dog walking and volunteer engagement
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Presented at the American Pets Alive No-Kill Conference 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Dog walking and Volunteer Engagement
Day in the lifeManual and soon-to be electronic sign in
Leash, poop bag
Sign out on whiteboard
Go to a yard
Let them potty and then have fun,
scoop the poop.
Repeat until all dogs have been out twice a day
Every time a dog gets out, their stress level decreases, thus making their kennel behavior more desirable for potential adopters
Onboarding new volunteers/engagement
● Welcome letter JumpStart program● Google groups-google docs are the BEST● Facebook closed groups● Mentoring● Potlucks● Happy hours
Hour tracking for trainingSign in, log hours into google doc, follow up when achieving 10
(BBBS) and 15 (BOO)
New set of volunteers about every 2 weeks
Whiteboard
Collar ColorGreen
Pink
Orange
RedSilverBlue
Training equipmentMartingale
Easy walk harness
Gentle leader
● Pinch/prong collar● Good dog collar
Training
Mentoring-walk dogs with training equipment
BOO (basic orange orientation) taught by volunteers
Level 1 kennel routine, pressure/release; drop and goes, left hand circles for walking on leash
Experience and approval by staff to walk certain silver dogs and some reds
Level 2-in depth kennel routines more obedience skills taught by Mike Kaviani
JAM jumpy and mouthy-taught by experienced volunteers
B.O.O (Basic Orange Orientation)
Numbers
Numbers continuedMonth #volunteers #hours
June 156 check this 1474
July 233 2207.5
August 314 2117.75
September 308 1744.5
October 316 1861.25
November 340 1863.75
December 284 1716.5