Animal Welfare Professionals

We have recently enrolled in a program with Goopup for virtual dog training. This is a program that is used within the community but can also be used for shelter animals. The perk of the program is owners can enroll in a week for free. When we did the orientation there was numerous shelters listed that also use the program. I am curious if anyone here has been using the program and if they are getting any feedback on if it is indeed helping with training? Or seeing data about returns decreasing for training/behavior concerns?
#Behavior,TrainingandEnrichment

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Amberly Ondria
Shelter Manager
The Broome County Humane Society
Binghamton, NY 13903
607-724-3709
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Hi Amberly,

We have been working with them for nearly a year now. Although I think it is a great program, we can't get our adopters to sign up for it. I think we have only had two graduates the whole time we've been promoting it. We will continue to promote it because I think it is a great resource. I just don't know how to convince my adopters to give it a try!!!

Brandon

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brandon mustful
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We are going through the same thing right now; it is a great resource but a challenge for people to enroll. I think people have very high expectations on wanting an immediate fix, which as we all know is not how it works.

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Amberly Ondria
Shelter Manager
The Broome County Humane Society
Binghamton, NY 13903
607-724-3709
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 08:28 AM
From: brandon mustful
Subject: Virtual Dog Training Through Goodpup

Hi Amberly,

We have been working with them for nearly a year now. Although I think it is a great program, we can't get our adopters to sign up for it. I think we have only had two graduates the whole time we've been promoting it. We will continue to promote it because I think it is a great resource. I just don't know how to convince my adopters to give it a try!!!

Brandon

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brandon mustful
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Hi Amberly,

We're talking with GoodPup and one of the shelters they work with at our next HASS Foster Job-Alike meeting on February 6th at 12:3p pm ET.  We'd love it if you joined us! You can register to attend and get the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ



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Kelly Duer
Senior Community Solutions Initiative Specialist
Maddie's Fund
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We've been using Good Pup for some time now and are very happy with it. Some adopters are still wanting to meet with a trainer in person, however, that is not the majority. The biggest benefit is that GoodPup training sessions are available so quickly so if an owner is struggling with a behavior it can be addressed quickly. I don't have data regarding the correlation between Good Pup and owner surrender/return rates yet but I believe we've seen a difference in our shelter.

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Emily Holmes
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I work at a shelter that uses it and mostly we don't get any feedback about it. Can be like pulling teeth to get people to use and then update us on how its going. I tried it myself with one of the shelter dogs who got adopted before we finished. I personally did not find it helpful, some of the recommendations i think were just to easy going for the issues we commonly see at shelters. To add it's only a 30-minute timeslot once a week and that is barely enough time to tell someone what issues they are having. It is definitely better than nothing though but i wish there were better options. 

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Falyn
Dog Trainer
Missouri
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