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Building Better Bonds!
Positive reinforcement training and bonding with your pet!
2026-11-14 14:00:00
2026-11-14 15:30:00
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Building Better Bonds!
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria's Senior Manager of Behavior and Training will provide tips for living harmoniously with your dog or cat at home, and answer specific questions about your pet.
Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Second Floor
Saturday, November 14
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
Second FloorAnimal Welfare League of Alexandria's Senior Manager of Behavior and Training will provide tips for living harmoniously with your dog or cat at home, and answer specific questions about your pet.
Ever wonder why your cat does the things they do? Or why your dog seems more interested in sniffing a blade of grass than to go on that run you planned? Come join the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s Senior Manager of Behavior and Training Joe Miench CPDT-KA, ABCDT for a discussion about animal behavior and how to turn your house into a home for your pets. Learn about how cats and dogs see and process the world around them, foundational information about training and learning, what positive reinforcement training is and how it benefits your pets even beyond training sessions. Q&A will be held at the end of the presentation, so come prepared with questions about your cat or dog, or animal behavior in general!
Event schedule:
2 - 2:45 PM: Welcome and Behavior 101: What is positive reinforcement training and why is it best
2:45 - 3:30 PM: Questions from the audience: time to ask questions about specific problems your experiencing
Please leave furry friends at home for this program 🙂🐕🐈
Want to submit a question for the behavior trainer ahead of time? Send your questions in advanced to kthorp@alexlibraryva.org
Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
Hours
About the branch
Parking: No library parking lot. Street parking is available. A paid parking lot is available on the 100 block of North Alfred Street.
Public Transit:
- Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1 mile) and King Street Stations (1.1 miles).
- Metrobus: A11, A12, F19
- DASH Bus: 30, 31, Old Town Circulator
- King Street Trolley: King & Columbus
For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.