CATCH Community Online Workshops – NEW

Private Community with Classmates | Memorial Day Sale: $100 off until June 4th!

Summer 2025 Dates are Open for Enrollment:

• Service Dog Training Skills, with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws
  • Start Date: June 23, 2025 **ENROLL NOW**
  • Duration: 4 weeks in the private online CATCH Community
• Low-Stress Handling, Resilience, & More – Get the Magic Touch, with Ferdie Yau
  • Start Date: July 21, 2025 **ENROLL NOW**
  • Duration: 4 weeks in the private online CATCH Community
• Your Dog Behavior Toolbox – Level 1 | Fix Common Problems with Confidence
  • Start Date: August 18, 2025 **ENROLL NOW**
  • Duration: 4 weeks in the private online CATCH Community
• Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Canine Body Language, with Catherine Comden
  • Start Date: September 15, 2025 **ENROLL NOW**
  • Duration: 4 weeks in the private online CATCH Community

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Bundle 2 Online Workshops or Bundle 3 Online Workshops for a package deal.

We have a new, flexible, and super-engaging way for you to deepen your knowledge and skills. CATCH Online Workshops are here, and open for enrollment!

Join our expert trainers and your classmates in a private online CATCH Community. Watch videos and post your own, ask questions, get into discussions, go deeper!

Online Workshops are an option for you to enhance your studies as an add-on. You can be part of the online workshop community at the same time as any full-length CATCH course, and CATCH graduates can also join and complete online workshops.

You and your classmates will be led by one of our awesome program directors who are known in the industry for their passion, experience, teaching skills, and love of coaching you!

Each workshop is 4-weeks of engaging study and community interactions, with a flexible format that can fit any schedule.

Completion of all assignments will earn you a new certificate for the workshop topic. This certificate will be in addition to any other CATCH credential you are working towards or have already earned.

** See what students are saying about their experience in the CATCH Community Online Workshops! **

Add to your skills and accomplishments! Get connected to the power of the CATCH Community. Look at what online workshop is coming up next…

Upcoming Online Workshops:

Service Dog Training Skills, with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws

Start Date: June 23, 2025

**ENROLL NOW**

Meet Your Guest Instructor:

Veronica Sanchez MEd., CDBC, CPDT-KA is known for her expertise in service dogs. She developed a certificate program for professional dog trainers in service dog coaching and wrote the book, Service Dog Coaching: A Guide for Pet Dog Trainers. She is a frequent speaker at professional dog training conferences and a contributing author for publications from the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the Pet Professional Guild.

Veronica’s career in dog training began in the 1990s and includes working with non-profit service dog programs, helping people with disabilities train their own dogs for service work, and helping thousands of pet owners with a range of issues, from basic manners to serious behavior problems. Her service dog experience includes training service dogs for people with diverse needs, such as mobility, hearing, neurological conditions, mental illness, and even a dual guide-mobility dog.

Veronica’s interest in service work is both personal and professional. She has a neurological movement disorder called dystonia and she trained her own dogs as service dogs. She also enjoys training in various activities and has titled several of her dogs in Rally Obedience.

Veronica is also a CATCH Curriculum Writer.

Learning Objectives:

• coming soon

Low-Stress Handling, Resilience, & More – Get the Magic Touch, with Ferdie Yau

Start Date: July 21, 2025

**ENROLL NOW**

Meet Your Guest Instructor:

Ferdie Yau (MA, CPDT-KA) is an animal trainer and wildlife biologist helping families in Westchester since 2009. As an animal trainer, Ferdie’s experience includes training of dozens of exotic species at the Wildlife Conservation Society, including polar bears, sea lions, and river otters (oh my!). Ferdie has been working with animals from penguins to pit bulls since 2003 and specializes in treating complex behavior cases, drawing on his experience and skills refined through decades of practice. In addition, he is a former ecologist for New York City with a Master’s in Conservation Biology from Columbia University. In his free time, Ferdie studies NYC’s urban coyotes with the Gotham Coyote Project – his intricate knowledge of urban coyotes gives him a unique perspective of canine behavior. His compassionate and multi-disciplinary approach incorporates principles from ethology, psychology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience.

Ferdie is also a CATCH Mentor Trainer and teaches our 1-Week Workshops at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, NJ.

Learning Objectives:

• coming soon

Your Dog Behavior Toolbox – Level 1 | Fix Common Problems with Confidence

Start Date: August 18, 2025

**ENROLL NOW**

Learning Objectives:

• Whether you’re dealing with barking, jumping, leash pulling, counter surfing, or just general naughtiness and not listening, this workshop gives you the tools to turn things around.
• Learn step-by-step, science-backed behavior modification techniques.
• Master management strategies to prevent bad habits from getting worse.
• Build your confidence in handling tough situations with dogs and clients in the real-world. We’ve been there, we get it!
• Work on real case studies with expert guidance and support from our professional trainers and your fellow students in our private online CATCH Community.

Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Canine Body Language, with Catherine Comden

Start Date: September 15, 2025

**ENROLL NOW**

Meet Your Guest Instructor:

Catherine Comden brings a wide range of industry experiences to our team. She was a veterinary technician, the first behavior tech at Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, a therapy dog trainer and handler, a trainer of hearing alert and service dogs, and a behavior program manager at a busy, open-admissions shelter. Catherine is a pet dog trainer and behavior counselor specializing in aggression, separation anxiety and puppies. She has instructed families with small children, adults in custody and psychiatric patients to successfully train dogs for many purposes.

Catherine enjoys research, writing, and teaching as much as she does dog training. She has earned a BA in Psychology from the University of Montana, where, as a McNair Scholar, she completed research on the effect of a therapy dog training program on the human-canine bond. At Western Oregon University, she studied adult education with an emphasis in information technology. She has been an instructional designer, a business advisor, and a homeschooling mom.

Catherine teaches pro dog trainers as well as dog owners. She has coached hundreds of trainers to pass their CPDT-KA exam and she also enjoys teaching trainers how to maximize their coaching skills. She is passionate about the human-canine bond and is thrilled to help CATCH students develop skills for both ends of the leash.

Catherine is also the CATCH Program Development Lead and CATCH Community Leader.

Learning Objectives:

• coming soon

Enjoy the Benefits of an Online Community Experience

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  Practice what you learn, and share your questions and successes with a like-minded community.

  Live and Recorded Video Sessions: Enjoy the flexibility of learning from home or on the go. All lessons and discussions are available on your own schedule, with LIVE Zoom sessions once a week and recorded videos available on-demand. If you miss a live session, you can watch the recording on your own time and catch up later.

• Community Learning: You’ll interact with your workshop leaders and fellow students in our private online community. We’ll all be sharing videos on training and behavior, giving feedback, and answering your questions. It’s all about growing together!
• Focused Topics: Each workshop will dive deep into a specific set of subjects you love, providing the tools and knowledge you need to excel.
• Bonus Access: For the entire length of your workshop (plus a full month afterwards!) you’ll have access to your private CATCH Community group, PLUS access to over 20 additional forums in our online community, which are filled with great discussions, videos, training ideas, and awesome, supportive, CATCH dog lovers like you as fellow members!
• These forums in the broader CATCH Community cover everything from Body Language to Behavior Problem solving and even have free training plans you can download and keep as a resource forever.

Course Details

Duration: 4 weeks

Live Weekly Group Sessions: 

• Weekly Live Zoom sessions (approx. 1 hour each) for expert-led discussions and Q&A.
• Our regular meetups will be recorded and available with closed captioning after the fact. Live attendance is encouraged!

Skill-Building Assignments:

• Watch pre-recorded video lessons and demos regularly posted by your instructor in the community.
• Get hands-on practice assignments and submit a video of your own work each week.
• Give and receive positive feedback and helpful suggestions to enhance your skills!
• Discuss thought-provoking posts throughout the week to engage and learn with your fellow trainers.
• Complete all assignments with full participation in the community and earn a new certificate in addition to any CATCH credentials you are currently working on, or have already completed.
• Put your new skills and confidence to work, making a difference with all the dogs and people you teach!

 Tuition: 4-Week Online Workshops

• Enrollment in each workshop is currently limited, so get in touch to secure your spot.
• $490 currently $440 paid in full with special discount for CATCH Students and Graduates ($50 savings!)
  • • Save $75 per workshop when you bundle 2 together ($415 per workshop paid in full)

  Bundle any 2 Online Workshops

  • • Save $100 per workshop when you bundle 3 or more together ($390 per workshop paid in full)

  Bundle any 3 Online Workshops

• Payment plans are available during the pre-enrollment period. Ask us for details.

Our Student Support Team is here to answer all your questions about this online workshop or any of the self-paced programs you can complete in your own town.

Call or Text 877.752.2824  (877.75.CATCH)

Email: studentsupport@CATCHdogtrainers.com

Read Our Online Workshop Student Testimonials