Animal Aid Happy, Health Family Pet Classes and Workshops
Animal Aid is hosting a series of seminars and
hands-on workshops based around activities that
promote the physical and emotional health of
pets and their families.
Why are we doing this? We want to work ourselves out of
a job! Year
after year we deal with the aftermath as too
many otherwise fine animals are abandoned for
an issue that could have been solved if the
owner had timely access to information about
other options.
Do I need to pre-register? Yes, please do. Either complete the form next to your chosen class below, or email . In some classes headcount will be restricted so that participants and their pets will be assured of individual attention by the presenting specialists. Registration fees (cash or check) will be collected at the door.
What happens to the registration fees? We are grateful to the local specialists who have volunteered their services and class sites who have generously allowed us to share their space. Their generosity means that donations received will go directly into the Fund for Veterinary Care, with which we assist low-income families faced with urgent veterinary expenses.
Clicker Training:
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This class teaches humans a set of foundation skills that will get them off to a good, solid start. This is NOT a lecture class. Little time will be spent on the why so that you can get down to work on the how in a practical, hands-on workshop that will help you develop the necessary mechanical skills of timing, treat deliver, observation, shaping, and capturing that are needed to communicate quickly and accurately with animals. Clicker training is applicable to all species, but for this workshop you will work with clicker savvy dogs provided by the instructor. Please leave your own pets at home, but do bring a camp chair for the few times you'll be sitting!
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Clicker (marker) training
Have Some Good Ideas For Classes?
If you have suggestions for other classes – or even better, if you would like to offer your services as one of our volunteer instructors – we'd love to hear from you! We could only pay you with our thanks, but we promise to generate as much publicity for you as we can muster.
Education About Animal RescueWhenever possible (given our tiny staff) we support the education of groups who want to learn more about animal rescue and the problems created when pets are not spayed or neutered. Frequently this involves a pre-arranged "field trip" to our shelter, where the groups have an opportunity to get first-hand experience in handling a large volume of cats. Other times, a volunteer Animal Aid Outreach Team and a few laid-back kitties will travel to a classroom to give a talk. These occasions have afforded us very rich relationships with young people in local schools and Scout troops, many of whom become significant volunteer contributors to our programs. One class of creative youngsters wrote and filmed a "commercial" aimed at recruiting foster families for us! Groups are not limited to the young, of course. We have regular and occasional visits by “disabled” groups (Christie school, Quiet Waters, Clackamas County and Washington County transition programs). |
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