Learning with dog

Since the beginning of 2017, there has no longer been a mandatory certificate of competence for dog owners in Switzerland. The concept developed by the VKAS for a new standardized training course now aims to remedy this situation and has secured broad support. The new National Dog Owner Certificate is supported by various organizations: the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, the Swiss Animal Protection STS, the Swiss Veterinary Association GST and the Swiss Association for Small Animal Medicine SVK, under the leadership of the Swiss Kennel Club VKAS.Unlike the legally required certificate of competence, however, the National Dog Owner Brevet is based on voluntary participation: away from compulsion and towards the realization that the training of dog owners and dogs is always worthwhile.COM.COM has created the slogan "Learning with dogs" for the voluntary participation of dogs in the "full program" with theory and practice or, for example, only the practical test in order to obtain the NHB certificate in credit card format.

The campaignJust as the owner-dog course is designed to be fun, so is the new national campaign, in which the selected dog photos speak a special visual language. In addition to the new Website  The 12-page brochure provides information in three languages on everything important about the SA. Posters with various subjects and in different formats are distributed throughout Switzerland by training organizations and municipalities.