Shelter Consulting
With more than 25 years of experience in animal sheltering in three countries, including nearly 8 years with the ASPCA, Trish is available to consult on a wide variety of shelter behavior issues, from intake to enrichment, rehabilitation, assessment, adoptability criteria-setting, and post-adoption support. Trish is a popular speaker at conferences worldwide, and has a knack for explaining difficult topics in understandable terms.
Our most comprehensive shelter behavior offering is the Shelter Dog Behavior Mentorship that runs twice each year, and the new Shelter Cat Behavior Mentorship. There are 13 modules, with Zoom meetings every two weeks as well as an exclusive community for alumni to help troubleshoot issues.
If you are interested in having Trish do a live, in-person training at your facility, it will be $2,500 a day plus expenses, with a 2 day minimum required. You can pick from the topics below, or schedule a general consult to review your shelter’s behavior programs. Or you can do a combination of seminar/consult. Email Trish at the link at the bottom of this page for details.
In-person training or seminar at your facility
Custom Webinars
Webinars are available on the topics listed below and can be scheduled for $500 each (60 minutes plus Q and A). The live version will be recorded, and a personal Youtube link will be sent for your shelter to use in future staff trainings. To book a webinar, conference or in person training, please fill out the form below to get started.
Some available topics for seminars are:
Canine body language
Feline body language
Dog play
Breaking up dog fights
Dog handling
Defensive dog handling
Dog-dog introductions
Cat handling
Cat clicker training
Leash manners for shelter dogs
The Five Freedoms
Fostering dogs
Fostering cats
Marketing dogs for adoption
Enrichment for shelter dogs
Enrichment for shelter cats
Litter box problems in shelter cats
Behavior modification for shelter dogs
Food and resource guarding in shelter dogs
Managing overaroused dogs in kennels
Behavioral assessments
Behavioral euthanasia
Aggression in shelter dogs
Behavioral euthanasia
Working with fearful dogs
“Is it all how they’re raised?”
Socializing puppies
Community outreach
Conversation-based adoptions
Setting behavioral criteria for adoption/euthanasia
Matching adopters to pets – review of adoption policies and procedures
Horse clicker training
Caring for horses in the shelter
Horse enrichment
Have a topic you would like Trish to speak about that isn’t listed above? Send her an email at trishbehave@gmail.com.
Want to book a webinar or in person training for your shelter?
Fill out this form and we will get back to you shortly about more details on how to secure dates!