Professor Karen Mielke

For the last fourteen years Karen has shared her passion for training with many family animals; horses, cats, children ;) and dogs. Always learning and advancing her knowledge in the field of animal training, she has studied from Ken Ramirez, Kathy Sdao, Kay Laurence, Leslie McDevitt, Steve and Jennifer White, Emilie Johnson Vegh, Eva Bertilsson, Alexandra Kurland, Michele Pouliot, Julie Shaw, Sophia Yin, Turid Rugaas and Karen Pryor to name but a few.

This will be her fourth year as a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, having graduated with honors the first year the certification was offered. Karen has also coached at Clicker Expo for the past five years and is a regular instructor at local dog camps. She is a Therapy Dog Evaluator and a ‘Be a Tree’ Children’s dog safety presenter. Karen enjoys all aspects of her vocation; from helping new trainers discover the joy and benefits of positive reinforcement training to helping clients with reactive dogs find their way back to agility class. Karen presents seminars around the U.S, is regularly engaged in problem solving discussions with her peers and sometimes enjoys the privilege of running clients’ dogs at agility trials. She has competed at Masters/Excellent level in Agility, qualifying for USDAA Nationals on a number of occasions, with her own dogs.

Born in England and having traveled and trained around the United States, Karen currently calls North Carolina home. There she co owns and trains at DogLogic Training with her sister and fellow University instructor Lynne Stephens.

Karen currently shares her home with three very different canine family members; True, Cheyenne and Luna. True, is a retired agility Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and current partner in Clicker Training seminars, lectures and demonstrations. Cheyenne is a German Shepherd and certified Therapy Dog as well as a budding Treibball competitor. Luna is an Australian Shepherd and her enthusiastic young agility prospect. Karen insists that they, along with all of her clients’ dogs, are her best teachers.