Speaking engagement at Kiwanis meeting

I was the guest speaker at the Prescott Kiwanis meeting yesterday, 8/6/09, for their weekly meeting. What fun this turned out to be! Many special perks.

I was suprized to find out that I knew so many of them (all but 2) from my involvement with the Prescott Area Chamber of Commerce. It's fun to address an audience of friends and aquaintances.

I don't think they really knew just what we do at Walks & Wags, and on what a professional/high quality level we operate. Most of them shared with me afterwards that it was eye opening and beneficial. I expounded mostly on the Behavioral HELP for Dogs techniques and told them how special the production of our newest cable shows have been. That gave me an opportunity to promote Braveheart Rescue, Inc in Hastings, MN where we filmed a large portion of our Shelter/Rescure show.

Several of the members had questions for me about their own situations with their dogs. I even ended up staying after the meeting with the journalist/photogragher from the Prescott Journal who much to my suprise was apparenty there for a story for the paper. The Journal has been so good to Walks & Wags and highlights us often, for which we are greatful. Thanks Lauren.

When the meeting adjourned, I was greeted by many of the attendees with thank you's, and positive comments, most of which included the words: "knowledgeable and zealous". Since I inject alot of humor in my speaking, a good time was had by all. It was an enjoyable way for them to open their minds to something that they, prior to the meeting, had not fully understood.

This speaking engagement was a real treat to me and as always gave me another opportunity to share the heart of Walks & Wags, let people know we are here and what we do, and educate them on how they can interact with their dogs in such a fashion as to rid them of their unwanted behaviors and live more harmoniously.