Shelter/Rescue Consultation
Cost: As the needs of shelters and rescues vary greatly, so will the cost. Canine Consultants does pro bono work for shelters and rescues on a limited basis. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs and receive a quote.
Shelter and Rescue work can be daunting. Often, it is chaotic, stressful, and heart-wrenching. Canine Consultants is here to help you maximize your efforts while minimizing your worries.
How We Can Help
Volunteer & Staff Training - Whether it’s conducting specific classes, like foster preparation, canine enrichment, defensive handling, canine body language, etc., or assisting to develop or update an existing training program, Canine Consultants has years of instruction experience and can help you provide training that will empower volunteers and staff to feel confident and safe while fulfilling your mission.
Efficiency Consultation - Canine Consultants can help identify obstacles that may be limiting your organizations ability to provide the best care possible for your animals, or that impact the safety and/or morale of your volunteers and staff, and help develop organizational protocols to maximize your capacity to care for both the animals and people in your charge.
Behavior Consultation - Canine Consultants can provide individualized plans for dogs who are struggling to adapt in the shelter environment.
Behavioral Evaluation - A behavioral evaluation that can be used to help guide your decision making.
General Consultation - Whether you have a dog with disabilities, an odd behavior that you’re trying to make sense of, or just want to pick our brains to gain a wider breadth of knowledge, Canine Consultants can help.
Education, Coaching, & Training / Community Classes - Does your organization put on classes for the public, or are you looking to do so? Canine Consultants can conduct classes on a wide range of topics. They include but are not limited to, basic obedience training skills, animal husbandry, first-time owner classes, new puppy classes, pre-adoption preparation classes, and more. If we do not have a lesson plan for what you’re interested in, we can develop one and make it happen! For a full list of classes, please visit our Education, Coaching, & Training page.
Surrender Prevention & Post Adoption Assistance - Canine Consultants can be contracted to help your organization help your community by assisting individuals who are considering surrender, but are willing to work on the issues that may lead to it. Additionally, we can be contracted to help adopters who require assistance once they get their new family member home.
Behavioral Euthanasia Intervention - At Canine Consultants, we not only love the underdogs, but we love a challenge. If your organization has or is helping a member of your community with a dog who is all but out of options, but who you see potential in or just want to give every opportunity to improve to, we can help in several ways. We can simply consult and provide a training plan, or you can contract us to work directly with the dog. Given the nature of the situation once this point is reached, a positive outcome cannot be guaranteed. What we can promise is our absolute best efforts, pushing ourselves to our limits in our efforts to save the dog in question.