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BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #7: How Do We Advocate for Inclusivity and Diversity?
How Do We Advocate for Inclusivity and Diversity?
Join the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel for a discussion on How Do We Advocate for Inclusivity and Diversity?
Pet guardians and pet professionals, listen as panel members share their expertise in a fun, ...
A Cautionary Tale
By Kayla Sprague
Before entering the world of dog training I had never really had an opinion on shock collars. To me they were just another kind of collar, another way to train a dog. I was ...
Pet Professional Accreditation Board launches French language option for training and behavior credentials
LECANTO, Fla. - March 9, 2021 - The Pet Professional Accreditation Board (PPAB) has completed translation of its study guides and instructions into French in a move that will make a force-free ...
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Don’t Buy That!
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Don't buy the following:
Bananas
Cauliflower
Cereal
Soy milk
Swiss cheese
Cherry soda
So my wonderful friend ...
Train Your Dog Early and Often!
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Bridging the Communication Gap
By Angelica Steinker
This article was originally published on page 52-53 in the January 2015 edition of BARKS from the Guild, a bi-monthly magazine published by the Pet Professional Guild.
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The Dignity of Being an Individual
By Pamela S. Hogle
It’s hardly a new idea: Treat dogs as individuals.
In 1963, Clarence Pfaffenberger wrote a book called The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior. A line in that book eloquently states what I see as the ideal approach to educating dogs. Pfaffenberger writes that the first time a ...
Pet Professional Guild – A Message From Niki Tudge
BARKS January 2015 Presidents Message
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Dear Fellow Force-Free Advocates,
Another year has gone by and I ponder whether to review all of the great things we have achieved together over the past year or to focus on what we are planning for 2015. Since I am writing this in ...
How Does Matching Law Affect How We Train Our Obedience Skills?
written by Niki Tudge
Much of what we do in everyday life is all about choices. At any given moment we can work or we can do something more pleasurable, let’s say take our dogs for a walk. I can choose to do some work or train my dogs. I could then go to the beach or go to the store. I could ...
We Can Argue over TV. Our Dogs Have to Put Up with It
To take this photograph I have been searching for a football match on TV - a first!
Most of my PPG blogs arise from the stories of dogs I have been working with that have got me thinking.
Many of the people I visit have their TVs on all the time, whether or not they are watching anything. ...
False Bravado: Reframing the Old Dog Training Myths
By Karen Deeds, CDBC
If you work with dog owners or cruise the dog behavior groups on Facebook you will often see dogs that are labeled ‘dominant’. I hear this most often in client homes where they have multiple dogs and have categorized one as the dominant or “alpha” dog because of his or ...