Taught by world-renowned shelter expert, Trish McMillan, The Shelter Dog Behavior Mentorship helps shelter staff understand dog behavior, reduce stress, and improve adoption rates. It’s a valuable program for creating a better environment for shelter dogs and promoting successful adoptions.

This intensive course will cover vital aspects of shelter behavior work, from intake to post-adoption support. With the help of your peers from all over the world, we will explore both science and best practices in order to build your shelter behavior programming. Our goal is to meet and exceed industry standards, and to give every dog in your care their best chance at finding a new home. There will be an emphasis on creating written policy and protocols for your department.

How does this work? In Part One, you’ll do a self-audit of your current behavior programming, and put together a list of goals for the next year. Once you have that list together, you’ll be enrolled in Part Two, for a whole year.

There are 20 modules, with zoom meetings every two weeks and a lively online discussion list where you can submit homework, ask questions, and get advice in between zoom mentoring sessions.

Goals:

• Shorten length of stay
• Reduce stress and improve behavior
• Understand the WHY behind behavior
• Learn and implement science-based best practices

WEBSITE LINK: https://trish-s-school-bcb6.thinkific.com/courses/SDBM365-shelter-dog-behavior-part-one