By Steven Appelbaum, ABC President & CEO
Hello everybody, and welcome to a different version of What’s Waggin. Quite a bit is occurring at ABC, so let’s bounce in.
Service Canine Coach Program. After a lot work and planning, ABC lastly launched our Service Canine Coaching Program in October 2022. This program grew from quite a few requests the varsity acquired from mentors, graduates, and different skilled canine trainers not affiliated with our faculty that had been all fascinated by the identical factor. How can I take my present data of canine coaching and construct on it to assist much more individuals and canine?
Canine trainers who can educate Pet Okay and basic obedience lessons, personal classes for obedience, and handle frequent canine behavioral challenges, typically preserve fairly busy for years. Some individuals spend their complete careers fortunately serving to individuals and pets with these expertise. I skilled professionally for about seven years earlier than I began to take a look at increasing my repertoire. In my case, that growth targeted on tougher habits issues, particularly aggression and numerous phobias. Different trainers had little interest in aggression or needed to keep away from taking the bodily dangers related to working with aggressive canine. As a substitute, they wished to take their practices in a distinct path. Some gravitated towards private safety canine work, however that’s not everybody’s cup of tea and is bodily hazardous.
Different trainers favored the concept of making an attempt to coach canine for movement photos or TV, though the place an individual lived had a lot to do with that call. I do know dozens {of professional} canine trainers which have labored with canine in present enterprise, however I stay in Southern California and am a lot nearer to the entrainment trade than somebody in Maine or Alaska. There have at all times been many paths obtainable for canine trainers as soon as they’ve a robust basis, and a kind of paths is coaching service canine. So after engaged on the content material and creation of a program for near 18 months, ABC launched this principal program in October. Enrollments and suggestions have been very constructive. Additionally, do not forget that any alum who desires to take a brand new ABC program might accomplish that at a major low cost.
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ZAP: That appears like one thing you’d see in a Batman comedian. ZAP stands for zookeeper assistant program. We love acronyms at ABC! This program is a should for anybody within the habits and habits of untamed animals and the way zoos and unique animal rescues function. For some, the concept of with the ability to work and even volunteer at such locations is a dream. Whereas taking ZAP doesn’t assure you a job at a rescue or zoo, it’d provide the data and perspective to make your dream a actuality. Plus, it’s only a cool course. Enrollments because the program’s inception have been very excessive. ZAP is now our 4th hottest program, which is spectacular given it’s just a few years outdated.
Fascinated with taking this course? Discover out extra information right here.
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RAF: I advised you we love acronyms! RAF stands for refer a good friend. In 2022 we had 172 college students take one in every of our programs due to a good friend that referred them to the varsity. You may earn $100 for each particular person you refer who enrolls in one in every of our principal packages.
Are you aware somebody who would like to be a canine coach however desire the immersive setting of a bodily classroom? A few of you may not know this, however ABC holds two classroom canine coach packages every year. Discover out extra details about his program right here.
This course covers all the pieces contained in our DOP, however as an alternative of taking 12-16 months to finish this system at dwelling, classroom college students come to our Southern California location and go to class with us 5 days every week for 5 and ½ months. The veteran’s administration approves the course, and it’s unbelievable for navy veterans transitioning again to civilian life. Refer somebody who takes this course, and you’ll earn $300. Earn money, assist buddies, and assist animals to have higher lives.
That’s not a nasty factor in any respect! For extra data, take a look at this web page in your pupil middle.
There are numerous different issues occurring, together with however not restricted to an associates program for non-ABC college students and graduates, an working settlement with a significant sports activities group that can permit their members and households to take our packages, and several other agreements with main companies that supply tuition help for his or her workers.
This has change into extra frequent within the final a number of years. Actually, if anybody studying this is aware of an organization that gives tuition help to their workers, please tell us.
ABC continues to discover different packages and methods wherein we may also help you make a distinction within the lives of animals. We’re at all times open to options.
Till subsequent time, thanks for serving to to make the world a greater place for pets and the individuals who love them.
