Online animal-training courses · Science into practice
A training plan should give you more than something to try.
It should help you decide what to look for, what to teach next, and what to change when the learner’s behavior tells you the plan needs work.
At Tromplo, we turn behavior science into training decisions. New here? Experience Agnieszka Janarek’s teaching with a free worked case.
Working with clients? Explore private Mentoring for trainers →
Try the teaching before choosing a course
Two paws on a platform.
A plan for four.
What happens next?
Inspect the record, compare explanations, and examine how delivery can help arrange the next move. The errorless part starts in the planning—not after the dog gets stuck.
Free · About 15 minutes · Optional deeper analysis · No signup required
Work through the caseFrom Tromplo students
Clear explanations. Practical questions.
Shape Me Up! students, in their own words. Read the full reviews on the course page.
“the graphics helped me a lot to get a mental picture of what I’m learning about shaping.”
“I love that there is lots of knowledge but always presented in a practical way”
“The content of the course gave me new insights in errorless and loopy training”
Choose the question—not the biggest course
What are you trying to work out?
You do not need to start at the beginning of the catalog. Start where your training plan becomes unclear.
Build a new skill · Shape Me Up!
“What should the next step be?”
Work on component skills, starting arrangements, criteria, and the route into the next repetition. For building a plan the learner can follow.
Explore Shape Me Up! →Use the science · Behavior Geek
“I know the terminology. Now what?”
Separate what you observed from what you inferred, and turn behavior-analysis concepts into more careful training decisions.
Focused self-paced course · Start anytime · US$69
Explore Behavior Geek →Learning beyond home · Take Them Everywhere?
“It looks different outside our usual setup.”
Examine learning and participation in real environments, without turning participation into endurance.
Explore Take Them Everywhere? →Browse all courses and current editions
Already know the skill you want to work on?
Tromplo ebooks · Read at your own pace
A book you can return to between sessions.
Two available ebooks, with different jobs. Choose the question closest to your training.
Look beyond labels
Your Dog Is Not Stubborn
A 179-page illustrated manual and workbook that moves from labels to observable questions, cautious working hypotheses, and more precise training decisions.
US$49 · Ebook + companion workbook
See inside the ebook
Build a training framework
Animal Trainer’s Comprehensive Handbook
A 77-page practical foundation in focus, engagement, training loops, environment, and structured sessions.
US$28 · PDF ebook
Explore the HandbookBrowse all books, including a preview of the forthcoming Errorless Shaping ebook.
Private support with Agnieszka Janarek
Mentoring for trainers
“Who can think through this case with me?”
Bring your professional training decisions to Agnieszka. Follow the work across a mentoring month, with individual feedback, calls, and two research-paper discussions.
Ongoing registration · Individual start date
Explore Mentoring →Study connected questions together
Two courses. One webinar. A connected route.
Compare the contents, editions, and availability before choosing a bundle. Individual courses remain available through the catalog.
Two courses + one webinar
Shaping, From Plan to Repetition
Shape Me Up! + Strategic Reinforcement DeliveryWith Errorless Shaping in a Nutshell.
See contents and availabilityTwo courses + one webinar
Build It. Strengthen It. Cue It.
Trainer’s Toolbox Parts 1 + 2With To Cue or Not to Cue.
See contents and availabilityTwo courses + one webinar
Attention, Choice & Food
Attention Please + Let Me Want It!With the food webinar, Why Your Dog Won’t Eat When It Matters.
Currently unavailable as a bundle.
More ways to learn
A conversation, a book, or a closer look.
Dog Real Talk
Listen to Agnieszka and her guests explore animal training. Prefer to read? Start with the component-skills companion article, then try the shaping case.
Choose a smaller starting point.
Explore a focused recorded webinar, learn through a book, or examine one of your existing sessions with the free 5-Minute Audit.
Looking for the professional pathway? Read about the planned assessment-based certificate of demonstrated competence.
Start with a training question
See how we think before deciding what to study.
The free shaping case asks you to inspect the evidence, not perform a new exercise with your dog. Your dog can have the afternoon off. This time, the homework is ours.
Try the free shaping case