Steps |
Date
Completed/Notes |
1. Read,
Implementing
Behavior Programs
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2. Read,
Why Conduct a Puppy Party?
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3. Read,
How to have a Successful
Puppy Party.
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3.
Decide who will be the Puppy
Party Coordinator and
Supervisor. Review the
Team
Education Checklists
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4.
Decide where, when and how
often you
want to hold a puppy party
(day, time, how often).
Decide
if you will
charge or have free puppy
parties.
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5.
Read,
How to Use ABN
Documents. Read this FAQ about
downloading, saving, and
modifying ABN Word Documents
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6.
Decide if you will also
offer puppy classes. Review,
The Puppy
Place!
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7. Read
all
Puppy Party
Resource Files
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8.
Decide what your
health requirements will
be.
Read,
Health & Vaccine Aspects
of Puppy Socialization
from Dr. Tripp, Dr. R.K.
Anderson, and Dr. Andrew
Luescher.
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9.
Obtain volunteers
to help supervise the puppy
party.
Complete the
Puppy Party Organization
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10. Post
flyers in your and in the neighborhood. See
Sample
Puppy Party Flyer
and
Sample
Puppy Party Flyer2
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11.
Place the
Puppy
Party Marketing Hand Out
announcing the time and
date of your party
- this can be used an
additional marketing tool
and can
be mailed or handed out.
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12.
Prepare to enroll all
puppies in the Error-Free
Puppy Raising ECourse using
the Animal Behavior Network
(ABN) Online Client Entry
Wizard (CEW). Print,
Sign
Up for Behavior Information
Form.
Personally invite every
puppy parent to attend a
puppy party.
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13.
Survey interest in other
Behavior Services offered
now or considered in the
future, Print,
Identify Behavior Services
Need and Interest
and make copies. |
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14.
Encourage families
to bring their children
and spouses. This helps to
socialize
the pups to men and women,
children and toddlers
. Review,
Canine Confidence Building
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15.
Limit the participants
to a number that your designated
room can comfortably hold
plus the number of volunteers.
Puppy Party Topics
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16.
Have a
waiting
list. Ask for phone
numbers and an email
address so that each owner
can be called and emailed if a spot
becomes vacant for the party.
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