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Karen Pryor Academy LIVE virtual classes are high-impact, short-duration, and feature real-time coaching and training from fabulous teachers. Can’t make the Zoom classes? They are recorded and made available shortly after each Zoom class concludes; you can access all the recorded material for an entire year!

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Calm Greetings: Nice to Meet You & See You Later LIVE with Amber Quann
A kinder, calmer way to help dogs feel great about saying hello—and goodbye.
Creating Purrfect Patients: Cooperative Cat Care LIVE with Dr. Valli Parthasarathy
Less stress for your cat’s vet visits

Calm Greetings: Nice to Meet You & See You Later LIVE with Amber Quann

A kinder, calmer way to help dogs feel great about saying hello—and goodbye.

Learn More & Enroll Now

Spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If capacity is not reached prior, enrollment will close on 4/27/26.

Join Amber and learn to create smooth, confidence-building greeting routines for every dog–human interaction.

Greeting behavior is so much more than keeping four paws on the floor. It’s an entire sequence—from the moment a dog notices a person to the final “see you later”—and each piece shapes how dogs feel and behave. With the right preparation, cues, and reinforcement, greetings can become predictable, comfortable, and genuinely enjoyable for everyone involved.

In this four-week LIVE class, trainer Amber Quann will teach you how to build thoughtful, start-to-finish greeting routines that help dogs navigate social interactions with calmness, clarity, and confidence. You’ll learn how to design pre-greeting setups (antecedents, environmental cues, and human behavior), how to create reinforcing post-greeting rituals, and how to choose greeting behaviors that match your dog’s skills and needs.

We’ll explore how to adapt these routines across contexts—doorway greetings, on-leash approaches, meeting new people, saying goodbye—and how to tailor them for dogs who range from overly enthusiastic greeters to "I need a little space" dogs. Through demos, discussion, and hands-on practice, you’ll build a greeting plan that feels good for both ends of the leash.

This class is perfect for pet parents, trainers, shelter staff, and anyone who wants to help dogs greet people in a way that supports emotional well-being and successful social interactions.

Creating Purrfect Patients: Cooperative Cat Care LIVE with Dr. Valli Parthasarathy

Less stress for your cat’s vet visits

Learn More & Enroll Now

Spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If capacity is not reached prior, enrollment will close on 4/28/26.

Join veterinary behaviorist Dr. Valli Parthasarathy LIVE and learn the essential skills needed to help kittens and cats become calm, cooperative patients at the veterinary clinic and at home.

Many cat guardians delay or avoid veterinary care because their cat experiences intense fear, stress, or defensive behavior during vet visits. Trainers and behavior professionals are often asked to help clients whose cats struggle with carriers, transport, handling, or medical procedures—both in the clinic and at home.

The stress surrounding veterinary visits is one of the leading reasons cats do not receive regular medical care. As a result, medical issues may be identified later than they should be, or missed entirely. Helping cats feel safe and confident during veterinary handling improves welfare, strengthens the human–animal bond, and allows veterinary teams to provide more effective care.

The sustainable, humane solution is to teach cats the skills they need to participate calmly and willingly in their own care. When cats are prepared for veterinary visits through thoughtful, positive training, fear is reduced and cooperation increases—for the benefit of everyone involved.

These principles are put into action in Creating Purrfect Patients LIVE.

In this 5-week LIVE Class, Dr. Valli will coach you through teaching, reinforcing, and maintaining behaviors that help cats navigate veterinary visits and home treatments with less stress. From the carrier to the clinic (and back again), you will learn how to prepare cats for common veterinary procedures and handling in ways that prioritize emotional safety, consent, and long-term success. This class is appropriate for cat guardians, trainers, and behavior professionals who want to improve feline welfare and access to care.