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BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #11 – The Top 10 Things We Can Do to Help Veterinarians Help Us Help Our Pets
The Top 10 Things We Can Do to Help Veterinarians Help Us Help Our Pets
Join the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel for a discussion on the Top 10 Things We Can Do to Help Veterinarians Help Us Help Our Pets.
Pet guardians and pet professionals, we invite you to listen ...
An Open Letter to Animal Shelters and Rescues
By the Pet Professional Guild
Geek Week 2021 "For the Love of Rescue":
Supporting Shelter and Rescue Continued Professional Development
A day does not go by where we, the Pet Professional ...
BARKS News – August 2021
Listen to the August 2021 edition of BARKS News!
Highlights include:
PPG Advocacy Panel
Shock-Free Coalition ‘Tag It’ Competition Winners
Volunteers needed for new Service Dogs and ...
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Dog Bites: Who Is Getting Bitten and Why?
The following is an excerpt from PPG's recently released Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation.
Statistics show that the majority of dog bites occur in children or the elderly. The results of a study by Dixon, Mahabee-Gittens, Hart and Lindsell (2012) assessing dog bite ...
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Breed Specific Legislation: Guesswork Based on Appearance
The following is an excerpt from PPG's recently released Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation.
BSL (also known as Breed Discriminatory Legislation) is a law or legal ordinance that restricts or prohibits the ownership of certain breeds (or types) of dogs. In places where BSL has ...
What Makes a ‘Good Dog’ and Do Current Dog Training Classes Teach these Skills?
I define a ‘good’ dog as a dog who is considered part of the family, can stay home alone if necessary but goes places if possible, lives in the house, goes on holidays, gets enough mental and physical stimulation, is ‘cool, calm and collected’ most of the time, takes changes like moving or an ...
Does Your Dog Think You’re Management Material?
When you hear the word management, I bet you aren’t thinking about your dog. But I and many of my training colleagues work hard every day to change that. Most people think of management as planning, organizing, leading and directing. Every one of these words describes the type of management ...
The Power of Project Trade
When I first learned of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) I had just recently worked with a handsome little elderly dog named Pete and acquired my first shock collar.
Rough handling turned Pete into a hand-biter; adding a shock collar made it much worse.
Taking it off Pete probably saved his ...
Breed Specific Legislation: No Evidence that It Works
The following is an excerpt from PPG's recently released Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation.
BSL can and does result in the destruction of dogs. Research, however, would suggest that there is no evidence to support claims that BSL makes communities safer for people or ...
Are You Really Performing Classical Counterconditioning?
What do the following training descriptions have in common?
“My dog’s afraid of strangers. But when she stops barking and makes eye contact with me, I give her a treat.”
“I hold her foot. Then I give her a treat after I clip each toenail, as long as she stays in place and doesn’t pull her ...
What’s Breed Got to Do with It?
The following is an excerpt from PPG's recently released Position Statement on Breed Specific Legislation.
The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) is becoming increasingly alarmed at the number of dogs being seized or banned in a variety of communities worldwide based purely on their breed or ...