Animal Shelter Training
Animal Shelter Training delivers hands-on methods for volunteers to cut down stress, lift animal welfare, and speed up adoptions using gentle handling techniques, custom behaviour support, straightforward volunteer rules, and steady progress tracking in fast-paced shelters.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical tools to ease stress and enhance welfare for dogs and cats in shelters. Master low-stress handling, fear-sensitive care, reward training, behaviour plans for timid cats and scared dogs, plus volunteer guidelines, safety steps, and tracking systems for reliable daily care.
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Develop skills
- Low-stress handling: use fear-aware methods for safe dog and cat care.
- Shelter behaviour tracking: record stress levels, improvements, and events with simple measures.
- Fearful dog support: apply quick enrichment, desensitisation, and emergency steps.
- Shy cat behaviour plans: evaluate fear, plan 7-day targets, and apply soft handling.
- Volunteer SOPs: train on secure kennel access, communication scripts, and reporting in crowded shelters.
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