Top Dog

Dallas/Ft. Worth area animal welfare advocates are invited to attend our monthly Top Dog Speaker Series. One evening each month, Companions For Life will host an evening reception for shelter workers and rescue group volunteers where you can hear presentations from experts in various areas of animal rescue and animal welfare. Each Top Dog Speaker Series event will offer a unique networking opportunity, refreshments, door prizes, and most importantly – exciting, interesting speakers. Join our email list to receive information on speakers and locations.

**NEW***Texas Certified ACOs are now eligible for Continuing Education credits for select Top Dog Events!

Larry Powell, Urban Animal January, 2008	Paul Curington,Dallas Animal Services November 2007
Gerald Martin, City of Dallas Emergency Management Specialist	Bonnie Bradshaw, Texas Master Naturalist and Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator
Steve Thomason, GAP Dogs Introduction to Gifted Animal Placement June 2007	Local Experts Participate in Feral Cat Panel Discussion April 2007

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Here’s what past attendees have said about Top Dog events – “Very informative”, “Eye-opening”, “It was great!”, “Excellent – I want to present this to our group!”, “Loved it”, “Very good info – some surprising”.

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June 2006: Kat Albrecht, Missing Pet Partnership - Lost Pet Behaviors	July 2006: Pam Burney, ASPCA - More and Better Adoptions	August 2006: Jenny Womack, Atty. - Raffles, Contracts and More	September 2006: Gerald Martin, City of Dallas - An Introduction to the Incident Command System
October 2006: JP Bonnelly, The Republic of Dog - Behavior Issues in Foster Dogs and Shelter Dogs (Videos available upon request)	November/December 2006: Margaret Bryant, Bryant Dog Photography - Taking Better Pet Photos Tech Tip Sheet	January 2007: Bonnie Bradshaw, All about Wildlife -911 Wildlife	February, 2007: Gerald Martin, City of Dallas - An Introduction to the Incident Command System
March 2007: Mike Bass, City of Arlington - Pet CPR & 1st Aid Red Cross Pet 1st Aid Resources	April 2007 Panel Discussion - Feral Cat Q&A - Feral Friends - Kittico	May 2007 Laura Dapkus, Lone Star State Pit Bull Terrier Club - Understanding Bully Breeds	June 2007 Steve Thomasson and Chick Gardner, GAP Dogs -Gifted Animal Placement
July 2007 Denise Tatro, AKC Licensed Judge - Dog Breed Identification	August 2007 J.P. Bonnelly, Republic of Dog - Aggressive Dogs	September 2007 Paul Curington, Operations Manager – Dallas Animal Services & Adoption Center - The Lowdown on Animal Cruelty	December 2007 Local Rescue Groups and Shelters, -A Very Special Holiday Presentation
January 2008 Larry Powell, Urban Animal Magazine -Working with the Media