{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Karen Pryor Academy","provider_url":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com","author_name":"Erin Roussinova","author_url":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/author\/erin\/","title":"April 2025 KPA CTP of the Month: Ellen Schmidt","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cC6KPZeqh8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/april-2025-kpa-ctp-of-the-month-ellen-schmidt\/\">April 2025 KPA CTP of the Month: Ellen Schmidt<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/april-2025-kpa-ctp-of-the-month-ellen-schmidt\/embed\/#?secret=cC6KPZeqh8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;April 2025 KPA CTP of the Month: Ellen Schmidt&#8221; &#8212; Karen Pryor Academy\" data-secret=\"cC6KPZeqh8\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ellen-SchmidtPhoto2.jpg","thumbnail_width":1680,"thumbnail_height":1120,"description":"Ellen Schmidt (she\/her), based in Tijeras, New Mexico, is the founder of Quest Companion Dog Training, LLC and Animal Chaplain Ellen Schmidt, and is a founding member of New Mexico Dog Trainers United, LLC. She completed the Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program under the guidance of Dani Weinberg in 2014. Ellen opens up about how her passion for continuous learning and growth led her down the path to positive reinforcement training\u2014a journey she shared with her fellow learner, an Irish Wolfhound named Darcy, and the lightbulb moments they experienced together along the way. She reminds us to approach everyone and everything with compassion: \u201cfor the animals we work with, for their guardians, for our fellow trainers who may not yet be using the techniques we aspire to see but are sincerely striving to help, and, perhaps most importantly, for ourselves.\u201d"}