Introduce compulsory accreditation/registration for professional dog trainers UK

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What the petition asks

Anybody can set up as a professional dog trainer in the UK, regardless of qualifications, experience or use of correct training methods. There needs to be a governing body responsible for accreditation, registration and logging of CPD for dog trainers in the UK. This will improve dog welfare greatly

APDT(UK) offers accreditation in order to become a member and vets usually recommend APDT(UK) trainers to their clients. However, this is a voluntary accreditation that members of the public may not be familiar with. A governing body similar to the APDT(UK) model (or give the APDT(UK) authority) needs to be created in order to increase pet dog welfare in the UK and in turn reduce dog bites and PTS through aggression problems that are exacerbated by advice given out by non accredited trainers.

Timeline

27 Jan 2016	Petition opened for signatures
27 Jul 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 91

Status Closed

Opened 27 Jan 2016

Closed 27 Jul 2016

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