Animal Welfare Professionals

Good afternoon, Everyone.

We received a small grant to hire a p/t dog trainer to help work with some of our more challenged dogs and to hold group training classes to help keep training consistent.

We are working with a trainer who may be able to help us outside of her business and we are working on the details. 
She's invited us to bring some of our dogs to her group training classes, in the meantime.

As we need to document training  for the dogs, how is everyone doing this? Old school on paper? Spreadsheets? ect...
Trainings would take place at the shelter and potentially at the offsite training group. 

Ideally, the trainer(s) and volunteers will document their sessions and each training session would be sharable so we can track behavior and progress. 

Additionally, we will be using the documentation/data for our grant reporting. 

Does this make sense? 

Thank you for your help!
Ann
#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

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ann traynor-plowman
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We tried multiple methods for exactly this and a shared google doc ended up working out the best!

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Denise Lamb
Greenville Humane Society
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Thank you, Denise!
I was wondering if Google Docs would work!

Ann

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ann traynor-plowman
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-23-2023 10:23 AM
From: Denise Lamb
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

We tried multiple methods for exactly this and a shared google doc ended up working out the best!

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Denise Lamb
Greenville Humane Society
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Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Ooo I would love to see some examples of your protocols and then what people fill out after working with the dog.  If emailing is easier than uploading, my email is: animalbehavior@greenvillehumane.com
Thank you so much!!

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Denise Lamb
Greenville Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Hi Karinna-

I'm also interested in taking a look at some of your dog specific protocol documents and tracking forms. Could you send to debra.calandrillo@gmail.com.

Thank you much. 

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debra calandrillo
rochester animal services
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Thank you for your offer, Karina!
We are excited about the PT trainer grant and I'd love to see your docs! 
I sent you an email! 
Have a great day!
Ann 🐾

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ann traynor-plowman
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Karinna,

I volunteer at my local shelter on Saturdays with a couple of others.  I would also love to see some of your protocols and documents as well!!  Would you kindly share with me at reginric@yahoo.com

Thank you so much, all of these wonderful shelter dogs deserve a chance.

Regina Adams

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Regina Adams
volunteer
AAVA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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I would also greatly appreciate viewing your protocols and any documentation forms. My email is jsnyder124@icloud.com

Thanks :)

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Julie Fields
RVT
SPCA CINCINNATI
OH
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Hi Karinna,

Looks like this is an old message that got revived today :) What a kind offer!  Would you be willing to share however much you're willing to share so that i can upload to our Maddie's Pet Forum library so that others can benefit from your work long-term? You could email me (sheila@maddiesfund.org) or share via google drive and i could upload, if you're willing. Seems that there is a lot of interest in your work!

Sheila

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Sheila Segurson, DVM, DACVB
Board Certified Veterinary Behaviorist
Director of Community Solutions
Maddie's Fund
Pleasanton CA
9258608284
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 11:40 AM
From: Karinna Lozano
Subject: Sharing Training Documentation

Hello! We are a small shelter focused on dog behavior reward-based and we have a TON of documents, so not sure what specifically you are looking for, but we create protocols for each dog and our volunteers work and fill different sheets as we are also do a lot of enrichment activities, so I wasn't sure what kind of protocols you need, but we are happy to share!

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Hi Ann,

Happy to catch-up about this topic and provide some of my own examples for you to look at, if that helps? I am a current On-call Behaviorist(But I prefer Behavior and Enrichment Specialist as I'm not a Veterinary Behaviorist), Current Professional  Certified Dog Trainer, former zookeeper, former animal management lecturer and building my portfolio for Behavior Consultant quals. with IAABC whilst working for Orange County Animal Services (Municipal Shelter). They only recently hired myself and another behaviorist (Full-time) at our shelter and we're building out this area as we go along. We are a larger shelter, intake is about 15,000 animals a year on average. With roughly 200 dogs currently.

When I get to my home computer, I'll upload what I've got--it's a work in progress and it's an amalgamation of what I do in private and shelter for dog training. But I use a mixture of google docs, forms, Microsoft forms, excel, etc. to record information.

Hope to hear from you soon, and great question! Will follow to see what others add!

Angel

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Angelina Lawson
Professional On-Call Behaviorist and Enrichment
Orange County Animal Shelter
FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 10/2/2024 1:17:00 PM
From: Angelina Lawson
Subject: RE: Sharing Training Documentation

Hi Ann,

Happy to catch-up about this topic and provide some of my own examples for you to look at, if that helps? I am a current On-call Behaviorist(But I prefer Behavior and Enrichment Specialist as I'm not a Veterinary Behaviorist), Current Professional  Certified Dog Trainer, former zookeeper, former animal management lecturer and building my portfolio for Behavior Consultant quals. with IAABC whilst working for Orange County Animal Services (Municipal Shelter). They only recently hired myself and another behaviorist (Full-time) at our shelter and we're building out this area as we go along. We are a larger shelter, intake is about 15,000 animals a year on average. With roughly 200 dogs currently.

When I get to my home computer, I'll upload what I've got--it's a work in progress and it's an amalgamation of what I do in private and shelter for dog training. But I use a mixture of google docs, forms, Microsoft forms, excel, etc. to record information.

Hope to hear from you soon, and great question! Will follow to see what others add!

Angel

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Angelina Lawson
Professional On-Call Behaviorist and Enrichment
Orange County Animal Shelter
FL
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