Rescued!

There is a need for foster/rescue and rescue adopter dog homes to become more educated and have the appropriate skills and environment to successfully handle rescued dogs. Many foster and rescue dogs have dog aggression, people aggression, fears, anxiety, or phobias. Rescue homes must be able to provide the appropriate environment for these dogs (i.e., other dogs and humans in the home); they must have the knowledge and skills to address their behavior issues; AND the confidence and leadership in their own actions to help these dogs overcome their behavior issues. The quicker and more successfully rescue dogs can move into their forever homes, the more openings there can be for more dogs to be rescued and taken out of the shelters and homed forever.

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If you are in rescues and fostering only because you love dogs….it is not enough. If you have adopted a rescued dog beacuse you felt sorry for it... it's not enough.

This course provides those who foster rescue dogs the information and skills needed to ensure a successful transition for rescue dogs from the streets to their forever homes.

First impressions can be lasting for your dog and you so it's important to have them be positive and fun.
This program will help you to learn more about your new dog.

When you bring a new dog into your home there will be excitement, planning, and ideas of what you may envision doing with your new family member, things may start moving forward, sometimes very quickly in this vision of your happy dog home. This usually starts with classes, training commands and behaviors.

Now imagine this new family member is an adult dog that you may know little or nothing about their training or lack thereof, behavior issues, or what they have already experienced in their life.

We think as humans and process by setting goals and the steps that this new family member will take to get there. Sometimes we forget to think about how this must look through the eyes of the dog. What is your new dog thinking or experiencing in this strange new environment with this human they know nothing about? These first impressions can be lasting for your dog and you so it's important to have them be positive and fun.

You will begin by observing your dog: Is he social, confident, happy, eager to please, fearful, nervous, or unsure? What does he/she like or dislike?

Nurture your relationship and help him/her to settle in while developing trust, confidence and understanding.

Learn how to effectively communicate with each other.

Assess and help your dog with reactions to physical handling: does he like to be touched, have any issues or sensitivity to touching specific areas?

Find tools that will motivate your dog: i.e. food, toys, chase, your voice, or body movements.

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