Social Skills Trainer

Volunteers will:

• Have daily contact will adoptable dogs only.
• Teach adoptable dogs basic skills and manners in order to make them easier to place in a home.

Tasks

Trains adoptable dogs to:

• sit, down, stay and come.
• leave it, take it.
• remain in a sit position until released while food is being place on the ground.
• remain in a sit position until released while a door is being opened.
• allow its paws, ears and mouth to be examined and handled.
• accept basic grooming.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

Volunteers should:

• have basic experience in dog behavior and handling;
• be willing to spend the time needed to teach these basic skills;
• have the ability to be comfortable handling dogs that may not have had any training.

Special Notes

• These dogs may jump up, be mouthy, want to chew, pull on the leash, etc.
• Volunteers may interact with ONLY those animals already available for adoption.
• Volunteers are restricted from any interaction with incoming, stray or quarantined animals.
• Volunteers may interact with ONLY those members of the public who are interested
  in adopting animals.
• Volunteers will NEVER make decisions or recommendations about which animals should be made available for adoption.

You can view a PDF Social Skills Trainer pamphlet.​