Are you adapting different training modalities for your employees?

by Nancy Hassel, American Pet Professionals Have you ever stopped to think, what is the best way that you learn?   What modality of education or training serves you best when learning?    Hands on, by doing?  Training Videos? Audio?  Reading a brochure?  Following an

Hiring woes?

by Nancy Hassel, American Pet Professionals Are you having hiring woes?   We know as a business owner in the pet industry just how hard it is to find reliable employees or outside contractors when it comes to your service based pet business.   Over

SuperZoo Reveals 2022 Lineup of Special Events & New Features

Press Release from WPA: SuperZoo, North America’s largest and most comprehensive marketplace for the pet industry, will kick off next month, providing pet professionals from around the world the most comprehensive collection of new products and emerging trends, educational offerings and the latest grooming techniques. This

Earth Friendly Pet Products & Businesses!

Staff at American Pet Professionals Happy Earth day!  We love to shine a light on our members of American Pet Professionals who have eco-friendly pet products and services.   The Bike Tow Leash® – Official Website is eco friendly.  All Bike Tow Leashes are sustainably manufactured

Back In-Person at Global! 2022 Re-cap

by Nancy Hassel of American Pet Professionals  After 2 long years, being back at Global Pet Expo in Orlando two weeks ago, was awesome.  I won’t lie, I was definitely a bit anxious to be back in a mostly mask-less crowd of people (myself included),

Digging into the Pet Industry!

Did you hear about our brand new live show series, Digging Into the Pet Industry™? And as of November 2022, Digging Into the Pet Industry™ is a PODCAST as well!  Now if you miss a live video show, or want to learn more via the

Celebrating 13 Years in Business!

by APP Staff   It was a cold night in February 2009, the 27th to be exact, smack dab in the middle of the recession when our founder and President of APP, Nancy Hassel decided to host a networking event for pet professionals on Long

Will you be attending Pet Industry Events in 2022?

By Nancy Hassel, American Pet Professionals In the past two weeks a few pet events that were held in-person, a business event and a consumer pet event, have reported that they had an excellent attendance and everyone seemed excited to be there, and back to

Cat food shortage?

by Nancy Hassel, American Pet Professionals Cat food shortage?  During the first two weeks in January, when I was at my local grocery store, it was eerily looking like late April 2020 with many of the shelves bare, and not being able to find certain

What do we do here at APP?

For the past 13 years, here at American Pet Professionals, our focus has been 100% on helping pet businesses, solo pet entrepreneurs, animal rescues, and non-profit organizations thrive and grow in their respective businesses.   If you’re in the pet industry or just about to