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Chat & Chuckle with Sandra Grossmann of The Feline Consultant
Join PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison, also with the PPG Feline Division, as they chat and chuckle with Sandra Grossmann of The Feline Consultant about feline nutrition and feeding cats.
Listen to the Podcast here on a choice of platforms. Or simply click ...
Feline Fastidious Foodies
By Patience Fisher
From cat food commercials to cartoons and internet cats, it is something of a running joke that cats are picky eaters. But is this common assumption ...
BARKS Podcast with Debby Lucken of Kids Around Dogs
Join Niki Tudge and Rebekah King as they Chat & Chuckle with Kids Around Dogs (KAD).
KAD is an award-winning association of Dog Professionals and Child Care Professionals who specialize ...
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BARKS Podcast with Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Smart Dog Training and Behavior: June 5, 2020
Every Friday, PPG President Niki Tudge hosts a Facebook Live session for PPG members. We were privileged on Friday June 5, 2020 to host Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Smart Dog Training and Behavior where we explored and discussed stress! We can all benefit from knowledge about stress and how this ...
Setting the Right Criteria
By K. Holden Svirsky
Guppy, a young male “pit bull” and German shepherd dog mix, didn’t know how to sit. Or, more accurately, he didn’t know how to sit on cue. To be considered adoptable by the suburban families that frequented the shelter, this was a pretty important behavior. Guppy was ...
Lockdown to Normality…What Does It Mean for Dogs?
I've spent a lot of time over these last few weeks writing about how to help dogs and their guardians during the somewhat challenging situation of social distancing and lockdown posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, how do we cope with restricted exercise, the lack of social contact, ...
Feline Behavior Unmasked: Superfecundation
By Beth Adelman
Q: I recently adopted two young cats that the shelter told me are littermates. But one is a black shorthair and the other is orange and kind of fluffy, and they’re actually not much alike. If they were really siblings, wouldn’t they be more like each other?
A: Cats from ...
‘Laundry List’ Dogs
By Kristi Benson
As dog trainers, we may frequently find ourselves sitting across the kitchen table from our clients in something of a conundrum. While we may have been called in to assist with house-training, or jumping up, or biting strangers, or any other typical concern, clients do not ...
PPG Joins Six Leading Organizations to Support UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter
Milestone agreement sees seven professional bodies join forces to set professional standards and ensure consumer transparency, with animal welfare at the forefront
TAMPA, Fla. - May 28, 2020 - PRLog -- The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) has signed up to be one of seven founding organizations ...
Feeding Time Frenzy!
By Robyn Lowe
As a vet nurse, I see animals on a daily basis struggling with osteoarthritis. Some owners know about it and are well on the way to tackling it, some are innocently oblivious, and some in denial! Wherever on this scale you sit, having your dog diagnosed with osteoarthritis may ...
BARKS Podcast with dog*biz: May 21, 2020
Niki Tudge catches up with Gina Phairas (left) and Veronica Boutelle (right) of PPG corporate partner dog*biz to talk about the FREE six-week group coaching program, Survive & Thrive, they launched in April 2020 to help R+ trainers navigate through the COVID-19 crisis. They talk ...
PPG Summit 2020 Sessions: Cooperation, Control, and Counterconditioning
BARKS presents session details from PPG's 2020 Summit and Workshops in Phoenix, Arizona
Session Details:
Presenter: Leslie McDevitt
Session Title:Cooperation, Control, and Counterconditioning
Session Type: Lecture/Lab (1.5 Hours)
The presenter will discuss two cooperative counterconditioning ...