Hot Dog News Na onally Recognized Dog Trainer Don Hanson, co-owner and Director of Behavior Counseling and Training at the Green Acres Kennel Shop in Bangor, recently a ended the 2nd Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Force-Free Educa onal Summit in Tampa, FL. He a ended presenta ons by veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall, veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker who talked about the importance of fearfree veterinary visits, animal trainers Ken Ramirez and Ken McCort, dog trainers Pat Miller, and Victoria S llwell and others. Topics covered during the five-day summit included; best business prac ces, canine cogni on, fear and anxiety in dogs and cats, interpreta on of research results, separa on anxiety, training dogs with imita on, and working with reac ve dogs. In January Hanson was recer fied as a professional dog trainer (CPDTKA) by the Cer fica on Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), an interna onally recognized cer fica on program for professional dog trainers. Cer ficants must recer fy with the CCPDT every three years, documen ng a minimum of thirty-six hours of con nuing educa on in CCPDT approved courses. Hanson recer fied with 133.5 hours of con nuing educa on. Hanson was one of twenty na onally recognized dog training professionals and behaviorists selected by the Associa on of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) to research and develop the first comprehensive wri en cer fica on examina on for professional dog trainers now managed by the CCPDT. He became one of the first trainers cer fied by the Cer fica on Council for Professional Dog Trainers in September of 2001.
Publisher Note: In last month's issue we ran a special feature on trainers that included an ar cle wri en by Sumac Grant-Johnson of Wag It Training Center. In this sec on we inadvertently used a photo of a dog wearing a choke collar. We would like to point out that choke collars are not something used by or approved of by Sumac or her training center. We apologize for the oversight and encourage you to consider her posi ve method of training the next me you need a trainer.
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