DOGSmart - Therapy Dog 1: Canine Good Neighbour Prep
ST1 Reg YES. POS Drop-in NO. Pass Scan NO2025 Community Centre - Spring - 2025 Spring Kerrisdale|#553428
Apr 2, 2025 - May 7, 2025
18 yrs +, Mixed
Education6 - AdultCCA Contractor Business - Category 2
Description
The Canine Good Neighbour Program is a 12-step test that encourages owners to have a richer relationship with their dogs. Success in this test is used by some BC hospitals and societies as the criteria for dogs and their handlers to volunteer as therapy-dog teams. This advanced class is designed to prepare the handler and dog to be successful in the test. Instructor Elizabeth Simpson’s Mission is “Delivering qualified therapy-dog teams to people in need”. A maximum of two people per dog, at least one person per dog needs to be 19+, no dropping in. All dog must make sure they have a licence
Activity meeting dates
Apr 2, 2025 - May 7, 2025
Wed7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Instructor
DOGSmart Training
City Of Vancouver EHT
More Information
SupervisorCentre Activity Admin - AL Kerrisdale
Number of sessions5
DepartmentKR - Adult Revenue - Def (1314906)
Registration dates
From Mar 8, 2025 9:00 AM
$220.00
Closed
Notes
no class Apr 9
All dog must make sure they have a licence
Prerequisites: Dogs must be at least 1-year old because the class includes potentially fearful items. DOGSmart Beginner Class is not required but is recommended. In addition, this Therapy Dog 1: Canine Good Neighbour Preparation class is not required but is a good step towards the
Therapy Dog 2: Advanced Volunteering Skills class.
If you can:
1) Please equip your dog ideally with a flat buckle or clip collar, and an approximately 6-foot leash. Collars, including pinch, and shock, as well as retractable-leashes are not permitted.
2) Please bring a mat, flat bed, or small carpet for your dog to settle on.
3) Please bring soft dry high value food that your dog absolutes loves, to use as rewards. No kibble. This food must be prepared before class into 1/4 dime size pieces for small dogs and 1/2 dime size for medium to large dogs. Please bring twice as much as you think you will use. You can never have enough!
4) Please bring either a stuffed Kong or an edible chew [Beef chew/Bully stick].
5) Please have a Treat Pouch to hook onto your clothing for easy access for reward distribution. No plastic bags or bags the treats were purchased in.
6) Please bring your dog to class, except if your dog in heat/season, then come but without your dog.
For more information, please email the instructor elizabethmsimpson1@outlook.com.
NOTE: The nature of the activity is such that you may interact with other people who are considered to be in good health, continuous physical distance between other people cannot be guaranteed, and, by participating in the activity, you are at risk of being infected by a pathogen, including but not limited to SARS-COV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19.
Communicable Disease Health & Safety Practices:
• Participants are required to comply with the current Orders of the Provincial Health Officer. For more information, please cut and paste into your web browser: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restrictions
• Participants should assess themselves daily for symptoms of common cold, influenza, COVID-19, or other infectious respiratory disease before attending the Facility.
• Participants who are ill, including participants of essential service providers, should not attend a program or access the Community Centre. If you are unsure, you should self-isolate and contact 8-1-1 or the local public health unit.
• All participants are encouraged to practice proper hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette by covering coughs or sneezes.
Refund Policy: A $5 processing fee will be charged for all program refunds and transfers. 48 hours notice is required and there will be no refunds granted after the scheduled second class.
