach to teaching created by the best minds in clicker training today, and available across and the United States and Canada.

Post YouTube videos to your Clickertraining.com blog!

Bill Peña — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:12:59 -0500

You can now post videos from YouTube or any other video-sharing site to your blog on clickertraining.com! Just create a new blog entry, click "disable rich-text" below the editor, paste the "embed" code into your post, the click "submit."

For example, here's a hog doing weave poles!

If you have any trouble, please comment below and I will answer so we can share the solutions.

Clicker training jokes and one-liners

Bill Peña — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:27:50 -0500

A MySpace blogger has posted a series of jokes that play on clicker training ... and then others started chiming in. So it got me thinking ... Heard any good clicker training jokes lately? (Read on for some jokes to get you started)

Hearts, Minds and Paws - the Extraordinary Talents of Our Canine Partners

Aidan Bindoff — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:13:06 -0600

Canine Partners in the UK is a registered charity which specializes in training and providing assistance dogs to people with disabilities. They use a program designed by Nina Bondarenko, a world renowned dog trainer who uses clicker training. Nina has recently written a book entitled "Hearts, Minds and Paws" to both inform and move us on the extraordinary talents of our canine partners.

Parrot uses 950 words to talk with people, crack jokes

Bill Peña — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:17:24 -0600

The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.

Read the full post for more, and hear an excerpt of the parrot talking with his teacher!

What do you look for in a dog trainer?

Bill Peña — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:29:44 -0600

Pet owners want to find a trainer that they can trust. But how do you know that a trainer is any good? What do you look for in a dog trainer?

Take the poll and tell us!

Dog trained to steal cellphones?

Bill Peña — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:39:38 -0600

This is a fascinating story, if it's true!

When Chinese pets become hardened criminals.

Listen and Enjoy! Phoebe Chronicles in MP3 and Podcast

Bill Peña — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:00:00 -0600

Gale Pryor's much-beloved series on raising a Border collie in the suburbs is now available in audio, read by the author herself. For the next ten months, we will be releasing one episode a month that you can listen to for free on your computer or portable digital audio player.

Training in the Multi-Animal Household

Melissa Alexander — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:49:39 -0600

Why did you first log on to Clickertraining.com?

Bill Peña — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:09:28 -0600

We know lots of people come to our site every day; most for the first time, but many for the hundredth time. We want to know what you're looking for!

Why did you first log on to Clickertraining.com? Take the poll.

View the Canis Film Festival finalists online!

Bill Peña — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:16:57 -0600

The Canis Film Festival is in full swing, with some fantastic entries coming in from around the clicker training world. Submissions are now closed, and the finalists have been posted.

Check out CanisFilmFestival.com today to see them all!

UPDATE: See the videos that didn't qualify for the finalists, but include some of the funniest and most talented animals! Check them out here.

Making Dogs More Adoptable with Clicker Training

Bill Peña — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

[Merope Pavlides] said owners can learn how to clicker train their own dogs. "The most important thing and the thing that takes the most practice is timing, so that the click marks precisely as the behavior is wrapping up."

Clicker Training: No More Homeless Pets

Bill Peña — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Andrea Frick has started a new blog on the Best Friends Network named "Clicker Training: No More Homeless Pets." On it she answers questions related to adoption and training, and for very good reason. As she puts it: