Membership is FREE and open to:
Are members of a national kennel club / union / federation or national cat registry / club /federation
Are actively involved or participate in dog / cat events such as:
Shows
Working disciplines agility, obedience, trials, flyball etc
Membership is open to all pet professionals who provide the following 5 Freedoms of Animal Welfare to all the animals in their care:
Animals have opportunities to access unrestricted, sufficient, species-specific, balanced , and clean food and water.
The animal’s environment provides comfort through temperature, substrate, space, air, odour, noise, and predictability.
Animals are in good health, and illnesses and injuries are prevented, or immediately and appropriately treated.
Animals are able to express a full range of natural behaviours such as exploration, foraging, bonding, playing, retreating, and others.
By presenting positive situations and/or solutions in the previous four functional domains, the mental state of the animal should benefit from predominantly positive states, such as pleasure, comfort, or vitality while reducing negative states such as fear, frustration, hunger, pain, or boredom.