Dear Volunteers
Many thanks for your expressions of interest in the Sunday Dog Rehabilitation Program.
The reality, though, is that this Program is not for everyone. It is not just a Sunday session. It is a Program that will change your weekends, and may change your life in major ways. It may not fit in with your lifestyle, your other commitments, or your physical abilities. This Program entails committing a major part of your Sundays, and sometime during the week, to rehabilitate shelter dogs with issues. To give you an idea of what this entails, I have set out below the objectives, purpose, scope of work, the required commitments, and reminders. Please read these carefully, and be very pragmatic about considering the possible extent of your commitments. If you are a hundred per cent sure you can and want to make the necessary commitment, please send me an email about why you want to do this so we can discuss arrangements.
Background
At PAWS, we have a constant stream of dogs coming in from harsh conditions. At the moment we have about 38. Sometimes we go up to 45. Although we have had high a adoption rate in the past months, due to the unceasing efforts of our shelter team, there are still several dogs who have not been adopted in spite of their being in the shelter for many months, sometimes years. In addition to physical rehabilitation, we have found that we need to do behavioral rehabilitation so that the unadoptable dogs become adoptable. Behavioral training takes time, commitment, understanding, and strength of will. General physical health is also important. Our dog behaviorist and trainer, who is committed to the well-being of dogs in general, and who is particularly concerned about the welfare of PAWS's shelter dogs, has agreed to help PAWS with the behavioral rehabilitation of shelter dogs with issues.
Program Objectives:
To have balanced shelter dogs that have increased chances of adoption.
To create a pool of regular dog rehabilitation volunteers who can be called on to work with special dogs that come into the shelter.
Program Purposes:
For four to six volunteers to:
- each work consistently with a specific dog from the shelter, under the supervision and mentoring of a certified dog behaviorist and trainer, until their dog achieves a sense of balance
- learn how to rehabilitate shelter dogs and continue the rehabilitation program on their own, working with other shelter dogs
- mentor a second batch of four to six volunteers to continue the program
Scope of Work:
Sunday haf-day sessions.
Volunteers meet at PARC (PAWS Shelter) at 9:00 to pick up their partner shelter dogs.
Volunteers, as a group, leave PARC at 9:10 with their partner shelter dogs and proceed either to the River Front Park or La Vista Village (with LVV resident/ PAWS volunteer Elsie Araneta).
Volunteers, as a group, run and walk with the dogs for 45 minutes and then return, as a group, to PARC.
Lecture, hands-on training, and mentoring of volunteers start at 10:30 SHARP with the dog behaviorist and trainer.
Sessions would normally go up to 12:00 but could also go up to 1:30 or 2:00 in the afternoon.
There will be at least 10 sunday sessions starting December 14.
Mid-week work out with partner shelter dogs.
Volunteers will come in to PARC at least two more times a week, to work on their own, with their partner shelter dogs.
The "homework" will be set by the dog behaviorist.
The mid-week schedules will be regular, consistent, and should be for at least one hour - to allow for exercise time for the dog (just around the shelter) and work out time.
Mid-week schedules will be arranged and coordinated with the Shelter Manager, Liza Umayam.
Echo training.
With the clearance of the dog behaviorist and trainer, the trained volunteers will in turn train and mentor a second batch of four to six volunteers with the objective of ensuring the sustainability of this program.
Sustained rehabilitation program
The trained volunteers are expected to constitute a regular pool of volunteer dog rehabilitators on whom PAWS may rely to come in, when called, to work with specific shelter dogs that need rehabilitation. Their rehabilitation work will have the objective of bringing the specific dog into balance.
Required commitments:
No sunday session and no midweek session can be skipped until the all training sessions are completed.
After the training sessions are complete, the volunteers must continue to work with their dogs and must start rehabilitating other dogs.
The volunteers must also start training a second batch of volunteers.
Volunteers must commit to being active members of the pool of rehabilitators.
Reminders:
Consistency and regularity are important for the dogs.
strengthn of will and physical health are important for the program.
Calm, assertive, balanced demeanors are important for the person - dog relationship.
Cleaning up the poop of partner dogs is an Absolute Must on walks (whether inside or outside the shelter).
Bringing treats for the partner dogs is part of the volunteer's responsibility - the volunteer is expected to soon find out what treats work best with their partner dogs.
Please check with the dog trainers and / or shelter manager if your treats are safe for the dogs
Properly dressed is properly prepared - MUSTS: comfortable clothes, socks and running shoes, sunblock. OPTIONS: caps and sunglasses. DON'Ts: strong perfumes or lotions.
If you cannot commit to this program, please do not be disheartened. Again, this is not for everyone. There are many other things you can do to help the animals at the PAWS shelter. Please send an email to philpaws@... for details about feeding programs, walking and bathing the dogs on weekends, and other similar activities.
Many thanks for your expressions of interest in the Sunday Dog Rehabilitation Program.
The reality, though, is that this Program is not for everyone. It is not just a Sunday session. It is a Program that will change your weekends, and may change your life in major ways. It may not fit in with your lifestyle, your other commitments, or your physical abilities. This Program entails committing a major part of your Sundays, and sometime during the week, to rehabilitate shelter dogs with issues. To give you an idea of what this entails, I have set out below the objectives, purpose, scope of work, the required commitments, and reminders. Please read these carefully, and be very pragmatic about considering the possible extent of your commitments. If you are a hundred per cent sure you can and want to make the necessary commitment, please send me an email about why you want to do this so we can discuss arrangements.
Background
At PAWS, we have a constant stream of dogs coming in from harsh conditions. At the moment we have about 38. Sometimes we go up to 45. Although we have had high a adoption rate in the past months, due to the unceasing efforts of our shelter team, there are still several dogs who have not been adopted in spite of their being in the shelter for many months, sometimes years. In addition to physical rehabilitation, we have found that we need to do behavioral rehabilitation so that the unadoptable dogs become adoptable. Behavioral training takes time, commitment, understanding, and strength of will. General physical health is also important. Our dog behaviorist and trainer, who is committed to the well-being of dogs in general, and who is particularly concerned about the welfare of PAWS's shelter dogs, has agreed to help PAWS with the behavioral rehabilitation of shelter dogs with issues.
Program Objectives:
To have balanced shelter dogs that have increased chances of adoption.
To create a pool of regular dog rehabilitation volunteers who can be called on to work with special dogs that come into the shelter.
Program Purposes:
For four to six volunteers to:
- each work consistently with a specific dog from the shelter, under the supervision and mentoring of a certified dog behaviorist and trainer, until their dog achieves a sense of balance
- learn how to rehabilitate shelter dogs and continue the rehabilitation program on their own, working with other shelter dogs
- mentor a second batch of four to six volunteers to continue the program
Scope of Work:
Sunday haf-day sessions.
Volunteers meet at PARC (PAWS Shelter) at 9:00 to pick up their partner shelter dogs.
Volunteers, as a group, leave PARC at 9:10 with their partner shelter dogs and proceed either to the River Front Park or La Vista Village (with LVV resident/ PAWS volunteer Elsie Araneta).
Volunteers, as a group, run and walk with the dogs for 45 minutes and then return, as a group, to PARC.
Lecture, hands-on training, and mentoring of volunteers start at 10:30 SHARP with the dog behaviorist and trainer.
Sessions would normally go up to 12:00 but could also go up to 1:30 or 2:00 in the afternoon.
There will be at least 10 sunday sessions starting December 14.
Mid-week work out with partner shelter dogs.
Volunteers will come in to PARC at least two more times a week, to work on their own, with their partner shelter dogs.
The "homework" will be set by the dog behaviorist.
The mid-week schedules will be regular, consistent, and should be for at least one hour - to allow for exercise time for the dog (just around the shelter) and work out time.
Mid-week schedules will be arranged and coordinated with the Shelter Manager, Liza Umayam.
Echo training.
With the clearance of the dog behaviorist and trainer, the trained volunteers will in turn train and mentor a second batch of four to six volunteers with the objective of ensuring the sustainability of this program.
Sustained rehabilitation program
The trained volunteers are expected to constitute a regular pool of volunteer dog rehabilitators on whom PAWS may rely to come in, when called, to work with specific shelter dogs that need rehabilitation. Their rehabilitation work will have the objective of bringing the specific dog into balance.
Required commitments:
No sunday session and no midweek session can be skipped until the all training sessions are completed.
After the training sessions are complete, the volunteers must continue to work with their dogs and must start rehabilitating other dogs.
The volunteers must also start training a second batch of volunteers.
Volunteers must commit to being active members of the pool of rehabilitators.
Reminders:
Consistency and regularity are important for the dogs.
strengthn of will and physical health are important for the program.
Calm, assertive, balanced demeanors are important for the person - dog relationship.
Cleaning up the poop of partner dogs is an Absolute Must on walks (whether inside or outside the shelter).
Bringing treats for the partner dogs is part of the volunteer's responsibility - the volunteer is expected to soon find out what treats work best with their partner dogs.
Please check with the dog trainers and / or shelter manager if your treats are safe for the dogs
Properly dressed is properly prepared - MUSTS: comfortable clothes, socks and running shoes, sunblock. OPTIONS: caps and sunglasses. DON'Ts: strong perfumes or lotions.
If you cannot commit to this program, please do not be disheartened. Again, this is not for everyone. There are many other things you can do to help the animals at the PAWS shelter. Please send an email to philpaws@... for details about feeding programs, walking and bathing the dogs on weekends, and other similar activities.
Team Leader - Sunday Dog Rehabilitation Program
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