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Save the Date: Geek Week 2021! #PPGGeekOut Competition Winner

Following on from the enormous success of Geek Week 2020 in November, PPG has announced that next year’s event will take place on November 1317, 2021. More details to follow soon. While Geek Week 2020 may be over, we still want to do a shout out to our final free ticket competition winner, Mich Mercer. Mich won our #PPGGeekOut competition with her photo of her and her dogs geeking out to Suzanne Clothier’s (who also presented at the event and writes a regular feature article in BARKS ‐ see Using Video Wisely on pp.26‐28) amazing book, Bones Would Rain from the Sky.

PPG Online: s Join the PPG All about Cats and PPG All about Horses Facebook groups to learn more about feline and equine behavior and ask questions on anything related to cats or horses. s PPG also has active Twitter @PetGuild and Instagram @PetProfessionalGuild accounts so head on over and connect with us there too. s And don’t forget to join the PPG Members' Facebook group if you haven’t already!

PPG Invites Members to Join Facebook Live Sessions

Would you like to join PPG President Niki Tudge and other PPG members to discuss important educational topics on Facebook? Just fill out this short form to get it scheduled and share your knowledge and experience.

Check PPG Members' Facebook group for further details and to join live sessions. PPG Cat Committee Invites Members to Call-In Lounges

The CallIn Lounge hosted by the PPG Cat Committee takes place on a webbased platform once a month, in the middle of the month (whichever week includes the 15th and usually on a Wednesday or Thursday). Timings alternate between late afternoons and evenings at around 8 p.m. (ET) and topics include specific topics chosen by the group, case studies, and open discussions. Please check the PPG All about Cats Facebook group for further details.

Geek Week 2020: Complete List of Event Prize Winners

Morning Update Prizes Morning Update 1

Q1: Alisa Sannikova & Susan Land 2x $50 PPG Webinars Q2: Alisa Sannikova & Marta Young 2x $25 PPG Webinars Q3: Dawn Goehring $25 PPG Webinars

Morning Update 2

Q1: Veronika Spivak Trust Centred Training Course Value $395 Q2: Aida Garcia Bag of 15 tug toys Best Dog on the Block Q3: Jude Tuttleby $25 off Loyalty Treats + a book from the Polite Paws Online Book Shop

Morning Update 3

Major Prize: Aida Garcia DogNostics: Canine Enrichment Technician Certificate Q1: Aida Garcia 2 medium Snuffle Mats & 10 Snuffle Puffs Q2: Jude Tuttleby Book from Polite Paws Online Book Shop, How to Love Your Teenage Dog & 10 PPGA Clickers Q3: Veronika Spivak $75 PPG Webinar Voucher + Boredom Buster Foraging Pack

Morning Update 4

Major Prize: Aida Garcia DogNostics Dog Training Certificate Q1: Aida Garcia Happier Healing Certification Program + Travel Bowl & Collar (Business Insurers of the Carolinas) Q2: Jude Tuttleby Happier Healing Certification Program & Wobbler from Busy Paws Q3: Melanie Skornsek Happier Healing Certification Program + Boredom Buster Foraging Pack from Pet Remedy

Quiz Quiz & More Prizes

USA Prize – Bag of 15 Snuffle Puffs – Best Dog on the Block Nancy Weller Australia Prize – Hard copy of How to Love & Survive Your Teenage Dog by Barbara Hodel, Good Dog Jude Tuttleby UK/Europe Prize – Boredom Buster Foraging Kit – Pet Remedy Veronika Spivak USA Prize – Set of 4 small snuffle mats – Best Dog on the Block Angel Rowe Australia Prize $25 off Loyalty Pets – Loyalty Pets Jude Tuttleby UK/Europe – $25 PPG Webinar Voucher Rachel Sheppard USA Prize – Travel Bowl & Collar – Insurers of the Carolinas Dawn Goehring Australia Prize 10 PPGA Clickers PPGA No Winner UK/Europe Boredom Buster Foraging Kit Pet Remedy Veronika Spivak USA Prize TransPaw Gear Harness TransPaw Sara Marshall Australia Prize Hard copy of How to Love & Sur‐vive Your Teenage Dog by Barbara Hodel, Good Dog Jude Tuttleby UK/Europe Prize $25 PPG Webinar Voucher Rachel Sheppard International PDA Instructor Program Aida Garcia International $50 PPG Webinar Voucher Dawn Goehring International PDA Instructor Program Veronika Spivak International $50 PPG Webinar Voucher Rachel Sheppard International $50 discount Geek Week 2021 Veronika Spivak International $50 discount Geek Week 2021 Aida Garcia International $100 discount Geek Week 2021 Veronika Spivak International $100 discount Geek Week 2021 Sara Marshall

Caption That

First: Teisha Mason Voucher for free course Dog Mindset, the Hidden Side of Dog Training & a Boredom Buster Foraging Pack Second: Kitty Lee Money off voucher for course Understanding Dog Food + signed copy of Char‐lie by Lisa Tenzin Dolma Third: Jude Tuttleby Money off voucher for course Understanding Dog Food Fourth Prize: Sam Kelley £25 Gift voucher for Pick Pockets

Top Nerd

First: Veronika Spivak 1 free ticket to Geek Week 2021, $150 voucher for DogNostics programs + a Doggone Safe Be a Tree Presenter Kit Second: Kitty Lee $100 voucher for DogNostics programs, the Doggone Safe Mobile Training Kit and a free 12 month individual membership in Doggone Safe Third: Jude Tuttleby $100 voucher DogNostics programs+ Doggone Safe Mobile Training Kit

Page Turner

First: Alisa Sannikova Signed copy of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy by Zazie Todd + limitededition Wag pin

Runners Up each receive an Ecopy How to Love & Survive Your Teenage Dog by Barbara Hodel A. Angel Rowe B. Malani Skornsek C. Dawn Goehring

Runners Up each receive a Boredom Buster Foraging Pack from Pet Remedy A. Tawny Sewell B. Jude Tuttleby C. Nancy Jacobsen

Canine Arthritis Management (CAM)

First: Melani Skornsek CAM Advocate Course Second: Debbie Goodwin CAM Advocate Course Third: Veronika Spivak CAM Advocate Course

Look Who’s Talking

First: Alisa Sannikova ILLIS Advanced Animal Training Course Dr. Karolina Westlund Second: Melani Skornsek CAM Advocate Course Third: Kitty Lee ACE Adolescence Online Course – Animal Centred Education

Runners Up A. Teisha Mason The Great Courses Dog Training 101 DVD Academy for Dog Trainers B. Dawn Goehring Calm, Cool, and Collected: Transform Your Pestering Jumper into a Courteous Canine Course Doggy Geeks University C. Heidi Okuhara 45minute online session with Irith Bloom: The Sophisticated Dog

Doggone Safe

First: Frania Shelley‐Grielen Membership of TeamNostics Second: Alisa Sannikova Dog Bite Prevention Educator Program Third: Skye Anderson Deluxe Digital Be a Tree Program

Runners Up each receive the Doggone Safe Mobile Training Kit A. Veronika Spivak B. Kitty Lee C. Debbie Clover

Figuring Out Felines

First: Stefanie Bruninghaus Membership of TeamNostics Second: Kitty Lee PPG Webinar Voucher $200 Third: Alisa Sannikova PPG Webinar Voucher $100

Who Have We Got Ear?

First: Melani Skorsnek DogNostics Canine Enrichment Technician Certification Second: Dawn Goehring Be a Tree Basic Presenter Kit Doggone Safe Third: Kitty Lee Boredom Buster Foraging Pack from Pet Remedy

DogNostics Nerd Up

First: Veronika Spivak Life membership to TeamNostics Second: Pat Miller $500 gift voucher certificate towards any program or combination of programs at DogNostics Third: Susan Land DogNostics Choice of Canine Enrichment Technician Certification OR Happier Healing Certification program

Aussie Trivia

First: Dawn Goehring DogNostics Behavior Diploma Program Second: Kitty Lee DogNostics Canine Enrichment Technician Certificate Third: Veronika Spivak 1 year free PPG Australia webinars Fourth: Beth Hrnciar Be a Tree Basic Presenter Kit – Doggone Safe

Bites from BARKS

First: Alisa Sannikova DogNostics Dog Behavior Diploma Program Second: Veronika Spivak Dog Bite Prevention Educator Program Doggone Safe Third: Teisha Mason Black & white pencil portrait Noel Hodson Art

Scavenger Hunt

First: Veronika Spivak DogNostics Dog Behavior Diploma Program Second: Alisia Sannikova DogNostics Pet First Aid Certification Program Third: Jude Tuttleby DogNostics Dog Bite Prevention Educator Program + $30 Pet Tutor Gift Certificate

Peekaboonana

Special Banana 1: Veronika Spivak £250 voucher for ISCP course + $25 Dogwise gift certificate + $75 Pet Tutor gift certificate, special limitededition banana Tshirt Special Banana 2: Dawn Goehring dog*biz curriculum package of choice + $25 Dogwise gift certificate + donation of a harness by 2 Hounds Design to favorite rescue or shelter, special limitededition banana Tshirt Runner Up 1: Alisa Sannikova dog*biz course of choice + $25 Dogwise gift certificate Runner Up 2: Melanie Skornsek $100 2 Hound Design gift certificate + Boredom Buster Foraging Kit from Pet Remedy

PPG Names September Project Trade Ambassador

Congratulations to Emily Blythe of Homeward Bound Animal Behavior Find out more about how Project Trade can help your & Training, LLC in Wisconsin, USA for trading one shock collar and business in Helping Dogs, Helping Families, BARKS from who has been named Project Trade Ambassador for September 2020. the Guild, March 2017, pp.20‐25. Congratulations too to Brandi Schoenthaler of Cornerstone Dog Train ing, LLC in Colorado, USA for trading one prong collar. Project Trade is an international opt‐in advocacy program for PPG members that promotes the use of force‐free training equipment by asking pet guardians to trade choke, prong and shock collars (and any other aversive de‐vices). Sign up today!

Emily Blythe traded one shock collar (left), while Brandi Schoenthaler traded one prong collar (right) under the Project Trade program in September.

- Listen on the Anchor Platform

BARKS Podcasts are now available on the Anchor platform from where you can select your preferred app to listen any time or download. Make sure you follow BARKS Podcasts on whichever app you choose so you can stay updated with new releases. In the most recent podcasts, join PPG president Niki Tudge as she chats to:

December 4, 2020: PPG Feline Committee chair, Paula Garber and vicechair, Tabitha Kucera about all things feline. Topics range from pet cats and veterinary visits, to what we know we don’t know about cats, and to feral cats and the myths about cat colonies. The trio also spend some time talking about all the great things the Feline Committee is doing, including the popular Cat Lounge!

October 3, 2020: Louise Ginman, president of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) Australia, one of the cohosting organizations for Geek Week, discussing Louise’s Geek Week presentations: My Dog Has Cancer: Navigating Cancer from a Pet Parent’s Perspective; and Home Alone Program for Puppies and Dogs of All Ages.

October 2, 2020: Debra Millikan of PPG Australia discussing the Pet Professional Accreditation Board and the Pet Dog Ambassador program.

September 9, 2020: Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education discussing the service dog industry, public access dogs, and the concept of athome service dogs, as well as her new program, Mobility Task Training HowTo’s. You can find older podcasts in the BARKS Podcasts Library and on PPG’s YouTube and Vimeo channels. If you would like to be a guest on a BARKS Podcast, please contact Louise Stapleton‐Frappell for more details.

Business Referrals from PPG Website

Are you getting referrals from your PPG member listing? PPG fields several inquiries each day that its sends in the direction of its members. But it helps if your profile is correctly set up. So please visit the PPG website and log in to the members’ area, then click ‘view,’ ‘edit profile,’ and make sure of the following: • Your website and your full address are listed. • You identify which services you provide. • Your logo or an identifying picture is in place.

GPS systems need a full address to ensure you will come up in the PPG Zip Code Search, so if your listing is missing a street, a number, a zip code, or a town you will not show. If you prefer your address not to be in the public domain, you can make it private in your profile by editing your settings, but it does need to be there so people can find you in the database.

Earn Your CEUs via PPG’s Webinars, Workshops and Educational Summits!

Webinars Taking the Lead: dogbiz Tips for Making 2021 Your Best Year Yet. Presented by Veronica Boutelle

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 / 1 p.m. (EST)

Business Planning Basics I. Presented by Joan Hunter Mayer

Monday, January 25, 2021 / 7 p.m. (EST)

Genetics of Dog Aggression. Presented by Dr. Jessica Hekman

Thursday, January 28, 2021 / 4 p.m. (EST)

Business Planning Basics II: Diving Deeper and Developing Your

Plan. Presented by Joan Hunter Mayer Monday, February 1, 2021 / 7 p.m. (EST)

Business Planning Basics III: Creating a Final Plan and Pitch. Presented by Joan Hunter Mayer

Monday, February 8, 2021 / 7 p.m. (EST)

Business Planning Basics IV: The Pitch. Presented by Joan Hunter Mayer

Monday, February 22, 2021 / 7 p.m. (EST)

PPG Webinars On Demand

Listen any time!

Educational Summits PPG Summit 2021 (Phoenix, Arizona)

Friday, September 17 Tuesday, September 21, 2021

PPG Geek Week 2021(Virtual)

Saturday, November 13 Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Note: All dates and times are correct at time of going to press but are subject to change. Please check PPG website for an updated list of all events, workshops and webinars, as well as discounted and on‐demand webinars.

SPECIAL NOTICE: PPG is still offering a range of services to support members and their businesses during the current pandemic. These include free member webinars, Facebook Live sessions offering business and marketing advice in the PPG members’ Facebook group, virtual PPG Social events, and more. Check listings in the PPG Members' Facebook group for event dates and times. See also the Business Contingency Planning section in the Members’ Area of the PPG website.