Animal Shelter Training
This course equips volunteers and staff with essential skills to reduce animal stress, improve welfare, and increase adoptability in shelters via low-stress handling techniques, tailored behaviour plans for fearful dogs and shy cats, clear volunteer standard procedures, and reliable behaviour tracking methods.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
Gain practical tools to minimise stress and enhance welfare for dogs and cats in shelters. Master low-stress handling, fear-aware care, reward-based training, behaviour plans for shy cats and fearful dogs, volunteer protocols, safety measures, and data-tracking templates for efficient daily care.
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Develop Skills
- Low-stress handling: implement fear-aware methods for safe dog and cat care.
- Shelter behaviour tracking: record stress levels, progress, and incidents using simple metrics.
- Fearful dog support: conduct enrichment activities, desensitisation, and crisis response protocols.
- Shy cat behaviour plans: evaluate fear responses, establish 7-day goals, and apply gentle techniques.
- Volunteer SOPs: train on secure kennel access, communication scripts, and reporting in high-volume shelters.
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