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Building a Shock-Free World for Pets Don Hanson, chairman of the Shock-Free Coalition, introduces the 61-Day Shock-Free Pledge Drive that aims to educate both consumers and pet professionals about the risks associated with using shock collars
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rainers, behavior consultants and pet professionals, the Shock Free Coalition needs your help! Specifically, we need your help in educating your clients, colleagues, friends, and family members about the benefits of using rewardbased training and the dangers of using a shock collar as a training tool. Our goal is to prepare you so that you can ask pet owners and pet care professionals, especially veterinari ans and their staff, animal shelters and rescues, and other dog trainers to sign the ShockFree Pledge.
How Do I Get Others to Sign the Pledge? Visit shockfree.org/2020PledgeDrive after April 1, where you will find suggestions on how to talk to both pet guardians and pet professionals about pledging, and where you will be able to download flyers, promo tional materials, webinars, and podcasts to aid you in your efforts. Sug gestions and links will also be posted on the ShockFree Coalition Facebook page at facebook.com/shockfreecoalition throughout the Pledge Drive.
Pledge Drive The ShockFree Coalition will be launching a 61day pledge drive on April 1, 2020 and will be awarding prizes to those that get the most peo ple to Sign the Pledge at shockfree.org/2020PledgeDrive. This event is open to anyone that has signed the ShockFree Pledge and will end on May 31, 2020.
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First, make sure you have signed the ShockFree Pledge by vis iting shockfree.org, log in to your profile and print your mem bership card. You can do this from the home page by clicking on your name and clicking ‘View Profile’ once you log in. Print lots of cards and distribute them to your friends, family, neighbors, fellow PPG members, clients, students, and col leagues and ask them to take just three minutes to Sign the Pledge. When signing the Pledge, your referrals MUST enter your membership ID into the field between CITY and STATE, labeled “Who referred you to sign the pledge, please enter their ID # here.” That’s how we will be tracking who recruits the most pledges. Participants who recruit the most pledges will be eligible for some great prizes.
BARKS from the Guild/March 2020
Quick Links: ShockFree Coalition: shockfree.org ShockFree Coalition on Facebook: facebook.com/shockfreecoalition ShockFree Coalition Pledge Drive: shockfree.org/2020PledgeDrive
