{"id":18904,"date":"2022-04-12T22:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/?p=18904"},"modified":"2023-12-20T02:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:40:24","slug":"interview-with-kiki-yablon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/interview-with-kiki-yablon\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Kiki Yablon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e18904-e1 mel4-0 mel4-1 blog-links\"><div class=\"x-container max width e18904-e2 mel4-3 mel4-4 mel4-5 mel4-6\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e18904-e3 mel4-a\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e18904-e4 mel4-c\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">INTERVIEW WITH KIKI YABLON<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e18904-e5 mel4-d\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width e18904-e6 mel4-3 mel4-6 mel4-7 mel4-8\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2 e18904-e7 mel4-a\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e8 mel4-e mel4-f mel4-g mel4-h mel4-i\"><p>Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) faculty member Kiki Yablon will lead the KPA Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program in Salt Lake City, UT (application deadline April 1, 2024).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/courses\/dog-trainer-professional\/\"><strong><em>Learn more about KPA professional certification<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/workshop\/salt-lake-city-ut-kiki-yablon\/\">Salt Lake City location details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this interview, Kiki shares highlights from her own training career. <em>(Photo credit: Andrew Ballantyne, KPA CTP)<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2 e18904-e9 mel4-a mel4-b\"><span class=\"x-image e18904-e10 mel4-n\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image0-7.jpeg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" alt=\"Kiki Yablon\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width e18904-e11 mel4-3 mel4-5 mel4-7 mel4-9\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e18904-e12 mel4-a\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e13 mel4-e mel4-f mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k\"><p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Tell us about the first animal you ever trained.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e14 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I was actually animal-deprived as a child, although I did persuade my parents to let me get a &ldquo;used&rdquo; gerbil, Rat. Rat would ride around the house on my shoulder, but I don&rsquo;t know if I can say that I trained that systematically. The first animal I really had the opportunity to train was my current dog, Pigeon, who is now more than 17 years old.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e15 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was there a particular dog\/animal in your life that was your most important teacher?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e16 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>That would be Pigeon. If it weren&rsquo;t for her, I wouldn&rsquo;t be a dog trainer. My husband and I adopted her at 7 months. In the early years, we put her in situations she couldn&rsquo;t handle pretty constantly, and then were surprised when she began to aggress in those situations. While I was trying to learn how to help her, I found myself reading more and more about dogs and behavior. At a certain point, I realized I was interested in training more broadly. That&rsquo;s a pretty typical origin story, I think.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e17 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your favorite activity or sport that you do with your own dog(s)?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e18 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Hiking in woods or meadows. Pigeon tires very quickly these days and is starting to lose a lot of her faculties. But we try to take her to some open or woodsy space every week, even if we spend more time getting there than we do hiking. We will continue to do this as long as she seems to enjoy it. In her younger days, we both enjoyed training new \u201ctricks,\u201d and recreational nose work did wonders for her confidence in novel places.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e19 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of training\/dog sports, do you have any hobbies?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e20 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>The most longstanding hobby I have is probably playing music, although I&rsquo;ve not had much time for it in recent years. I taught myself how to play guitar after I finished college and played in two garage\/punk bands over 15 years or so. I never quit my day job, but we did get to make records and go on tour. I also like to listen to and see live music and, when I have time, to read fiction.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e21 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When did you start training and how has the industry changed since you started?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e22 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I started training in 2005 and began doing it for a living in 2011. I think the trend I&rsquo;ve noticed most (which might just speak to my interests) is toward the two-way &ldquo;dialogue&rdquo; or &ldquo;cooperative&rdquo; style of training, rather than top-down &ldquo;obedience.&rdquo; The clicker training community has done a lot to promote this approach. Some of the nuances people are bringing to dialogue-style training these days are really inspiring.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e23 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>What is your proudest training moment?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e24 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I can\u2019t think of one particular moment. All of the things I can think of that I\u2019m proud of are more like the cumulation of many training moments where I did a lot of small things right, including teaching Pigeon, a dog that was totally disinterested in toys, to take, hold, and, eventually, play fetch with a toy; teaching a dog that ran away from husbandry procedures to chin target for ear-cleaning and flea meds and volunteer for tooth-brushing; or teaching a dog that fled every time anyone even approached the ice maker to run to the kitchen every time she heard it.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e25 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>Do you have any student success stories that you can share?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e26 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>My clients have shared a number of them with me directly and with KPA anonymously through the Assurance, Commitment, and Education program. I have collected the highlights <a href=\"https:\/\/kikiyablondogtraining.com\/testimonials\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e27 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>Do you have a memorable student\/client story that you can share?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e28 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>There are many that I find touching, but I did get some emails that actually made me tear up a bit. The clients have two dogs and had already worked through some major issues with them beautifully, with the help of the veterinary behaviorist who referred them to me. I worked with one dog on barking and lunging at other dogs on walks. He can now (mostly) just watch them go by with a loose leash and check in with his handler when he&rsquo;s done looking. The other dog had developed a particularly persistent behavior of barking when guests were present&mdash;but not barking at the guests. He barked at the owner to get her to train him! I won&rsquo;t go into all the details here, but we had to do some creative thinking about stimulus control that I felt pretty proud of. The clients recently let me know that, for the first time in these dogs&rsquo; lives with them, they were able to relax on their annual beach vacation and have guests over without constantly monitoring the dogs.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e29 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong>What does a typical day look like for you?<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e30 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Well, that has changed radically and several times in the past few years. One of the things I like about my work is that my days can look pretty different from each other. Generally, I like to do administrative work like answering emails and writing follow-ups in the mornings, with coffee. I see clients starting mid-morning and then it\u2019s often back to computer work, like evaluating KPA students\u2019 assignments or reviewing homework for Susan Friedman\u2019s Living and Learning With Animals course or functional-assessment and intervention-design worksheets for IAABC\u2019s behavior consulting course. I am currently working on my master\u2019s thesis and editing a book for a fellow dog trainer. Recently, I\u2019ve been asked to develop some presentations, so that gets worked in as well.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e31 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How has completing the DTP and becoming a KPA CTP changed your life and career?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e32 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>It was my introduction to the science behind what I was learning to do as a trainer, which I&rsquo;ve now gone on to study at a graduate level. It changed how I look not only at dog behavior but human behavior as well. I think it&rsquo;s possible I became a more compassionate person as a result of what I learned. On a practical level, I get many more referrals as a result of being KPA-certified than I do for being certified by or belonging to any other organization. KPA also introduced me to the social community I value most within the larger dog training community.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e33 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you like most about the DTP program?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e34 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Three things: A curriculum that&rsquo;s based in and strives to keep current with behavior science. The opportunity to choose from a range of experienced, kind faculty members whose interests or strengths may bring something extra to the table. The long-term support of a thoughtful, civil community should you choose to take advantage of it.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e35 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What excites you most about leading the DTP?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e36 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I really look forward to seeing those same light bulbs go off for other people and to increasing the ranks of smart, humane, effective trainers out there in the world.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e37 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What advice would you give to a new student?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e38 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Confidence isn&rsquo;t a prerequisite for skills; skills are a prerequisite for confidence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width x-hide-lg x-hide-md x-hide-sm x-hide-xl x-hide-xs e18904-e39 mel4-3 mel4-5 mel4-7 mel4-9\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e18904-e40 mel4-a\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e41 mel4-e mel4-f mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k\"><p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Tell us about the first animal you ever trained.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e42 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I was actually animal-deprived as a child, although I did persuade my parents to let me get a \u201cused\u201d gerbil, Rat. Rat would ride around the house on my shoulder, but I don\u2019t know if I can say that I trained that systematically. The first animal I really had the opportunity to train was my current dog, Pigeon, who is now more than 17 years old.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e43 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was there a particular dog\/animal in your life that was your most important teacher?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e44 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>That would be Pigeon. If it weren&rsquo;t for her, I wouldn&rsquo;t be a dog trainer. My husband and I adopted her at 7 months. In the early years, we put her in situations she couldn&rsquo;t handle pretty constantly, and then were surprised when she began to aggress in those situations. While I was trying to learn how to help her, I found myself reading more and more about dogs and behavior. At a certain point, I realized I was interested in training more broadly. That&rsquo;s a pretty typical origin story, I think.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e45 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your favorite activity or sport that you do with your own dog(s)?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e46 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Hiking in woods or meadows. Pigeon tires very quickly these days and is starting to lose a lot of her faculties. But we try to take her to some open or woodsy space every week, even if we spend more time getting there than we do hiking. We will continue to do this as long as she seems to enjoy it. In her younger days, we both enjoyed training new \u201ctricks,\u201d and recreational nose work did wonders for her confidence in novel places.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e47 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of training\/dog sports, do you have any hobbies?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e48 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>The most longstanding hobby I have is probably playing music, although I&rsquo;ve not had much time for it in recent years. I taught myself how to play guitar after I finished college and played in two garage\/punk bands over 15 years or so. I never quit my day job, but we did get to make records and go on tour. I also like to listen to and see live music and, when I have time, to read fiction.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e49 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you do to continue your training education?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e50 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I usually attend a couple of training or behavior-science conferences (almost always including ClickerExpo) and webinars and seminars by individual trainers every year. I am a co-instructor for Dr. Friedman&rsquo;s course, which is a teaching gig but also involves ongoing mentorship from Dr. Friedman. I&rsquo;m also a master&rsquo;s student in applied behavioral science at the University of Kansas. I have a circle of trusted peers with whom I can discuss training concepts and cases.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e51 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>What is your proudest training moment?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e52 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I can\u2019t think of one particular moment. All of the things I can think of that I\u2019m proud of are more like the cumulation of many training moments where I did a lot of small things right, including teaching Pigeon, a dog that was totally disinterested in toys, to take, hold, and, eventually, play fetch with a toy; teaching a dog that ran away from husbandry procedures to chin target for ear-cleaning and flea meds and volunteer for tooth-brushing; or teaching a dog that fled every time anyone even approached the ice maker to run to the kitchen every time she heard it.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e53 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>Do you have any student success stories that you can share?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e54 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>My clients have shared a number of them with me directly and with KPA anonymously through the Assurance, Commitment, and Education program. I have collected the highlights <a href=\"https:\/\/kikiyablondogtraining.com\/testimonials\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e55 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong>Do you have a memorable student\/client story that you can share?<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e56 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>There are many that I find touching, but I did get some emails that actually made me tear up a bit. The clients have two dogs and had already worked through some major issues with them beautifully, with the help of the veterinary behaviorist who referred them to me. I worked with one dog on barking and lunging at other dogs on walks. He can now (mostly) just watch them go by with a loose leash and check in with his handler when he&rsquo;s done looking. The other dog had developed a particularly persistent behavior of barking when guests were present&mdash;but not barking at the guests. He barked at the owner to get her to train him! I won&rsquo;t go into all the details here, but we had to do some creative thinking about stimulus control that I felt pretty proud of. The clients recently let me know that, for the first time in these dogs&rsquo; lives with them, they were able to relax on their annual beach vacation and have guests over without constantly monitoring the dogs.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e57 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong>What does a typical day look like for you?<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e58 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Well, that has changed radically and several times in the past few years. One of the things I like about my work is that my days can look pretty different from each other. Generally, I like to do administrative work like answering emails and writing follow-ups in the mornings, with coffee. I see clients starting mid-morning and then it\u2019s often back to computer work, like evaluating KPA students\u2019 assignments or reviewing homework for Susan Friedman\u2019s Living and Learning With Animals course or functional-assessment and intervention-design worksheets for IAABC\u2019s behavior consulting course. I am currently working on my master\u2019s thesis and editing a book for a fellow dog trainer. Recently, I\u2019ve been asked to develop some presentations, so that gets worked in as well.<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e59 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How has completing the DTP and becoming a KPA CTP changed your life and career?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e60 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>It was my introduction to the science behind what I was learning to do as a trainer, which I&rsquo;ve now gone on to study at a graduate level. It changed how I look not only at dog behavior but human behavior as well. I think it&rsquo;s possible I became a more compassionate person as a result of what I learned. On a practical level, I get many more referrals as a result of being KPA-certified than I do for being certified by or belonging to any other organization. KPA also introduced me to the social community I value most within the larger dog training community.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e61 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><p><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you like most about the DTP program?<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e62 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Three things: A curriculum that&rsquo;s based in and strives to keep current with behavior science. The opportunity to choose from a range of experienced, kind faculty members whose interests or strengths may bring something extra to the table. The long-term support of a thoughtful, civil community should you choose to take advantage of it.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e63 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What excites you most about leading the DTP?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e64 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>I really look forward to seeing those same light bulbs go off for other people and to increasing the ranks of smart, humane, effective trainers out there in the world.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e65 mel4-e mel4-g mel4-j mel4-k mel4-m\"><strong>Q: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What advice would you give to a new student?<\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e18904-e66 mel4-e mel4-h mel4-k mel4-l\"><p><span style=\"color: #fdb515; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1em;\"><strong>A: <\/strong><\/span>Confidence isn&rsquo;t a prerequisite for skills; skills are a prerequisite for confidence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e18904-e67 mel4-0 mel4-2\"><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e18904-e68 mel4-o mel4-p\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e18904-e69 mel4-q\"><div class=\"cs-content x-global-block x-global-block-18541 e18904-e70\"><div class=\"x-section e18541-e2 meb1-0\" id=\"blog-cta-section\"><div class=\"x-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-lower-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container max width e18541-e3 meb1-1 meb1-2\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e18541-e4 meb1-4\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e18541-e5 meb1-5 meb1-6 meb1-7 blog-cta-headline\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h3 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">Become a Certified Dog Trainer<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e18541-e6 meb1-b\"\/><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e18541-e7 meb1-5 meb1-6 meb1-8 meb1-9 blog-cta-sub\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h3 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">Unlock the path to success as a dog trainer with our Dog Trainer Professional education and certification program. 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