Professional Animal Care and Training Association of BC

29/11/2024

Reminder: Saturday December 7th in Kamloops is an in-person event about PUPPIES! Only $20 or FREE for PACTA BC members.
For those who love puppies, pet professionals, those thinking of getting a puppy, those who have had a puppy...anyone!
More info at
https://www.pactabc.ca/lew_kamloops_2024_dec

This won't be recorded so you'll need to attend in person. 🐾

Setting Up Your Puppy For Success - Learning Exchange Workshop in Kamloops. Free for PACTA BC members! $20 for non-members.

23/11/2024

Puppy people in Kamloops area! In person event Saturday, Dec. 7.
Whether you have a puppy or love puppies, bring your experiences and questions to share!
Tickets $20. Free for PACTA BC members!
More info: https://www.pactabc.ca/events
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15/11/2024

What have you seen on social media or heard in your community around humane, reward-based animal care? What challenges do you think we face? How can we engage with kindness and respect to promote what we believe in?

PACTA's Vision and Mission statements guide what we do.

Join in our quarterly PACTA & Potato Chips chat this Sunday, or share your thoughts below. Let’s build a more compassionate community together! 🐾❤️

RSVP for the Zoom link: https://www.pactabc.ca/events

19/09/2024

What inspires you to help companion animals?
How and where do you volunteer, or want to volunteer?
"PACTA & Potato Chips" free casual chat
Sunday, September 22 at 4 pm PDT
RSVP for the Zoom link
https://www.pactabc.ca/potato_chips_2024_09_22

27/08/2024

What makes your dog even happier? Download the list!

At the end of my book Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy, there's a checklist for a happy dog that draws together all of the info in the book. People can use it to see what they are already doing right for their dog, and to have a think about what they might like to try to see if it makes their dog even happier. People have kept asking for this list to be available separately. So today, for , I've put it on my blog. You can get it here: https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2024/08/the-checklist-for-happy-dog-from-wag.html

08/06/2024

Don’t miss out! Join the discussion at PACTA and Potato Chips tomorrow at 4pm PT via Zoom: https://www.pactabc.ca/potato_chips_2024_06_09

01/06/2024

The P in PACTA...what does it mean to be a professional, and who gets to decide?

Join the conversation at our free, quarterly PACTA & Potato Chips Zoom event where we chat and eat snack foods. Everyone welcome, both members and non-members, anywhere in the world!

Sunday, June 9 at 4:00 pm PDT (5 pm MT).

You can get the Zoom link via our Events page:
https://www.pactabc.ca/events

06/05/2024

FREE live event: PETS & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS with professionals who have first hand disaster response experience/teach canine first aid. With time for your questions!

Hear stories from the front lines, learn easy things you can do to prepare, find out how you could get involved to help others' companion animals during a natural disaster, and more.

Friday, May 10 at 5 pm PDT

More details and RSVP for Zoom link at https://www.pactabc.ca/events



Free recording of the event will be available online.

28/03/2024

folks! There'll be another in-person Learning Exchange Workshop in your area in April!

Family Dynamics and Pets: we'll discuss goals, mindsets, and expectations, bringing home a new pet, preparing for a new human family member, and strategies to improve family dynamics for everyone. Come prepared to share – we want to learn from each other!

With facilitators Tanya Epp, Dr. Anne Flemming DVM and Steph Stegemann.

Tickets at https://www.pactabc.ca/events

21/03/2024

EXCITING news!
PACTA received a grant from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada for our PEARL project and have started on the website! The Peer Evaluated Animal Resource Library will be free for everyone to use! We'll share progress at our quarterly PACTA & Potato Chips chat: don't forget to RSVP on our website and choose your snack food for Sunday afternoon!

For the Zoom link: https://www.pactabc.ca/events
Free event. Members and non members welcome!

21/03/2024

We’re excited about the progress made on the development of PACTA’s Peer Evaluated Animal Resource Library (PEARL].

The goal of PEARL is to create a free and reliable collection of resource reviews for companion animal guardians and professionals that will quickly pinpoint valuable online, digital, and physical resources.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, and to very talented and productive coop students at Thompson Rivers University, we are very close to launching the PEARL project.

Please join us this Sunday, March 24th at 4pm PDT, to eat potato chips, talk about this much-need project, and find out how you can benefit!

Click on the event and RSVP for the Zoom link.

Interested in learning more about the Professional Animal Care and Training Assoc of BC? Join others to eat snack food at the quarterly PACTA & Potato Chips virtual event and chat about PACTA BC. Bring your chips, questions, and ideas!

06/03/2024

Help harnessing overexcited dogs: the fun, sciencey stuff behind making life easier for the person and the dog!
Antecedent arrangements, paw targets, generalisation, etc. and useful hints with Eileen Anderson.

https://eileenanddogs.com/blog/2023/12/31/putting-harness-on-dog-who-scratches

My dog Lewis used to scratch my arms in excitement when I put his harness on for a walk. Here is how I set out to fix that.

06/03/2024

Thank you, Dr. Amin Azadian, for kindly sharing your recent research into the learning and behaviour differences in dog breeds! It was a fascinating talk last night, and some facts were a bit of a surprise!

Good thing it was recorded so we can watch it again!

04/03/2024

NEW RESEARCH! Live Zoom event THIS TUESDAY! What affects a dog's behaviour and personality?
Veterinarian and UBC PhD candidate Dr. Amin Azadian will discuss his research into the behaviour differences in various groups of dog breeds. Q&A to follow!

Tuesday, March 5 at 7 pm PST
Tickets only $15 at https://www.pactabc.ca/events

It will be recorded. But the live event will allow you to ask YOUR questions! Don't miss it!

02/03/2024

Check out what's happening with PACTA BC!
Details on our Events page!
https://www.pactabc.ca/events

29/02/2024

What contributes to a dog's training "failure'? Lack of focus, motivation or poor learning ability? Are there breed differences?

Dr. Azadian will explain his recent research and what they learned about different groups of dogs, on
Tuesday, March 5 at 7 pm PST, LIVE via Zoom
Q&A period to follow
Tickets only $15 at https://www.pactabc.ca/events

26/02/2024

What can affect a dog's personality?
Find out from Dr. Azadian's LIVE presentation on his recent research into breed behaviour and learning differences in dogs!

March 5 at 7 pm PST
Tickets $15 at https://www.pac
Free ticket if you attend PACTA BC's online AGM!
Recording will be available later.

26/02/2024