Shelter Safe: Foundations in Animal Care – Certification by naca

Pricing

1-6 seats= $60/seat

7< seats = $40/seat

What You’ll Learn

Course Modules

1. Animal Enrichment – Techniques to create stimulating, low-stress environments for shelter animals.

2. Customer Service & Public Engagement – Build confidence in interacting with the public and strengthening community relationships.

3. Canine Body Language – Recognize stress signals, posture cues, and emotional states in dogs.

4. Feline Body Language – Understand the behavior, communication, and comfort indicators in cats.

5. Compassion Fatigue, Resilience, and Bias – Learn to manage stress, maintain empathy, and recognize unconscious bias.

6. Emotional Intelligence in Animal Care – Develop communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

7. Dog and Cat Intake Procedures – Best practices for safe, humane, and thorough intake processes.

8. Breed Identification and Behavior – Improve breed recognition and understand behavior patterns to reduce bias.

9. Animal Health: Disease Recognition, Control, and Prevention – Identify signs of illness, prevent disease spread, and understand zoonotic risks.

10. Maintaining a Clean and Disease-Resistant Shelter – Shelter sanitation practices to promote animal and human health.

11. Basic Nutrition – Understand dietary needs and feeding guidelines for cats and dogs.

12. Animal Shelter Operations and Administration – Explore key components of shelter management and daily operations.

13. Spay/Neuter, Microchipping, and Adoption Procedures – Core practices for population control, identification, and successful placement.

14. Learning to Interpret Dog Language and Defensive Handling – Practical skills for reading dog behavior and using safe handling techniques.

15. Learning to Interpret Cat Language and Defensive Handling – Safely approach and handle cats through behavioral awareness and handling tools.