Animal Shelter Services
Available in-person and virtually nationwide!
Struggling with placing more dogs in foster or in adopter’s homes? Feel like all you’re seeing is “crazy” behavior at your shelter? Our consulting services can help you find the right pathway plan for your difficult behavior cases.
Dogs who present with reactivity, resource guarding, fearful behavior, or even jumpy & mouthy behaviors can be tough to deal with. Safety concerns can come up during daily care, and it can be really rough for volunteers to get them in and out of the kennels.
It can also be difficult to find fosters or adopters for these pups! If you’re a shelter or rescue in need of support or guidance, these services are for you. By building customizable protocols and programs for your shelter dogs, I can help you increase your live outcomes.
Case consulting for the tough ones!
Do you have a tough behavior case at your shelter that you need some professional behavior advice for? Some behaviors like jumpy/mouthy behaviors are very common in shelters right now. Is there a way to handle this safely? Of course! And I can show you how using Fear Free and positive reinforcement-based methods.
Our case consulting can help you build plans for the dogs that you may be nervous about placing into foster, or may be thinking of alternative outcomes for. This life saving mechanism can really help you, your staff, and volunteers build the confidence and skills you need to place more animals into foster and adopter’s homes.
Dogs bouncing off the walls, but outside of the kennels, they’re perfect? We also offer an Enrichment Program Builder. You would be surprised at just how small changes can positively impact your whole kennel!
Shelter services are available nationwide! If outside of the DC area, some travel costs will be applied to your package fee.
Available for just dogs at the moment!
Are you a foster for a shelter or rescue?
If you’re fostering a dog through a shelter or rescue, you can access our day training services for a major discount! Access this special package group and pricing below.
Shelter Consulting
Why this is the best service for your shelter:
Working with a Fear Free Certified professional will ensure ethical and science-backed methods
Increases the quality of welfare provided for the dogs in your care
Customized protocols & training plans to your time, resources and the dog’s needs
Consistent support and open communication throughout our consulting period.
Every dog is different, so your approach to their needs should be different! Offering customized support to your dogs who are struggling in the shelter environment will really go a long way — even small changes can make huge differences.
Case Consulting Package - Shelters
Do you have one or more cases that could use an extra set of eyes? Maybe you’ve worked with trainers, or have a behavior team on staff at your shelter and need an objective perspective. Do you feel like you’ve already tried everything and are still hitting a brick wall with these dogs?
If you said “yes” to any of the questions above, then these services are for you!
I help you dive into the nitty gritty of these cases, find what’s not working and get you where you can find the best placements for your difficult dogs while keeping safety and welfare at the forefront of their journey through the shelter system.
This package can be applied towards up to 3 dogs per package**
I help you build in-shelter or in-foster plans for your behavioral cases.
Why this is helpful:
Great for animals that are considered aggressive, “feral”, or “out of control”
Identifies social behavior in dogs by a behavior professional — a component that plays a huge role in behavior and choices that a dog makes
Customized protocols and plans catered to the behaviors that you’re seeing day-to-day — in-shelter and in-foster
Gives you a step by step realistic timeline for behavioral benchmarks and goals
Wholistic approach to helping the animals in your care
This package includes:
Unlimited support during consultation period of 1 month
Open communication with video feedback
Virtual or in-person consultation & training
Recorded sessions (in-person & virtual)
Enrichment plan
Handling protocols & safety plan
Written recommendations for safe placement
Written risk assessment
Investment: $495*
Includes unlimited follow up for up to 1 month
*Cost may change according to travel and accommodations, and amount of training sessions
Enrichment Program Foundations
This service is to help shelters jumpstart their enrichment program to further increase the welfare of the dogs in their care.
Enrichment solicits and facilitates natural dog behavior in an environment that is unnatural to them. This can positively impact a dog’s quality of life while they’re waiting for their second chance!
Why this is helpful:
It’s important for dogs to feel like dogs and express behaviors that they would typically do in a home environment giving them a sense of agency in their lives
Decreases general stress for individual dogs and the kennel overall — a wound up dog can really wind up the population
Increases positive behaviors in the kennel and in foster homes
Teaches dogs coping mechanisms when something scary happens (i.e. visitors, scrub, etc.)
Increases restorative resting periods which is essential for self-regulating emotions, and learning
This package includes:
1-3 day shelter visit
Virtual consultation pre-visit
Enrichment recommendations & schedule to fit facility needs (i.e. capacity for care and financially)
List of DIY enrichment for shelters on a budget
Open communication and video feedback for up to two months post-visit
Investment: Starting at $2,495*
Includes 2 1-hr follow up calls
*Cost may change according to travel and accommodations (if applicable)
