DOG CAPTURE & HANDLING COURSES
FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS
There have never been dog capture & handling courses such as this.
To register visit GWR’s Training Schedule
Dr. Mark Johnson will be teaching two different courses across North America specifically for the animal control officer, shelter worker, and disaster responder. These are the most extensive courses in handling fearful and dangerous dogs. They are also unique in teaching compassionate dog handling in which we are not fighting the dog. This is essential for professionals and volunteers addressing hoarding cases, responding to disasters, handling fearful dogs in shelters, assisting with trap/neuter/release programs, and rescuing dogs in general.
DOG CHEMICAL AND NON-CHEMICAL CAPTURE FOR ACOs is a three day course designed specifically for the animal control officer. In addition to the most thorough instruction on chemical immobilization, Dr. Johnson will enthusiastically cover a variety of approaches for physical restraint, boxtrapping, colony trapping, and the use of the Y pole to provide the ACO with a compassionate advantage when working with aggressive dogs. The 3-day course fee is $475. ACO Course Outline
DOG NON-CHEMICAL CAPTURE AND HANDLING is a two day dog handling course specifically designed for non-animal control officers – anyone handling fearful dogs such as with hoarding cases, responding to disasters, handling fearful dogs in shelters, assisting with trap/neuter/release programs, and rescuing dogs in general. The 2-day course fee is $375. Here is an outine of our non-ACO course content.
GWR courses promote care, honor, and respect for each animal that is handled
and are often profound career experiences for course participants.
DR. MARK’S TRAINING SCHEDULE
Oct. 15-16, 2011 Non-chemical Dog Capture & Handling
Western Heritage Inn, Bozeman, Montana
(To Register visit GWR’s Training Schedule.)
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For any questions regarding our courses contact us at: info@wildliferesources.org
Hi – I would like to gather as much information as i can to learn how to capture and handling feral and stray dogs. My husband and I are dog trainers for more than 15 years each one and now we want to be part of a non profit organizations help to spay and neuter stray dogs.
I am mexican and i grow seeing this problem over and over and dogs being kill all the time. We want to help somehow but we are not vet and they ask us if we were able to capture them. Any help or guide it will be great. thanks a lot. Paulina
Paulina,
You do not have to be a veterinarian to make a big difference. I am sure you and your husband as dog trainers are making lives better for both people and dogs. I know of at least one American non-profit organization supporting spay/neuter programs in Mexico. You may be able to help them. Also, if there are ways of getting high quality video or photos of the problems you are seeing, would you please share it with our non-profit. We would like to make people more aware of the problem. If you like you can visit with me directly by email: mjohnson at wildliferesources dot org.
Mark Johnson DVM
Today, a friend sent me a link to your Feral Dog blog, from which I jumped over to the GWR site. Your philosophy & techniques are a breath of fresh air, coming straight from your heart and tempered with knowledge and clear thinking.
Your respect for the animals and your embrace for the interaction as a sacred opportunity is unfortunately rare in the animal professional world. As a professional trainer, I
try hard to promote these same values in my own work.
I hope to be able to attend your Massachusetts workshop in May, and will be encouraging a number of other dog training professionals to join me there.
I will do my best to spread the word far & wide. Thank you for all you do.
with gratitude and respect for your work,
Suzanne Clothier
Relationship Centered Training
http://www.flyingdogpress.com
Author of Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships With Dogs
Suzanne,
I am very honored by your kind words. Thank you! It will be a pleasure to have you in the course.
Mark
Do you have any up coming classes other than May 25-27?
Richard,
Thank you for your inquiry. This fall/winter/spring I will be teaching many 3-day chemical and non-chemical capture courses (primarily for ACOs) as well as 2-day non-chemical capture courses (for shelter workers, disaster responders, dog resuers for puppy mills and hoarding cases, and spay/neuter programs), but I do not have the locations or dates at this time. I am looking for suggestions for where to teach and hope to have my schedule in place by the end of June. I will post the course schedules on my website Seminar Schedule as well on the Training Page of this Feral Dog Blog.
What part of the US are you in? Mark
We are running an animal shelter in Tirupur , India . We are greatly and sorely in need of trained volunteers of all kinds to help us in the tasks of running the shelter and also stray dog spay and neutering programs which is being run with the help of the local authorities . All local expenses will be met . Even a short time spent here will be worth your while. It is being completely financed by a single lady.
We would welcome more people to know about this in your country
Thank you
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