A key mission of the Pet Professional Guild is to build an international coalition of competent and ethical pet service professionals who can
create widespread industry transparency regarding the use and purpose of commercially available pet training and care tools and equipment.
Pet Professional Guild
Events
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
May 27, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
June 24, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
July 22, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
August 26, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
September 23, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
October 28, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
November 25, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
December 23, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
October 8, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
November 12, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
December 10, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
May 14, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
June 11, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
July 9, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
How Can We Help? PPG Member Meetings
August 13, 2025
Your Membership Support Call Join the PPG leadership team for a brief 30-minute meeting to discuss current developments at PPG and how we [...]
Why Become A Member
PPG’s guiding principles provide a direct path forward for the industry while supporting professional autonomy,
encouraging its members to approach training and care as they wish while working within PPG’s guiding principles.
PPG is a great educational resource for pet owners
Pet owners are very important to us here at PPG. Our goal is to help pet owners provide the best life possible for their furry family members. Members focus on the pets and owners' physical, emotional, and behavioral welfare.
compassionate, ethical and humane pet professionals
PPG promotes the use of positive training methods, both personally and professionally, and holds that all training should be conducted in a manner that encourages pets and their owners to enjoy the process, leading to more confident and well-adjusted families.
specific, measurable and forward-thinking
PPG members optimize the use of applied behavior analysis to systematically identify and resolve problem behaviors using the least aversive and intrusive training methods, tools and equipment. The key focus is on ensuring pets are relaxed and happy during training and care procedures.
members actively discourage using fear, force or pain
PPG members actively recommend against the use of any training tools and equipment whose purpose or intent is to interrupt or redirect behavior using fear, force or pain. Overwhelming scientific evidence presented through our Position Statements supports our Guiding Principles.
providing information at the forefront of science and ethics
PPG promotes scientifically researched methods of training and behavior modification that are the least intrusive and most effective, both to its members and the pet-owning community at large.
Informed by Science, Guided by Empathy, Governed by Ethics
PPG members are committed to demonstrating integrity, compassion and an uncompromising commitment to excellence in the care and support of clients and their pets.
Divisions
Under each division, you will find some great resources, events, and other division-specific information and resources.
The Pet Professional Guild Programs
Members are eligible to join these programs at a substantial discount. The Pet Professional Accreditation Boad offers several options for accreditation.
