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Pet Sitters International, the world’s leading educational association for professional pet sitters, highlights the educational resources available to today’s professional pet sitters.

KING, N.C. (August 29, 2016)— This September marks the inaugural Pet-Sitter Education Month™. Pet Sitters International (PSI) created this month-long effort to highlight professional pet sitters’ commitment to continuing education and to promote the various educational offerings readily available to today’s professional pet sitters.

PSI is the world’s largest and leading educational association for professional pet sitters—and its website, www.petsit.com, is the top online educational resource available to those in the industry. PSI was founded in 1994 by Patti J. Moran, author of Pet Sitting for Profit, and the association’s motto is “Pet-sitting excellence through education.”

“While the misperception of pet sitters as the ‘kid down the street’ or the ‘pet lover looking for extra cash on the side’ still exists, we find that PSI’s pet-sitting members are full-time pet-sitting professionals and 90 percent have completed at least some college,” explains Moran. “More and more professional pet sitters are also taking advantage of industry-specific trainings such as PSI’s Certification in Professional Pet Sitting.”

To assist professional pet sitters in taking advantage of educational opportunities in the industry, PSI’s Pet-Sitter Education Month section on petsit.com includes a listing of pet-sitter webinars, Ebooks, downloads and other trainings.

“More than three decades ago when I started pet sitting, there were no pet-sitting specific resources available to me,” Moran adds. “That’s why it has always been so important to me that PSI provides members with easy-to-access educational tools—from books and our member magazine to our Certification Program and member webinars—to improve their businesses and the services they provide to clients.”

PSI will also be launching a new educational offering for professional pet sitters during Pet-Sitter Education Month: #petsitterlive. PSI’s new program, #petsitterlive, will feature weekly Facebook live videos sharing pet-sitter tips, industry trends, marketing ideas and more.

During the month, PSI member pet sitters can also take advantage of deep discounts on PSI’s Certification Program, Ebooks and select products from The Pet Sitter Shop.

For more information on Pet-Sitter Education Month, visit petsit.com/pet-sitter-education-month. To learn more about PSI or to find a local PSI pet sitter, visit petsit.com/locate.