Having a well trained staff is central to organizational health and success. Unfortunately, it is often seen as an incidental part of budgeting.
Working safely and humanely with animals while interacting with the public requires specific knowledge and skills.
Without those necessary skills certain problems will inevitably occur such as accidents, injuries, staff turnover, low morale, inadequate care of the animals, inhumane handling and housing of animals, spread of disease, exposure to zoonotic diseases, increased workloads, and increased operational costs.
Investing in training will pay off exponentially in the long run. And by having me come to you, more staff can be trained by avoiding hotel, mileage, airfare, and meal expenses.
► Training will be tailored to your specified needs.
► The length of each training session will vary from a couple of hours to all day sessions.
► Sessions can be repeated to allow more staff to attend.
PAWS offers training in the following areas:
Zoonosis
Basic animal behavior
Safe and humane animal handling
Disease recognition
Shelter health
Sanitation
Enrichment
Stress mitigation
Animal hoarding investigations
Dog & cock fighting investigations
Animal cruelty investigations
Proper use of equipment
Disaster planning
Community Cat programs TNVR
Emergency Field assessments
Managed intake (pros and cons)
Pet retention
Lost/ found pets
Assessing behavior in sheltered animals