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PPG has announced a new subscription platform for its official bimonthly trade publication, BARKS from the Guild (barksfromtheguild.com). Effective immediately, all BARKS readers, including PPG members, will be required to subscribe in order to gain uninterrupted, free access to the digital edition of the magazine. In addition, due to popular demand, PPG is offering an option to subscribe to the print edition of the magazine on an annual basis. BARKS is a comprehensive educational tool for pet professionals, written by PPG members, covering all things animal behavior and training, pet care, canine, feline, equine, avian, pocket pets, and exotics, as well as shelter and rescue, advocacy, business, sales, marketing consulting. It also features interviews with key industry figures and canine research scientists plus indepth reports from all PPG's educational events worldwide. As per PPG's Guiding Principles, which state that shock, pain, choke, fear, physical force, and compulsionbased methods should never be used in training or pet care, BARKS is targeted towards the animal behavior, training and pet care professionals that comprise the core of the organization's membership, as well as other pet professionals and pet guardians who are interested in learning more about modern, sciencebased, forcefree training techniques and tools. Each issue of the 64page publication includes an indepth cover feature and a further 15 or so articles covering a diverse selection of topics relevant to today's pet professional, as well as book reviews, PPG news, and member profiles. BARKS is also a valuable resource for advertisers, whose products and services are guaranteed to reach their intended target audience. The new BARKS digital subscription plan begins immediately, starting with this, the March 2020 issue. Anyone wishing to gain access to this issue online (and all ensuing issues) is encouraged to subscribe on the new platform with immediate effect (barksfromtheguild.com/subscribe). In addition, as soon as PPG reaches the required number of registrants, it will launch the print edition, delivering BARKS directly to readers' doors six times a year for just $85. The print option will be rolled out in North America with further locations to be added at a later date. Once registered, all subscribers will also have exclusive access to the Members' Area of the BARKS website (barksfromtheguild.com/members). "While subscription to the digital edition of BARKS will remain completely free of charge, as it always has been, we have chosen to ask readers to register so we can increase the features and benefits we make available to them, as well as prepare to launch the annual subscription to the print edition," said PPG president Niki Tudge. "By making the latter more easily available, we can more effectively continue to promote education, resources, information, equipment, ideas, methods and techniques that both pet professionals and guardians can trust while we work to raise industry standards as a whole."

"One of the most common questions we are asked by our members is whether an annual print subscription to BARKS is available, and we are pleased that we can finally make that a possibility," added Susan Nilson, editorinchief, BARKS from the Guild. "As soon as they have subscribed, readers will have ongoing access to each of the bimonthly issues, PDF downloads of all articles, vendor discounts, and first notification of new BARKS Blogs and BARKS Podcasts, and we will be adding more benefits in due course. It's an exciting time for BARKS and we look forward to working with PPG members and our wider audience to continue to deliver a quality product that promotes forcefree, scientifically sound education in all aspects of training, behavior consulting and pet care.” (See also ad on p.7). PPG Launches New Subscription Platform for BARKS

We are always on the lookout for interesting features, member profiles, case studies and training tips to feature in BARKS from the Guild and on the BARKS Blog. If you’d like to join the growing band of member contributors, please get in touch. Write for BARKS from the Guild or the BARKS Blog! Email: barkseditor@petprofessionalguild.combarksfromtheguild.com BARKS from the Guild BARKS blog

n e w s STAY IN TOUCH in 2020 - New Ways to Subscribe for BARKS!

From March 1, 2020, BARKS from the Guild, the official bimonthly trade publication of the Pet Professional Guild, will be moving to a new subscription only platform. Once you have subscribed (it's still free!), you will have ongoing access to each of the bimonthly issues, PDF downloads, vendor discounts, first notification of BARKS Blogs and BARKS Podcasts and more. PPG has chosen to do this so it can increase the features and benefits for BARKS readers and also prepare for an annual subscription to the Print Edition.

DIGITAL BARKS IS STILL FREE!

How It Works: Digital BARKS Subscription to the Digital Edition will still be completely free of charge. To keep reading, simply subscribe here. As this is a completely separate platform from PPG, you will need to create a new account. Automatic login with your PPG member account username and password will not apply.

How It Works: Printed BARKS Due to popular demand, we are preparing to offer an annual subscription to the Print Edition* in addition to the free digital edition. If you would be interested in a print copy of BARKS delivered to your door for 12 months at just US$85, simply type Yes in the box when you register.

*Print subscription will be rolled out in North America with more locations to be added in due course.

DON’T MISS OUT - SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

If you bring your dog with you to the PPG Summit, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona on September 1822, 2020, you will have the opportunity to attend a variety of lecture/labs where you can work with your pup under the guidance of some fantastic trainers. All you have to do is register (petprofessionalguild.com/2020SummitRegistration), choose your preferred program, add on any hotel rooms or food and beverage events, select your working labs, and choose your payment option to secure your spot. Need more details? Contact PPG membership manager Rebekah King at membership@petprofessionalguild.com for assistance. PPG Summit 2020: Attend with Your Best Friend

For your chance to win a ticket to PPG’s 2020 Summit, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, September 18 – Tuesday, September 22, head over to Facebook or Twitter and share this Summit Schedule graphic on Facebook (facebook.com/PetProfessionalGuild/photos/a .214518431973339/2758905450867945) or Twitter (twitter.com /PetGuild/status/1219388176973713410) and follow these THREE simple steps in your post or tweet: 1. Include this link: PetProfessionalGuild.com/2020ScheduleofEvents. 2. Tell your friends which one of the Summit Sessions you are most interested in. 3. Use the hashtag #PPGSummitSchedule so we can find it! You can’t win if you don’t share! Drawing will be held on March 25, 2020. Winners will be announced on March 30, 2020! PPG Summit 2020: Win a Free Ticket

You can now give the gift of results based, sciencebased forcefree training and pet care!

Have you ever thought about gifting a webinar or event or membership for a professional colleague? Well, now you can! Simply click the link (emailmeform.com/builder/form/YhZ3eMsd5UAeWTad6), choose a friend, and choose what you would like to gift them.

It’s that simple. PPG will then deliver the Gift Certificate PDF to you to gift to your friend or colleague, or we can email it directly to them. Just let us know which option you prefer! Announcing the PPG Gift Certificate

PPG’s Feline Committee has released the latest in their series of cat behavior handouts, this time with a focus on humandirected play aggression. Read it/download the PDF from petprofessionalguild .com/HumanDirectedPlayAggression. See also the article on the same topic on pp.48‐49. Cat Committee Releases New Behavior Handout

Congratulations to Daniel Antolec of Happy Buddha Dog Training (happybuddhadogtraining.com) in Wisconsin, USA for trading two prong collars and one shock collar and who has been named Project Trade Ambassador for October 2019. Congratulations, too, to Janis Crary of All About The Dog (allaboutthedog.us/index.html) in Indiana, USA for trading one prong collar, to Pam FrancisTuss of Obedient Pups Professional Dog Training (obedientpups.com) in California, USA for trading two shock collars, and to William Giese of By My Side Dog Training (bymysidedog.com) in Missouri, USA for trading one prong collar. Congratulations again to Pam FrancisTuss for trading one shock collar and one prong collar and who has been named Project Trade Ambassador for November 2019. Find out more about how Project Trade can help your business in ‘Helping Dogs, Helping Families,’ BARKS from the Guild, March 2017, pp.20‐25 (bit.ly/HelpingDogs). Project Trade (projecttrade.org) is an international opt‐in advocacy program for PPG members that promotes the use of force‐free training equipment by asking pet guardians to swap choke, prong and shock collars (and any other devices that are designed to change behavior or care for pets through pain or fear) for service discounts. Join today! PPG Names October, November Project Trade Ambassadors

(Left to right) Daniel Antolec, Pam FrancisTuss, Janis Crary and William Giese collected this selection of shock and prong collars as part of PPG’s Project Trade gear swap program

PPG Announces Writers’ Competition H ow would you like to win a FREE ticket worth $500 to PPG’s sixth annual summit in Phoenix, Arizona on September 1822, 2020? The event theme is Collaborative Care and Enrichment – Creating Partnerships for Positive Results and we are looking for blog posts or short features on the topic of animal shelter and rescue to publish on the BARKS Blog (barksfromtheguild.com/blog) or in BARKS from the Guild (barksfromtheguild.com). We may publish snippets on our social media platforms too.

Do you have, for example, a specific training tip or enrichment idea that you have successfully implemented in a shelter or rescue environment? Perhaps your tale is more personal, of one special rescue animal who has taught you something special, or changed your life forever? Whatever it is, if it’s related to shelter and/or rescue animals, we want to know about it!

Don’t consider yourself a writer? No problem. Just do the best you can, and if we choose your article for its content, we will help you knock it into shape. Photos, if you have them, are welcome.

The author of the winning blog post or article will win a FREE ticket to Phoenix 2020!

Please submit your article at petprofessionalguild.com/WinaFREETicket. Deadline for entries: April 5, 2020 Winner announced: April 20, 2020 See petprofessionalguild.com/Win‐a‐FREE ‐Ticket for Terms and Conditions. © Can Stock Photo/damedeeso

Throwback Podcasts: #ShockFreeCoalition Specials Project Trade a strategic way to apply a discounted service policy in exchange for aversive training equipment from September 26, 2017: bit.ly/2xIoXql Drayton Michaels and Niki Tudge An uncensored chat about training with shock! from September 28, 2017: bit.ly/2xLILKZ Dr. Marc Bekoff Do pet parents understand when their dog is feeling stressed or feeling happy? from October 1, 2017: bit.ly/2x9AL7Q

Full podcast schedule: barksfromtheguild.com/category/show‐schedule. Find and listen to all earlier BARKS Podcasts: barksfromtheguild.com/category/podcast.

Webinars The Finer Points of Marketing Pet Loss Services Presented by Coleen Ellis Wednesday, March 11, 2020 / Noon (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3530180 Earn Your CEUs via PPG’s Webinars, Workshops and Educational Summits!

Educational Summits PPG Summit 2020 (Phoenix, Arizona) (see also ad on p.64/back cover) Friday, September 18 Tuesday, September 22, 2020 petprofessionalguild.com/PPG2020Summit&Workshops

BRAVE Essential Coping Strategies for Every Dog Presented by Victoria Stilwell Monday, March 16, 2020 / Noon (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3718476 Genetic Testing Your Dog: Can you trust those health and breed results? Presented by Dr. Jessica Hekman Friday, April 3, 2020 / 1 p.m. (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3668533 How to Conduct a Successful Pet Loss Support Group Presented by Coleen Ellis Tuesday, April 7, 2020 / Noon (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3530218 Mantrailing Training Dogs to Find People Presented by Lisa Gorenflo Wednesday, April 8, 2020 / 6 p.m (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3662523 Just Get ’Em Out? Investigating the Effects of Sleepover and Field Trip Programs on the Welfare of Shelter Dogs Presented by Dr. Lisa Gunter Friday, April 24, 2020 / 1 p.m (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3661838 Anxiety: The Whole Story Presented by Dr. Jessica Hekman Friday, June 5, 2020 / 1 p.m (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/event3702923

• Details of all upcoming workshops: petprofessionalguild.com/Educational‐Summits Note: All dates and times are correct at time of going to press but are subject to change. Please check website for an updated list of all webinars, as well as discounted and on‐demand webinars: petprofessionalguild.com/GuildScheduledEvents. Residential Workshops Reactive to Relaxed: Next Steps in Control Unleashed with Leslie McDevitt (Tampa, Florida) (see also ad on p.31) Saturday, April 18, 2020 9 a.m. (EDT) Sunday, April 19, 2020 4:30 p.m. (EDT) petprofessionalguild.com/April2020ReactivetoRelaxedNext StepsinControlUnleashed Canine Scent Instructor Program with Dr. Robert Hewings (Tampa, Florida) (see also ad on p.63) Saturday, November 7, 2020 Wednesday, November 11, 2020 petprofessionalguild.com/2020ScentInstructorProgram Canine Scent Advanced Handling Program with Dr. Robert Hewings (Tampa, Florida) (see also ad on p.63) Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Saturday, November 21, 2020 petprofessionalguild.com/November2020CanineScentAdvanced Handling Learn How to Train Dogs to Detect Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Nightmares with Dr. Robert Hewings (Tampa, Florida) (see also ad on p.63) Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Wednesday, November 25, 2020 petprofessionalguild.com/TrainDogstoDetectPostTraumaticStressDisorder PPG Webinars On Demand Listen any time! (Scroll down to find all the latest additions): petprofessionalguild.com/RecordedWebinars

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