Animal Shelter Training
Animal Shelter Volunteer Training delivers hands-on tools for volunteers to cut stress, lift animal welfare, and speed adoptions via low-stress handling techniques, targeted behaviour support for fearful dogs and shy cats, straightforward volunteer procedures, and steady monitoring practices in fast-paced shelters.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips volunteers with practical skills 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 tools for reliable, kind daily operations.
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Develop skills
- Low-stress handling uses fear-aware methods for safe dog and cat care.
- Shelter behaviour tracking records stress levels, progress, and events with simple metrics.
- Fearful dog support applies quick enrichment, desensitisation, and emergency steps.
- Shy cat behaviour plans evaluate fear, outline weekly targets, and employ soft handling.
- Volunteer SOPs cover secure kennel access, communication scripts, and reporting routines.
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