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Your Professional Pet Care Certification Program
Your Professional Pet Care Certification
Earn Your DN-PPCC
Presented by: Niki Tudge, Lousie Stapleton-Frappell, Paula Garber & Rebekah King.
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We recognize that, as a business owner, to expand and grow your business you need to develop new skills and knowledge and recruit, train and manage high-quality employees.
Investing in your business and your employees’ education is a wise decision.
Employing Certified Pet Care Professionals will make your company stand out as a more attractive service provider to discerning pet owners. And Certified Pet Care Professionals will find seeking out employment at top-notch facilities more attainable.
Choose an affordable program that will help expand your knowledge and training skills. You can develop your own knowledge or that of your employees! This will enable you to expand your service offerings, strengthen your client loyalty and generate more income. More importantly, it will help ensure the safety and comfort of all your four-legged charges.
Register for this online program and get full lifetime access.
Key Modules
- Introduction with Niki Tudge. How the program works and what you will learn!
- How Pets Learn with Louise Stapleton-Frappell. Understand how pets learn in the context of your role!
- Pet Tools, Equipment, Toys and Supplies with Louise Stapleton-Frappell and Paula Garber. This is two individual modules. The what and why and when of pet care SWAG!
- Pet Behavior and Social Communication with Niki Tudge and Paula Garber. This is two individual modules. Understand and communicate effectively with those you care for!
- Anatomy and Physiology with Niki Tudge and Rebekah King. Know and understand those for who you are responsible!
- Health and Handling with Rebekah King. Learn how to practice safe handling and monitor and observe the health of those in your care!
- Pet First Aid and Emergency Protocols with Rebekah King. Act competently in the face of an emergency! This module is also an independent certification as a Pet First Aid Responder
- Pet Enrichment with Niki Tudge, Louise Stapleton-Frappell and Paula Garber. Keeping pets’ lives fun and interesting!
- Business Best Practices with Niki Tudge. Learn the best pet care protocols and procedures to support your knowledge and skills!

E-WorkBook – 1O Easy Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash!
E-WorkBook – 1O Easy Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash!
Helping You Get It Right!
Do you have a dog that pulls you along like a steam train pulling freight?
Do you secretly dread walking your dog because they pull the leash so tight that it makes your arms and shoulders ache? If so, walks are probably miserable for you, and, undoubtedly, for your dog too.
You aren’t alone!
Many dogs pull when on leash. This doesn’t just make walks unpleasant; it can even be dangerous for both the dog and for you, their guardian.
Walking nicely is a life skill that when missing can significantly and negatively impact the human-canine relationship resulting in fewer walks, less exercise, and a decrease in social exposure for the dog.
Let’s change that!
Leash walking issues can be very frustrating for you and for your dog but, with the help of the 10 Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash E-Workbook, and with safe, humane, and fun training techniques, you will soon be on the road to improving both you and your dog’s leash skills.

10-Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash – Your Professional Tool-Kit
10-Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash – Your Professional Tool-Kit
Includes a Full 6-Class Curriculum and a 56-Page Client E-WorkBook!
An Invaluable Resource for ALL Trainers & Pet Care Providers – Increase Your Income While Providing a Much-Needed Service!
As pet professionals, we all know how important it is that a dog can happily walk on a loose leash. And if you ask pet dog guardians, they will tell you that this is one of the skills at the top of their list.
Walking nicely on a loose leash is such an important skill and can be so much fun to train! Dogs that learn how to walk nicely on a loose leash are a pleasure to take out, and, as a result, enjoy more walks, more exercise, and more social exposure!
At DogNostics’ we wish to provide you with the tools that will not only make a difference to your life as a pet professional – both improving your skills and increasing your income – but will also positively impact the pets you work with and their guardians. Real changes for a real world!
As per all our Professional Toolkits, we are sure that you will find DogNostics’ 1O-Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash Toolkit one of the best small investments you ever make!
We hope that you love the program as much as we do!
A DOGNOSTICS’ PET DOG SOLUTIONS RESOURCE FOR PET PROFESSIONALS!
In this indispensable skills-based program, we provide a DogNostics’ Pet Dog Solution that combines the art, craft, and science, of teaching a dog to walk nicely on a loose leash.
You will…
- Understand the many reasons that dogs pull when on a leash.
- Learn how to play the Marker Game.
- Learn how to train Stand on Leash.
- Learn how to train the Front position
- Learn how to train the Close position.
- Master the ten steps to walking nicely on a loose leash via video demonstrations and written instructions.
- Learn games that can be used to proof and generalize a dog’s loose leash walking skills!
- Access a full 6-class curriculum, and a 56-page client e-workbook!
- Incorporate your newfound knowledge, and the material presented, into your business providing an essential service and increasing your business revenue!
What pet dog guardians should achieve if you systematically work through this program:
- Their dog will learn how to walk nicely on a loose leash without pulling them.
- They will learn how to respond should their dog pull or lunge forwards.
- They will learn how to walk their dog without tightening the leash. Yes, humans pull too!
- They will have the tools and the knowledge to continue to practice their skills and generalize them to different environments.
- They will improve the relationship that they share with their dog.
- They will communicate more clearly with their dog.
- Their dog’s focus on them will increase.
- Their focus on their dog will also increase!
- They will both enjoy spending time together.
- They will look forward to their walks together!
Your Program Content Includes:
Your 10 Key Knowledge Pieces
- KNOWLEDGE 1 – Why Do Dogs Pull?
- KNOWLEDGE 2 – Behavior & Consequence.
- KNOWLEDGE 3 – The Mechanics of Treat Delivery.
- KNOWLEDGE 4 – Train-Test-Train.
- KNOWLEDGE 5 – What You Should Pay Attention to!
- KNOWLEDGE 6 – Empower Your Dog!
- KNOWLEDGE 7 – Self-Reinforcing Behaviors.
- KNOWLEDGE 8 – Alternative Reinforcers.
- KNOWLEDGE 9 – Distractions: The Environment Throws a Curve Ball!
- KNOWLEDGE 10 – My Dog is Pulling. What Should I Do?
- THE MARKER GAME – How to condition the verbal marker, “Yes”!
- STAND ON LEASH – Take the tension out of the leash!
- FRONT – Dog opposite and facing the guardian.
- CLOSE – Dog to the left side of the guardian.
Your 10-Step Training Plan Videos. Ten short video files to use, however you need to support your training and business growth!
- STEP 1 – Follow Me For One Step!
- STEP 2 – Follow Me For Five Steps!
- STEP 3 – Step Back & Then Turn Forward!
- STEP 4 – Step Back & Walk Forward Five Steps!
- STEP 5 – Ten Individual Steps Forward!
- STEP 6 – Walk Together For Ten Steps!
- STEP 7 – Walk Together For Twenty Steps!
- STEP 8 – Let’s Change Direction: “This Way!”
- STEP 9 – How to Make a U-Turn!
- STEP 10 – Let’s Stop Together!
Two Fun Proofing Games. Step-by-Step written instructions are included in the Client E-Workbook!
- The Wobbles
- The Chatterbox
56-Page Client E-Workbook. For you to download and share with your clients – This is the perfect gift for your clients at the end of their 10 Steps to Walking Nicely on a Loose Leash program!
Trainer’s 6-Class Quick Reference Plan
Class Graduation Certification. 1 x Editable Pdf Client Certificate.
We have also included some wonderful marketing resources for you!
- 2 Social Media Graphics
- 1 x Editable Class Flyer. You can insert the date, time, & location of your class, and where to register e.g., your website, email address, or phone number.

A Kids’ Comprehensive Guide To Speaking dog!
A Kids’ Comprehensive Guide To Speaking dog!
A fun, Interactive, educational resource to help the whole family understand canine communication
This is a fun, interactive, educational resource to help the whole family understand canine communication. Keep future generations safe by learning to “speak dog!” The perfect tool for parents, educators, dog trainers, and behavior specialists to use in support of family pet dog training.
Available as a PDF and ePub versions
- Features the renowned Be a Tree® international dog bite safety program
- Real-life situations explained with photos and fun cartoons
- Complete toolbox to help children stay safe around just about any dog
- Written and contributed to by qualified canine training and behavior specialists
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