Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) was profiled in a recent Bark Magazine article entitled “How to Become a Dog Trainer.” In the article, author and KPA Certified Training Partner (CTP) Kay Elliot provides sound advice on how to get started with a career in dog training and how to choose a dog training school. Elliot advises readers to “be sure that whatever academy, mentor or seminar speaker you choose promotes the use of only the most up-to-date, reward-based training methods grounded in the science of how dogs learn.” The article describes Karen Pryor Academy as the only positive-reinforcement training academy to combine the convenience of distance learning with hands-on workshops.
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On My Mind: The Twitter Marathon
By Karen Pryor on 11/10/2010Editor’s note: Recently Karen Pryor traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, for the World Equestrian Games.
On My Mind: What Makes a Good Trainer? Sharing the Wealth
By Karen Pryor on 09/21/2010"The idea that lots of people, potentially everybody, can be involved in the process of innovation is utterly transforming. Two things make this possible, one obvious and one not. The obvious one is—say it with me—the Internet. The other one, the surprising one, is a curious phenomenon you could call intellectual altruism. It turns out that given the opportunity, people will donate their time and brainpower to make the world better."
Karen Pryor Academy: What’s In It for You?
By Casey Lomonaco on 09/01/2010For new trainers just opening their own business, the decision to enroll in Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) is obvious and easy. If you want to become the best, you must learn from the best. Who better to learn from than the woman who introduced marker training to legions of dog trainers and devotees in the book that revolutionized the field, Don't Shoot the Dog!
Choosing to Come When Called—and Other Choice Morsels on the Science of Choice Behaviour!
By Aidan Bindoff on 08/01/2010Dogs make choices. Training is really about increasing the probability that your dog makes the choice that you prefer over all other choices, and that’s why it's important to understand how animals make choices. The good news is that the probability of a behaviour is actually quite predictable—which is not so comforting if you discover that the behaviour you want has a low probability! But the other piece of good news is that there are ways to increase probability, and the study of “choice behaviour” explains how.
