Kiki Yablon Dog Training

01/04/2025

Are you a behavior analyst who is interested in ideas for research that is applicable to animal training and welfare?

Or a trainer or behavior consultant who has questions about how research is conceived? Or do you have ideas about what kind of research would really help you?

The Applied Animal Behavior Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis International is hosting the first of what we hope will be more events to develop a healthy practice-to-research pipeline. Please join us!

It's free, but you do need to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1WoYoWW5E08qiLB2lJ4KHD_9ht94a4CLZe8iwkkrBnZ5y3Q/viewform

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"Free Live Webinar!
Thursday April 10, 2025
from 6 - 7:30 pm ET
1.5 BACB CEUs

Join us for an exciting panel on research in Applied Animal Behavior. This panel will be moderated by our Secretary, Stephanie Keesey-Phelan, and will include four esteemed colleagues in the field: two researchers in AAB: Dr. Mindy Waite, and Dr. Katie Kalafut and two practitioners in AAB: Kiki Yablon, and Christie Catan.

The panel will focus on providing attendees an opportunity to learn about what goes into formulating a research question and carrying out a research study, and what kinds of applied questions are coming up most for practitioners that are in need of further study. We hope this will be just one of many opportunities for researchers and practitioners to collaborate in our field!

11/02/2025

14/12/2024

Cruddy video, sorry (autofocus got it wrong) but exciting session with Kronos. We have worked on a variety of husbandry procedures in ways that let him opt into whatever procedure I am signaling. Prior to this we'd done lip handling, but this was my first time touching or rubbing his teeth. It went so smoothly that I went ahead and added toothpaste.

12/12/2024

"When it comes to behavioral issues, the diseases we tend to focus on most are those that might be causing pain or discomfort, such as arthritis, gastrointestinal issues, and allergies. There are plenty of other diseases that can influence behavior, but in the young “seemingly healthy” animals we see, these are the most common culprits. If you’ve ever dealt with chronic pain and discomfort yourself, I’m sure you can attest to how that impacts your mood, motivation, and response to stress. . . . " --Dr. Kelly Ballantyne, board certified veterinary behaviorist

Plus a relevant tangent in which I talk about birds

29/10/2024

A few highlights from my recent Karen Pryor Academy workshop in Salt Lake City. I'm very proud of these new certified training partners, shown here testing aspects of stimulus control by new cues (a verbal cue to jump and a music-alarm cue to fetch a medicine bag) for behaviors they taught their dogs.

If you would like to take KPA with me as your faculty member, check the link below for upcoming opportunities. The next one is a virtual series, enrolling mid-November, but there will likely also be a National format series (with a 5-day in-person workshop in Texas) in 2025, which will be posted when confirmed.

https://karenpryoracademy.com/workshops/?format=&faculty=Kiki%20Yablon,&timezone=&days=

22/10/2024

The application period for my next Karen Pryor Academy cohort closes November 12. It’s a totally virtual series, meaning workshops take place live on Zoom. They’re scheduled in Central Time, but you can take the course from anywhere if the hours work for you!

https://karenpryoracademy.com/workshop/virtual-central-kiki-yablon/

10/10/2024

03/10/2024

Kiki Yablon joins Ken Ramirez to discuss a new approach to loose-leash walking. Rather than just walking by your side, in this method, a dog and a person mov...

23/09/2024

Chatted with Ken Ramirez a little this morning about some of the topics I'll be thinking about for ClickerExpo.

18/09/2024

Registration opens today for a new online course I’m creating for Karen Pryor Academy.

Modern, dog-centric loose-leash walking doesn’t look much like the old “obedience” models, with the dog trotting closely by your side for most of the walk. It looks more like a dog and a person moving through space together, almost as though they were off-leash, interacting with each other and the world in ways that both parties find enriching.

Does that picture sometimes require that the dog walk closely by your side? Yes, and this course will cover that—but that’s not even half of it. In some ways, dog-centric walking requires more skill from both the dog and the handler than the old “step, step, step by my side” strategy. Dog-centric walking is like an improvised dance. Both partners need to know how to communicate with and respond to each other, as well as to a wide variety of events they are likely to encounter on the walk.

There are two enrollment levels at different price points; CTP professional members get discounts (codes are in the CTP resource center).

Content unlocks on October 22, 2024.

Teaching support and discussion board begin on November 5, 2024.

Zoom classes will be held on Tuesdays: November 12, November 19, December 3, and December 10, 2024.

Classes will start at 3:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM ET and are two hours long.

There will be no live Zoom class on November 26, 2024.

https://karenpryoracademy.com/live-classes

05/09/2024

Did you know that we now serve clients who are struggling with separation anxiety? Read more about the fascinating background of Dr. Keira Moore, who's handling these cases for us, here:

Keira Moore, PhD, BCBA-D, KPA CTP, is a trailblazer in the world of animal training, combining her expertise in behavior analysis with a passion for helping animals and their owners. Based in Escondido, California, Keira is the owner and head trainer at Pet Project Dog Training. She graduated from K...

15/07/2024

Reeeeeallly looking forward to hearing these (other) folks speak!

06/07/2024

LATEST UPDATE: Both the Friday and Wednesday sessions are at capacity, but please email me if you would like to be on a waitlist.

UPDATE: We are at capacity for the Weds. 5-7 PM session.

We want to keep the numbers conducive to good discussion, so, we are adding a second time slot. This one will also accommodate folks in additional time zones.

The added discussion section will be Fridays, 10 AM-noon Central (Chicago) time, starting Sept. 27, every two weeks thru Dec. 6. Any additional signups will be for this time slot.

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Come read with me in the new Behavior Works Book Club!

First up: B.F. Skinner’s 1974 book, About Behaviorism, was written for a popular audience, and it’s eminently readable, even entertaining. If you have heard a lot about Skinner but have never actually read any of his work, it’s a great place to start. The pace will be reasonable, one chapter a week, and we’ll meet every two weeks on Zoom to discuss starting Weds. Sept. 25, 5-7 PM Central. I’ll facilitate the discussion and provide study questions ahead of each assignment.

Cost: $175 for 6 meetings over a 12 week period—and graduates of Living and Learning With Animals (LLA) get $25 off.

For more info or to sign up, you can email me or go to: https://www.behaviorworks.org/htm/bookclub.html