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Welcoming a New Puppy – Ensuring a Happy and Successful Future Together
Welcoming a new pup into your household should be a time of absolute pure joy - he or she is a new family member after all, but sometimes it just turns into something akin to pure chaos, which is a shame.
In many cases, the reason for this is simply not enough planning, a rash decision, or ...
Four on the Floor
By Donna Savoie
Who doesn’t LOVE a puppy? And it is wonderful when puppies LOVE their owners’ guests. But it is also important to start teaching puppies not to jump up on guests sooner rather ...
Overcoming Fear of Vet Visits
By Susan Nilson and Angelica Steinker
Based in Adelaide, Australia, Petra Edwards is currently working on her Ph.D, which focuses primarily on how dogs experience visits to the veterinary ...
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If They Could March
re blogged from Your Pit Bull and You
If They Could March
by Jean Donaldson
If dogs could march on Washington, what would they march about? Adequate food, shelter, veterinary care? Big ticket stuff, but I doubt it. When people march, it’s never for something everybody already agrees on ...
Got Voice? Can Sing! The PPG Force-Free Boogie
Get into the force-free boogie. Sing along to the upbeat, toe- tapping, music about force-free training and PPG. On a serious note PPG is looking for some vocal talent to record this song for us. Contact Niki Tudge by email if you are interested
Lyrics by Melissa Hagood
Music and Recording by ...
Why Would We Want to Be Pack Leaders?
By Niki Tudge
There are so many inaccurate facts that need to be dispelled about dogs and the dog training industry. The use of dominance theory and the necessity to be a pack leader using this dominance theory is one of the more concerning inaccurate facts that as professionals we have an ...
Choke, prong and shock collars can irreversibly damage your dog.
by Dr. Peter Dobias, DVM
Read the full blog here
Why can collars cause hypothyroidism and other health problems
Learn about better alternatives.
Before you start reading the following lines, I invite you to do a little test. Open your hands with your thumbs touching each other. Place the ...
The PPG Ethics Review Process
The Ethics Committee
The ethics committee at The Pet Professional Guild consists of a committee Chair and three other PPG members. The key role of the Ethics Committee is to investigate all reported ethics violations.
Your Pet Professional Guild Ethics Committee are:
Chair - Catherine ...
The PPG Position Statement On Reality Dog Training
In recent years, much creditable scientific study has been given to dog training and behavior modification methods and their respective efficacy and consequences. The preponderance of the evidence shown by these studies indicates that the implementation of training and/or behavior ...
Choke and Prong Collars: Health Concerns Call for Equipment Change in Dog Training
By Angelica Steinker and Niki Tudge © 2012
Effective training procedures lay the foundation for an animal’s healthy socialization, capacity for learning and will help prevent behavior problems. Since a wide variety of equipment and tools are commonly used when training pets and in their ...
PPG World Services Podcast February 2014
Nando and Donna interview Victoria Stilwell and Pat Miller. February 2014
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Take the Choke Out of Walking Your Dog!
by Niki Tudge
April is designated Pet First Aid Awareness Month™ so I started thinking about the things that pet dog owners may be doing on a daily basis that could be risking the long term health of their dogs without their knowledge. The practice of using choke collars and jerking the lead ...