Petfinder.com Enhances Its Leading ‘All Things Pets’ Site With Renowned Adoption Specialist Trainers
Posted on February 29, 2008
Filed Under Internet, Web 2.0
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Petfinder.com, the No. 1
pet-related site on the Web, announced today that through its site,
potential adopters will now have access to advice, tips and regimens from
top adoption behavior specialists. Adopters will also have access to online
training videos featuring the new Petfinder.com trainers.
The addition of the Petfinder.com trainers comes as a result of an
innovative partnership between Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible, a pet
media group that produces a wide range of reward-based training videos. The
companies partnered to achieve their common goal of finding a forever home
for all adoptable pets through supporting new pet parents before, during
and after the point of adoption.
The new Petfinder.com trainers include Kellyann Conway, the recently
appointed President of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), and
Traci Theis who will regularly engage with users through the popular
message boards, an active blog site as well as through frequent question
and answer sessions.
“Our mission goes far beyond simply placing homeless pets into new
homes,” said Betsy Saul, co-founder of Petfinder.com. “We are committed to
ensuring that all of our pets are safely and easily integrated into their
new family. Our new Petfinder.com trainers specialize in the needs of
adoptable pets and could not be a better match to help us accomplish our
dream of wiping out the need for shelters and rescue groups.”
Both Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible were acquired last year by media
giant Discovery Communications.
About Petfinder.com:
Petfinder.com is an online, searchable database of animals that need
permanent homes. A directory of 11,000 animal shelters and adoption
organizations across the USA, Canada and Mexico, the organization’s
technology helps visitors search adoptable pets in their areas that fit
their family’s individual needs and preferences. In addition, Petfinder.com
also offers a wealth of information about how to select a family pet and
how to raise and care for an animal. The Web site is free to use. Animal
shelters and placement groups can register to join Petfinder.com online and
can start entering pets the same day.
About Kellyann Conway:
Conway is currently the Director of Animal Training and Behavior for
Petfinder.com. She began training animals in 1986 with reward-based
training methods to attain a strong desire for success from both the pet
and their people. Shortly after college she opened her own training
business and doggy daycare center. In 2004, she co-founded PetsIncredible,
causing a revolution in the animal care community with an animal training
DVD series for new pet adopters that is designed to keep pets in their new
homes for life. She is currently the President for the Association of Pet
Dog Trainers (APDT) which is the largest association of dog trainers in the
world and serves on the Board of Directors for The Companion Animal
Sciences Institute (CASI). In 2007, Conway was honored with “Outstanding
Trainer of the Year” award.
About Traci Theis:
Theis has more than 14 years experience training shelter animals, pet
adopters, shelter staff and volunteers at the Humane Society of Pinellas in
Clearwater, Fla., as a co-founder of PetsIncredible and serves as the
Director of Shelter Relations and an animal trainer for PetsIncredible and
Petfinder.com. In 2006, Traci founded the shelter’s Animal Behavior Council
which implemented the revolutionary shelter program, Open Paw. Theis also
was chosen as “Outstanding Trainer of the Year” for her work to advance the
education of pet parents on behavior and training techniques. As a member
of the APDT, she strives to continue her education by attending
professional workshops and by continuing to work with whom she has learned
so much from - shelter animals.
CONTACT:
Thea Linscott Katy Layton
CooperKatz for Petfinder.com CooperKatz for Petfinder.com
212-455-8045 212-455-8029
tlinscott@cooperkatz.com klayton@cooperkatz.com
SOURCE Petfinder.com
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