by BARKS from the Guild | Dec 16, 2021 | Advocacy, BARKS from the Guild, Consulting, Education, Pet Guardians
By Susan Nilson The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel was launched in August and has already held its first three sessions, where the panel discussed How To Best Advocate for Positive Reinforcement Methods, How to Reach and Work with...
by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 11, 2021 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Consulting, Training
By Angelica Steinker A common criticism of counterconditioning is that it does not work. While there can be many reasons why a behavior modification protocol based on counterconditioning fails, it is, in fact, almost always user error. Here are four...
by BARKS from the Guild | Aug 26, 2021 | Business Development, Consulting, News Releases, Pet Guardians, Training
OFFICIAL PPG NEWS RELEASE | LECANTO, Fla. – Aug. 23, 2021 – PRLog — The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) has announced a new corporate partnership with Zigzag, an all-in-one puppy training app designed to help puppy parents teach their...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jul 6, 2021 | Business Development, Consulting, Personal Development
By PPG corporate partner, PocketSuite One of the big lessons for pet professionals in the last year and a half is that even a pandemic doesn’t have to tank your business. While many other sectors suffered, pet professionals benefited from...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jul 1, 2021 | BARKS from the Guild, Consulting, Personal Development
By Kathy Wolff According to Wikipedia (2021), empathy is the “capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another’s position. Definitions of empathy encompass...
