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Press release

National Register of Dog Trainers and Behaviourists and
National Register of Groomers

www.itraindogs.uk
www.igroomdogs.uk

Independent and not-for-profit Registers administered by the Animal Care College

Formal Launch - on Friday 6th March on Stand 103 in Hall 5
with Dr Roger Mugford at 12 noon

The Animal Care College has been successfully delivering courses in all branches of animal care since 1980 and has built up an enviable reputation.

Over the years, its founder and Studies Coordinator, David Cavill, has been involved with, but increasingly frustrated by, many organisations which have been established to ensure that those involved in caring for animals professionally are properly trained and accredited.  Education is vitally important in every aspect of our daily lives but it is in the interests of institutions to create often complex and unnecessary barriers to membership and then, often, to imply that only their members have the expertise to solve the problems of the public.  This is almost always not the case.

At the same time, the Internet provides an easy route for anyone to set up as an ‘expert’ and with advertisements, pop-ups and the other ‘noise’ created by competing companies, organisations and individuals, it makes it very difficult for the public to find reliable professionals.

For these reasons, the Animal Care College has decided to create a number of n ot-for-profit National Registers of ‘information’ websites which provide clear and easy access to reputable professionals within the world of animal care.

The first two Registers (others are planned) are the National Register of Dog Trainers and Behaviourists and the National Register of Groomers.  They challenge current institutions but do not seek to undermine them, for all provide valuable services and educational resources to their members.  But these institutions often require substantial membership fees - and because there are so many organisations in competition with each other this makes the ‘playing field’ anything but level.  These National Registers are open to all professionals and semi-professionals who are prepared to sign up to the Codes of Practice and Terms and Conditions of Membership which are demanding and have been devised by the Animal Care College using their long experience of the pet sector.  These do not just give confidence to their clients but provide a contract between clients and members of the Register through the Codes of Practice which can be investigated by Trading Standards if any problems arise.  

The Registers are administered by the Animal Care College as part of its long-standing commitment to pet care in Britain

Full details are available on the websites themselves but more information can be obtained direct from:

David Cavill
Email:            mail@davidcavill.co.uk
Telephone:    01225 752 551
Mobile:           07860 591 881

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