For the love of shelter dogs, field trips and training programs! 🦮🐾📚 I’m thrilled to share the second VCA Charities Dog Day Out training cohort is currently underway in Phoenix, Arizona!
We’ve brought 10 shelter partners together and fully immersed them in our comprehensive training program that’s improving, enriching and saving the lives of shelter dogs. With a collective annual intake of nearly 150,000 animals, we’re thrilled to have Atlanta Humane Society, Austin PetsAlive, Brandywine Valley SPCA, Dallas Animal Services, Humane Rescue Alliance, LifeLine Animal Project, Louisiana SPCA, Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, New York City Animal Care & Control, Riverside County Department of Animal Services join our dog field trip movement and bring much needed enrichment, exercise, and opportunity to shelter dogs and a shelter system that’s completely overwhelmed.
Since launching the first pilot program in October, our #vcacharities shelter partners are seeing huge benefits of field trips — data is showing reduced kennel stress, increased adoptions and decreased number of days in the shelter (the ideal outcomes).
In fact Arizona Humane Society reported 50% of dogs that went on a field trip to a local event, restaurant, hike or shopping center were adopted on the same day or the day after their first field trip + 400 new people signed up for a field trip = 🫶🫶🫶
Thank you to our amazing instructors: Kristen Hassen, Lisa Gunter, Finnegan Dowling, Sarah Aguilar, CAWA and the enrichment team from Maui Humane Society for your brilliance! And a huge thank you to Arizona Humane Society for allowing us to meet at your building, learn from your success and walk your adorable dogs!
P.S. The VCA Charities Dog Day Out Starter Guide for shelters launches in less than two weeks — stay tuned!
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