CPDT-KA Professional Practices and
Ethics
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 1 - answerHelicoptering or Hanging
a Dog or otherwise restricting the airway of the dog
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 2 - answerPurposely lifting a dog by
the collar, leash, or scruff such that two or fewer of the dog's legs remain on the ground
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 3 - answerUsing electric shock
collar without first exhausting alternative intervention strategies, including positive
reinforcement of alternative behaviors, changes in antecedent stimuli, negative
punishment, negative reinforcement, extinction
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 4 - answerApplying more than one
shock collar at a time
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 5 - answerApplying shock collar to
genital region or abdomen
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 6 - answerToe or ear pinch as
negative reinforcement or positive punishment Acronym: help people eat any animal
that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 7 - answerDrowning
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 7 - answerUsing a cattle prod
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Practices Pupose - answerserves to govern those practices that a Certification Council
for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT®)
Ethics
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 1 - answerHelicoptering or Hanging
a Dog or otherwise restricting the airway of the dog
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 2 - answerPurposely lifting a dog by
the collar, leash, or scruff such that two or fewer of the dog's legs remain on the ground
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 3 - answerUsing electric shock
collar without first exhausting alternative intervention strategies, including positive
reinforcement of alternative behaviors, changes in antecedent stimuli, negative
punishment, negative reinforcement, extinction
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 4 - answerApplying more than one
shock collar at a time
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 5 - answerApplying shock collar to
genital region or abdomen
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 6 - answerToe or ear pinch as
negative reinforcement or positive punishment Acronym: help people eat any animal
that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 7 - answerDrowning
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Unacceptable practice for use by CCPDT certificant 7 - answerUsing a cattle prod
Acronym: help people eat any animal that doesn't chew
Practices Pupose - answerserves to govern those practices that a Certification Council
for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT®)
