Animal Shelter Training
Animal Shelter Training equips volunteers and staff with essential skills to lower animal stress, elevate care standards, and increase adoption rates. Key areas include low-stress handling methods, tailored behaviour plans for fearful dogs and shy cats, volunteer standard procedures, and reliable tracking systems for behaviour and welfare monitoring in demanding shelter environments.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides practical tools to minimise stress and enhance welfare for dogs and cats in shelter settings. Participants learn low-stress handling techniques, fear-aware care practices, and reward-based training methods. It includes detailed behaviour modification plans for timid cats and anxious dogs, along with straightforward volunteer guidelines, safety measures, and record-keeping templates for effective daily operations.
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Develop skills
- Low-stress handling: implement fear-aware methods for safe dog and cat management.
- Shelter behaviour monitoring: record stress levels, advancements, and events using simple metrics.
- Fearful dog assistance: conduct short enrichment activities, desensitisation, and emergency responses.
- Shy cat care strategies: evaluate fear responses, establish weekly targets, and apply soft handling.
- Volunteer guidelines: train on secure kennel access, communication scripts, and reporting in high-volume shelters.
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