KPA faculty member Laura Monaco Torelli demonstrates how to transfer a cue!
| | Cues should always be clear and consistent. However, cues do allow for some flexibility and can be transferred. Are two cues too similar, so similar that your dog confuses them (for example, "stretch" and "fetch")? Do you need to deliver a cue from a distance? Do you want the versatility that is possible when your dog knows a variety of cues? In all of these instances, knowing how to transfer a cue accurately is important. Karen Pryor Academy faculty member Laura Monaco Torelli demonstrates how to transfer a cue! | | |
| MARCH 2019 KPA CTP OF THE MONTH April Williams
| | One of the first graduates of the Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program held in Australia, April Williams, KPA CTP, considers Karen Pryor her inspiration. Her dog, Archie, also inspires her; he completed the DTP program with April in 2016. April's introduction to Karen Pryor and clicker training came via Karen's book Don't Shoot the Dog. Her discovery of the KPA website and KPA course offerings came next. At the time, April lived in Melbourne, Australia, and travel to the United States was unrealistic for her at that time. On a subsequent visit to the KPA site, April learned that the DTP program was going to be offered near her. "You can imagine my delight when I discovered the course was to be offered in Australia—in Melbourne, no less, my city of residence." April applied for the course (the first to be held in Australia) and was accepted.
Before the KPA DTP course, April knew about and practiced positive reinforcement training. She had been using the clicker to train with Archie, and credits Archie with their early success. They were determined to learn more. April admits, "I thought I had a pretty good handle on it until I started the course" but she was amazed at how much new knowledge and experience she acquired. "I love how effective clicker training is, and I saw significant change in the relationship between me and my dog," April shares. Now April sees the same results with the clients she helps, people who thought their dogs were "dumb mutts." April explains that clicker trainings is "so rewarding, especially for those who are invested in making changes in order to see changes in their dogs." | | |
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