Kris' Pet Priorities LLC

Kris' Pet Priorities LLC Owner/Behavior Consultant Kris Hopkins is a professional trainer with 37 yrs of animal experience Kris A. Kris is a 1989 B.S.

Dog training in State College, PA and Altoona, PA and surrounding areas through a certified professional dog trainer and behavior consultant with over 30 years experience with animal behavior and training. Hopkins CPDT-KA can assist with any breed of dog, cat, bird or other animal, and all behavior problems. Animal Science / Wildlife Science graduate of Penn State University who worked for as a

senior zookeeper for the Erie Zoo, handled State College Police Dept.s only 2 police K9s and worked 3 years for a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB) PhD. Kris is a professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT), North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA), Eastern Police Canine Association, Doggone Safe, Missing Pet Partnership, Mt. Nittany Dog Training Club (MNDTC) and the founder and President of the Working K9 Association of Central Pennsylvania (WKACP). Call Kris for a free consultation on your pet's needs. We have single session behavior assessments and training packages that meet the needs of any pet. She takes cases within 60 miles of State College, PA. She can also do computer training sessions for some behavioral issues.

Heck yeah!  Frequent fliers on the naughty spectrum.  Too bad I don’t have any good K9 cops or even master level seasone...
07/07/2025

Heck yeah! Frequent fliers on the naughty spectrum. Too bad I don’t have any good K9 cops or even master level seasoned boss dogs to help reign ZIA MIA in! I’ll have to do it all.

But on a good note Zia redeemed herself yesterday working with a reactive client dog, a little pug named LACEY! (Video in comments). I turned ZIA over to a stranger to walk in a leash to be my neutral trigger dog for training. She did great! She wasn’t needy or demand barking missing me. The client had treats that he made ZIA earn and that kept ZIA from barking back at the client dog LACEY! And by the end of the session ZIA became the first dog LACEY had met other than other family dogs!!!! And LACEY was no longer barking at other strange dogs because she had a good experience with ZIA!!! Proud owner moment all around!!!

There is a reason they call Australian Cattle Dogs (ACDs) the “redneck Malinois”! 😂

We love it when they use their super powers for GOOD!! 💜🐾💪

If you are looking to buy a new Educator ecollar or any accessories the holiday sale ends Monday 7/7 at midnight atww.ed...
07/07/2025

If you are looking to buy a new Educator ecollar or any accessories the holiday sale ends Monday 7/7 at midnight at

ww.educatorcollars.com

Use this code: 4JULY25

07/02/2025
06/30/2025

My boys have officially SPOILED Zia Mia! They can’t stand her barking demands and keep giving their toys up to her!!

Visiting dog Olive had to growl at Zia numerous times as Zia stalked her with OCD every time poor Olive went in the crate or grabbed a toy!!

RAin tried to explain to Olive that we just give in to the demanding little DIVA! When that didn’t work Rain came to me to save his barky girlfriend from a well deserved impending butt kicking!!!

Unfortunately Olive was WAY TOO NICE and the butt kicking of the junior miss I was hoping might finally educate ZIA never materialized!!! 🤦‍♀️

How I miss me a good boss dog like Malaki or Boss Bella who would have never tolerated this crap! Now I need to start reigning ZIA in myself.

This little girl ZIA MIA has got STAY in the car until released with OKAY down pat!  She also knows LOAD UP!  And she is...
06/20/2025

This little girl ZIA MIA has got STAY in the car until released with OKAY down pat!

She also knows LOAD UP!
And she is loving car ride adventures!

She will be 9 months old already 😳 this Sunday 6/22! Time sure flies when they are puppies! Always take lots of pictures and videos 😉

GIT-R-DONE FAMILY 💪🐾👏Congratulations to DAKOTA , a 6 month old female Cane Corso puppy, and her family for completing a ...
06/15/2025

GIT-R-DONE FAMILY 💪🐾👏

Congratulations to DAKOTA , a 6 month old female Cane Corso puppy, and her family for completing a 5 session Obedience Package with Kris’ Pet Priorities! Her owners Charles & Ruthie have a very busy life with 3 children who play sports, and many pets including dogs ranging from small poodle mix to a Great Dane and cats too! But they were still on top of getting their newest pet addition DAKOTA the time and training she needed to be good around the children, other pets and visitors.

We started DAKOTA with CRATE and teaching her a release cue OKAY to be the end of cued behaviors. Once DAKOTA knew to wait to be released she started maintaining STAY for SITs and DOWNs really nice due to his owners passion for training!

Cane Corso dogs can be territorial so we taught DAKOTA her job was to go to her PLACE, not to decide who comes in the home. She also learned a reliable recall COME and we introduced her and her family to ecollar training using positive reinforcement and DAKOTA did great!

We even had time to teach the family how to deal with the mild resource guarding DAKOTA was starting to display for high value food items and bones. I was quite satisfied the family was safe and DAKOTA’s guarding was being well managed and desensitized to not be any problem for their children, visitors, and other pets.

I love when a family loves their pets so much and puts the work in to enjoy the results! This family is now reaping the results of their hard work! They have a great dog in DAKOTA , who will be a blessing to this family for many years to come! No one will be messing with this brood with this well adjusted and trained girl on watchdog patrol!

Not pictured: Dad -Charles who was out getting it done too. Only session he had to miss due to work. Great job Charles and Ruthie!!! Very impressive team!!! Keep up the great work with your whole pack!!

ONE & DONE…for now!BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Service Dog Team - K9 LILO and her handler Dora on passing their AKC Canine Ci...
06/04/2025

ONE & DONE…for now!

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Service Dog Team - K9 LILO and her handler Dora on passing their AKC Canine Citizen Test on their first try tonight at the Mt. Nittany Dog Training Club event At Boalsburg Military Museum!

LILO is just a 1 year old Golden Retriever who struggles occasionally with balancing social life with work! We had her neutral to people passing by when in her vest and “working “, but occasionally the puppy in her was still wanting to play with other dogs when “on the clock”! ⏰. As we thought, that was the hardest station for LILO, but she PASSED!!!

LILO can also do special trained behaviors that assist her handler with her medical needs such as retrieving items like medication, opening handicap doors, indicating when her handler needs to sit down, and LILO also puts her paws 🐾 on her handlers chest in a static position for compression and comfort when her handler is in pain.

Like all working dogs SD K9 LILO and her handler Dora will keep training and improving!

But TODAY we celebrate 🎉🥳👏🍾 a year of hard work with a well deserved CGC ribbon which elevates Service Dog In Training LILO (SDIT) to SERVICE DOG K9 LILO (SD) !!!

Hat tip to LILO’s breeder Lois Fogle in Blair County for a great female Golden Retriever that has shown herself to be social, environmentally neutral, as well as intelligent and trainable to do service work.

Im SO PROUD of both of you!!!!!
Keep on TRAINING !!!
😊👏😊👏😊👏

ZIA MIA is 8 months old now and officially part of the KPP STAFF!  Ill have to add her to the website!  She is learning ...
06/02/2025

ZIA MIA is 8 months old now and officially part of the KPP STAFF! Ill have to add her to the website!

She is learning how to meet other dogs, and getting better daily at LOAD UP, respecting car thresholds and waiting for her release to come out, and coming when called under all types of distractions.

She now likes to go in the car and is excited when I get her harness out to go on an adventure! She just got her first 2 Hound Freedom Harness and she is learning to walk nice on a leash. She has become an absolute socialite with both people and dogs!

I recently got a picture of her parents STORM (mother) and RIVER (father). Thats why I named her after the radiant sun ☀️! Who do you think she takes after most?

🌲 FIESTY FRENCHTON FUN 🌲Congratulations to LIZZIE and her owners Scott & Carol for completing a 5 session obedience pack...
06/02/2025

🌲 FIESTY FRENCHTON FUN 🌲

Congratulations to LIZZIE and her owners Scott & Carol for completing a 5 session obedience package with Kris’ Pet Priorities! LIZZIE is a 9 month old FRENCHTON (French Bulldog and Boston) who is too smart and too fiesty for most people! But Scott & Carol rose to the challenge and taught LIZZIE marlers and a release cur OkAY along many many obedience cues including

SIT/STAY
DOWN/STAY
CRATE
PLACE
COME
LEAVE IT
DROP IT

LIZZIE got to meet people and my little cattle dog ZIA MIA amd she is becoming a good social dog! It was a Perfect primer for a summer full of accompanying her family on camping ⛺️ trips!!

Keep up the good work Scott & Carol!
Have fun with Lizzie & the family in your forest 🌲🌲🌲 adventures !!

05/28/2025

Our walk-in VACCINE & MICROCHIP CLINIC is only 10 days away -- Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 9 AM - 11 AM at our EMS building, 402 South High Street, Port Matilda.

Services and prices are as follows:
Cat/Dog Rabies Vaccine - $10
*IMPORTANT* -- Proof of last vaccine date is required for a 3-year rabies vaccine.
FVRCP (distemper for cats) - $12
DHPP (distemper for dogs) - $12
Bordetella (vaccine that protects against kennel cough for dogs) - $12
Microchip - $25

Great save!!  👏👏👏
05/28/2025

Great save!! 👏👏👏

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Kris’ Pet Priorities LLC offers Animal Behavior Consultations, Assessments and Training in State College, PA and Altoona, PA and surrounding areas through a certified professional dog trainer and behavior consultant with over 30 years experience with animal behavior and training. Kris A. Hopkins CPDT-KA can assist with any breed of dog, cat, bird or other animal, and all behavior problems. Kris is a 1989 B.S. Animal Science / Wildlife Science graduate of Penn State University who worked for as a senior zookeeper for the Erie Zoo, handled State College Police Dept.s only 2 police K9s and worked 3 years for a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB) PhD. Kris is a professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT), North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA), Eastern Police Canine Association, Doggone Safe, Missing Pet Partnership, Mt. Nittany Dog Training Club (MNDTC) and the founder and President of the Working K9 Association of Central Pennsylvania (WKACP). Call / email us for your pet's needs or use our scheduling app to get going even faster. https://schedulemypet.as.me/schedule.php

We have single session behavior assessments and training packages that meet the needs of any pet. We take cases within 60 miles of State College, PA. We can also do computer training sessions for some behavioral issues.

We look forward to meeting you and your pet(s)!

Kris A. Hopkins CPDT-KA