HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  • Home
  • Adopt
    • Dog Adoptions
    • Cat Adoptions
    • View on PetFinder
    • Adoption Applications >
      • Dog Application
      • Cat Application
    • Adoption Fees
    • Adoption Survey
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Sign Up
    • Volunteer FAQs
    • Junior Volunteer Opportunities
    • Group Volunteering
    • Volunteer Login
  • Foster
    • Foster Sign Up
    • Foster FAQs
    • Foster Features
  • Donate
    • Donate Now
    • Amazon Wish List
    • Emergency Medical Fund
    • Planned Giving
    • Kennel Sponsorships
    • "I'm Pet Friendly" License Plates
    • Shop Doobert
    • Donor Bill of Rights
  • Events
    • Low-Cost Vaccination and Microchip Clinic
    • Putting For Strays
    • Scramble Fore Strays
    • Lucky Paws Gala
    • Event Request Form
  • Resources
    • Before Giving Up Your Pet
    • Bringing your new rescue pet home
    • Severe Weather Safety Tips
    • Declawing Your Cat
    • Checking & Removing Ticks
    • I Found Kittens
  • Services
    • Giving Up a Pet / Intake Request Form
    • Spay and Neuter / Appointment Request Form
    • Flea & Tick Prevention
    • Friday Walk-in Microchip Clinic
    • Cooper Clinic >
      • Meet our Veterinarian
    • Dog Training >
      • Basics Class
      • Tricks Class
      • Meet Our Trainer
    • Report a Lost or Found Pet >
      • Lost Pet Listings
      • Found Pet Listings
  • About Us
    • Contact
    • Email Sign Up
    • Shelter Tour
    • In the Media >
      • The Paw Print Newsletter
    • Employment Opportunities >
      • Employment Application
    • Financials
    • Whistleblower Policy
  • Home
  • Adopt
    • Dog Adoptions
    • Cat Adoptions
    • View on PetFinder
    • Adoption Applications >
      • Dog Application
      • Cat Application
    • Adoption Fees
    • Adoption Survey
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Sign Up
    • Volunteer FAQs
    • Junior Volunteer Opportunities
    • Group Volunteering
    • Volunteer Login
  • Foster
    • Foster Sign Up
    • Foster FAQs
    • Foster Features
  • Donate
    • Donate Now
    • Amazon Wish List
    • Emergency Medical Fund
    • Planned Giving
    • Kennel Sponsorships
    • "I'm Pet Friendly" License Plates
    • Shop Doobert
    • Donor Bill of Rights
  • Events
    • Low-Cost Vaccination and Microchip Clinic
    • Putting For Strays
    • Scramble Fore Strays
    • Lucky Paws Gala
    • Event Request Form
  • Resources
    • Before Giving Up Your Pet
    • Bringing your new rescue pet home
    • Severe Weather Safety Tips
    • Declawing Your Cat
    • Checking & Removing Ticks
    • I Found Kittens
  • Services
    • Giving Up a Pet / Intake Request Form
    • Spay and Neuter / Appointment Request Form
    • Flea & Tick Prevention
    • Friday Walk-in Microchip Clinic
    • Cooper Clinic >
      • Meet our Veterinarian
    • Dog Training >
      • Basics Class
      • Tricks Class
      • Meet Our Trainer
    • Report a Lost or Found Pet >
      • Lost Pet Listings
      • Found Pet Listings
  • About Us
    • Contact
    • Email Sign Up
    • Shelter Tour
    • In the Media >
      • The Paw Print Newsletter
    • Employment Opportunities >
      • Employment Application
    • Financials
    • Whistleblower Policy

Meet Karen Kathka, CPDT-KA, CTDI

Picture
​Karen Kathka is a certified professional dog trainer that uses reward-based positive reinforcement methods for training. She has worked with dogs in puppy, adolescent, obedience, rally, trick, and agility classes. She is a certified trick dog instructor at the "All Star Trainer of the Year" level with the sanctioned trick dog program, "Do More With Your Dog," and has taught trick classes and workshops in Arkansas and Kansas City for the past three years. Her rescue dog has a Championship Trick dog title and is the only dog from Missouri to have a Championship Stunt dog title. ​After retiring from public education, she has spent the last eight years training dogs, focusing on her rescue dog who now holds UKC and AKC titles in rally, agility, nosework, and tricks. He also has titles in barn hunt and dog parkour, his CGC, CGCA, CGCU, Achiever Dog Certificate, and the APDT C.L.A.S.S. Ph.D with Honors certificate.

Karen believes in setting the dog up for success and using positive methods to build a stronger relationship with your dog. Training dogs to have good manners means owning a dog that is fun and enjoyable to live with. She regularly attends workshops and seminars to further her education on behavior issues such as fear, stress, body language, and reactivity in dogs.

Karen is a member of the Heartland Positive Dog Training Alliance and the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, is a certified canine conditioning coach, and is a mentor for the Animal Behavior College.
click here for basics training class
click here for trick training class

Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

Picture

Contact Us
[email protected]
Ph: (417) 833-2526
Fax: (417) 833-0308
Follow Us
Business Hours
  • Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm​

Adoption Center
  • Monday – Saturday: 12 – 6pm​
  • Sunday: 12 – 5pm
Location
3161 W. Norton Road, Springfield, Missouri 65803