Katherine Anna Keenan
, known as Kate, found her passion for dog training with her first dog, Levi. Together, they participate in NAVHDA’s testing system and various AKC sports, including Hunt Tests, Field Trials, Obedience, Nosework, and Therapy Dog Work.
Kate believes in using modern training methods based on current scientific understanding of learning theory and canine behavior. She emphasizes understanding the dog’s needs and unlocking their natural talents. She also focuses on helping handlers understand their role in the training process and how their actions impact the dog’s behavior.
Kate offers individual training sessions and handler clinics. She also previously offered group classes but is currently not offering them. She encourages clients to sign up for classes with Canine Therapy Corps.
Specializations:
Hunt Tests
Field Trials
Obedience
Nosework
Therapy Dog Work
Bird Dog Training
Customer Reviews
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Kate has been an amazing dog trainer. She is approachable, understanding to issues that people have with their pups, and offers several methods of working to remediate.
I have taken her handler clinic series and have done one on one training. In her courses, I have always walked away with a new technique or skill with my dog handling that I have not been taught before. Kate has helped me learn several steps to working on my pet handling skills and offered resources to help build practices with my dog.
Not to forget to mention, her classes are fun! We do activities, each person gets to showcase the training and it is in new environments. I highly recommend taking Kate’s courses with your dog, she is insightful, supportive and the course are unique!
We have always had an interest in getting Zeke into fields and watching his genetics shine in the bird dog world, but it can be intimidating as a total newbie. Kate is a very approachable way to get acclimated and we are so lucky to have met her!
She talks about learning theory and focuses the ‘work’ on the handler; helping the human half of the team understand what they are doing and how the dog’s behavior is impacted. It is so refreshing to hear a trainer discuss the vast differences in dogs and their learning needs and approach training with this lens.
The bird dog world feels less scary with her as a guide!
