Train to Adopt: Humane Guidelines and a Training Program for Dogs in Shelters

Description

Train to Adopt: Humane Guidelines and a Training Program for Dogs in Shelters DVD

by Sue Sternberg

ISBN: 9781617811951

Publisher: Distributed by Dogwise Publishing

Publication Year: 2011

Format: DVD

Run Time: Disc 1 – 23 minutes; Disc 2 – 45 minutes

From the back cover:

“Enhancing mental health and adoptability for dog in shelters

DVD 1: Humane guidelines. A guide for shelters to improve, maintain and assess the quality of life for dogs in their care. Includes extensive footage of dogs in shelter environments, identifying and explaining behaviors that can indicate a ‘quality of life’ emergency and offering standards and steps for maintaining the mental health for dog in shelters.

DVD 2: Training Program. Step-by-step techniques for training dogs in basic manners and behavior control, such as doorway manners, appropriate food bowl behaviors, meeting and greeting and many other training exercises. Through video footage and written narrative this DVD demonstrated the Train to Adopt program and shows how it is designed to provide positive, healthy stimulation for dogs in the shelter setting while they learned behaviors which will enhance their adoptability.”