Why join an organization?

I feel it is important to support organizations that bring together people that share your business ideals.

Organizations like APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), PCSA (Pet Care Services Association), and CCPDT (Certification Counsil for Professional Dog Trainers) help bring about changes for the good and standardization in our industry.

The people who volunteer and work for these organizations are to be commended for their level of committment to us and for ourselves in making the committment to be doing the best we can do for our clients.

My membership with the Association of Pet Dog Trainers has helped me to stay up on the latest sciences of training behaviors, meet other positive trainers, and meet the some of best people in the business.

Attending our six day very intense extremely long-day conference is something I look forward to all year long. So much is learned, and so many new friendships are formed. I return home with tons of new things to think about and many new talents to add to my bag of tricks.

I arrive at the conference dreading how exhausted I will be by the end of the day, though each new day finds me up and at it again, I can't wait to get the new day started. I must confess that I have not been able to stay up to watch my favorite program Hannity while attending a conference, I am out like a light as soon as my head hits the pillow and I wake up sometime way into the night to turn the TV off. Getting old I guess.

The APDT brings together trainers who are serious about their craft. We are availed of the opportunity of meeting the best trainers in the business who take time out of their own lives to present at our conferences.

It is really wonderful to be able to sit in a session with one listening to one of your favorite authors present the latest and greatest on their speaking topic.

I am praying that I can find the finances to be able to attend this fall. For several years I have been wanting to meet Steve White, and he and his wife Jennifer will both be presenting this year in California.

Gosh!