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National Train Your Dog Month!

EverythingDogBlog #114: If it’s January, it must be Train Your Dog Month! Get your new pup or dog off to a great start!

Brought to you by the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT, of which I am a proud member), the 4th annual National Train Your Dog Month (TYDM) is off to a great start with this logo. According to CEO Mychelle Blake, APDT wanted a logo that is “very simple and easily identifiable as [being] dog related, to anyone, since TYDM is primarily an event to educate the public.”

What better month to do this than January, soon after Christmas pups and dogs arrive?

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The emphasis for Train Your Dog Month is on the family dog and everyday manners with contests, free webinars for the public, and “tips and tricks” for teaching the basics: sit, down, stay, wait, come, and loose-leash-walking (LLW).

In addition Facebook chats for the public will focus on these topics to help promote taking your dog to a basic training class (no matter what his age) and understanding how your life with your dog can become better by his knowing these behaviors.

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