Continuing Education
​Kim keeps her knowledge in the field up to date by attending conferences, seminars, and workshops taught by the industry's leading dog trainers and animal behavior professionals.

Course Title

Ethology, Aggression, and Dominance: What Science and Common Sense Tell Us - 02/20/25 - 1.5 CEUs

  • Presented by Dr. Marc Bekoff


Super Charge Your Rewards: Building the Bridge to Understanding - 11/07/24 - 2 CEUs

  • Presented by Suzanne Clothier​


ClickerExpo 2023 - 03/17/23-03/19/23 - 72 CEUs

  • Teaching an Old Llama New Tricks, presented by Ken Ramirez

  • The Play's the Thing!, presented by Laurie C. Williams

  • The Chin-Rest Behavior Deconstructed, presented by Laura Monaco Torelli

  • Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities, presented by Peggy Hogan

  • Your Dog Already Knows How: Teaching When, Where, and Why, presented by Kiki Yablon

  • Learning in Context: Expedited Learning Through Environmental Design, presented by Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz

  • Aggression Cases: Before You Sink Your Teeth Into That Behavior Plan!, presented by Michael Shikashio

  • Click to Calm for Agility Competitors, presented by Emma Parsons

  • Magic Tricks! The Secret to Improving Training for You and Your Learner, presented by Michele Pouliot

  • Love It! Effective Use of Non-Food Reinforcers, presented by Ken Ramirez

  • Always Have a Backup Plan: From Hind-Paws-Up to Backup Up, presented by Lori Stevens

  • All Ears: Protocols for Dogs with Sound Sensitivity, presented by Debbie Martin

  • Innovation Through Collaboration: What's New at the Zoo, presented by Susan G. Friedman, PhD

  • Reframing Traditional Board and Train for Today's Positive Trainers, presented by Sarah Kalnajs

  • Getting Emotional About Aggression, presented by Michael Shikashio

  • Duration in the Details: A Different Way to Think About Shaping for Longer Behaviors, presented by Hannah Branigan

  • A Holistic View of Reactivity: How What We Do Away from Triggers Helps Us Face Them, presented by Dante Camacho

  • Stimulus Control, Duration, and Other Impossible Dreams, presented by Laura VanArendonk Baugh

  • Stranger Things: When Food is Aversive, presented by Lindsay Wood Brown

  • Coaching Clients, presented by Chirag Patel

  • Do Your Cues Confuse?, presented by Kathy Sdao

  • Separation Anxiety: The IRL Application of Behavior Change Conducted Virtually, presented by Terrie Hayward

  • Why a Llama Needs a LIMA (Trainers Do, Too), presented by Susan G. Friedman, PhD

  • Even More Games People Play...To Train Their Dogs!, presented by Terry Ryan

  • You Don't Stay, Oh, You Do! Training Multiple Dogs at Once in a Stay, presented by Melissa Millett

  • The Constructional Approach - Becoming a Better Builder of Behavior, presented by Alexandra Kurland

  • Train that Chain: Behavior Chains, presented by Laura VanArendonk Baugh

  • Harnessing Conditional Emotional Responses (CERs) for Performance, presented by Hannah Branigan

  • More of "Upset to Upbeat", presented by Kathy Sdao

  • Inside Their Shells: Dealing with "Shy" or "Skittish" Animals, presented by Ken Ramirez

  • Movement Cycles: Behavior in Motion, presented by Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz

  • Using Frustration as an Asset, presented by Kamal Fernandez

  • Creative Reward Deliveries, presented by Eva Bertilsson and Emelie Johnson Vegh

  • How to Walk the Lead: Loose-Lead Training, presented by Chirag Patel

  • Power Targeting for Any Training Goal, presented by Michele Pouliot

  • Click to Calm, Dog Reactivity Toward People, presented by Emma Parsons


Dog Behavior Conference - 04/01/22-04/03/22 -  20 CEUs

  • The "Guilty Look" of Dogs Thirteen Years Later: Anthropomorphizing in the Dog World, presented by Dr. Alexandra Horowitz

  • Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You!: Success in Challenging Resource Guarding Cases, presented by Michael Shikashio

  • How to be a Diplomat - Making Peace Among Cats and Dogs, presented by Steve Dale

  • Understanding Fear in Dogs (And What to Do About It), presented by Dr. Zazie Todd

  • Rewarding Education, presented by Sarah Fisher

  • Trapped: The Effects of Captivity on the Modern Pet Dog. presented by Kim Brophey

  • Code Red: Helping Families Avoid Serious Trouble Between Their Kids and Dogs, presented by Justine Schuurmans

  • Quiet Please! Dealing With Excessive Barking, presented by Irith Bloom

  • Interactive Dog Play: From Foundations to Practical Reinforcer, presented by Craig Ogilvie

  • Understanding the Emotional Experience: Learning the Emotional Truth of Dogs, presented by Andrew Hale

  • Who Says I Am Not In Pain?: Understanding the Role of Chronic Pain in Behavioral Change in Dogs, presented by Sarah Heath

  • Help! My Dog Is Out of Control, presented by Victoria Stillwell

Total continuing education units (CEUs) - 95.5

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