What is the the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT)?

The following is quoted from the APDT website and used here with permission:

"The APDT is a professional educational organization of trainers who are committed to becoming better trainers through using positive, dog-friendly methods based on sound scientific principles. With over 5,000 members worldwide, the APDT provides professional dog trainers with a respected and concerted voice.  The APDT promotes caring relationships between dog and people and works to increase public awareness of dog-friendly training techniques."

For more information, visit the website at www.apdt.com.

What is the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Program (CGC)?

“Started in 1989, the CGC Program is designed to reward dogs who have good manners at home and in the community. The Canine Good Citizen Program is a two-part program that stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs. All dogs who pass the 10-step CGC test may receive a certificate from the American Kennel Club…

“AKC’s Canine Good Citizen® (CGC) Program is one of the most rapidly growing programs in the American Kennel Club. There are many exciting applications of this wonderful, entry level that go beyond the testing and certifying of dogs…

“In a little over one decade, the Canine Good Citizen Program has begun to have an extremely positive impact in many of our communities. This is a program that can help us assure that the dogs we love will always be welcomed and well-respected members of our communities….”

The above quotations were provided by the American Kennel Club. For more information, please visit their website at www.akc.org.