ICAWC 2012 : Steve Goward What can we achieve in a Shelter right now
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By coming together, shelters can increase their collective knowledge, experience, and strategies for dealing with challenges. Working collaboratively allows shelters to learn from one another, share ideas and solutions, and gain outside perspectives that can positively influence each shelter. These partnerships can help shelters start achieving success through small, incremental changes that gradually improve conditions for both staff and animals.
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ICAWC 2012 : Steve Goward What can we achieve in a Shelter right now
- 1. What we can achieve in the shelter right now
- 2. Working together to achieve together
- 3. When we see a lot of negativity we could easily become more pessimistic
- 4. Learning set • Harry Harlow • Learning to learn or Learning set
- 5. Take care of your self as well as the animals you care for!
- 7. Find people that make you feel good
- 8. A little positive training goes a long way
- 12. Learn from other shelters
- 14. We all have things to work towards
- 16. By coming together we….
- 17. Build our own positive learning set • Excel at problem solving • Have a portfolio of adversities overcome • Create an optimistic outlook
- 18. Start small • Keep things simple • Pick your battles • Gradually draw people in with your success
- 19. Whether with individual dogs or the shelter as a whole • Train one dog • Enrich one kennel or compound • Train one other staff/volunteer
- 21. Get some success !!
- 22. Working in animal welfare is no picnic
- 23. The reality?
- 24. Clean but all alone
- 25. Plenty of company but no where to go?
- 26. We are all trying to achieve the right package
- 27. Nothing is ever good enough!
- 28. So what can we do NOW!!
- 29. So what can we do NOW!!
- 30. • By coming together we increase our pool of knowledge, experience and strategies to deal with the difficulties that we face.
- 31. A few moments of positive interaction can be the difference between…..
- 32. The other added benefit
- 33. How to make this work for your shelter • Education workshops • Behaviour workshops
- 34. Behaviour workshops • Theory • Practical • Centred around the shelters needs • Discussion • Sharing of knowledge & ideas • Creating relationships between shelters
- 37. How could this help you? • Sometimes its just great to have other like minded people working alongside you. • Sometimes someone from the outside can have an influence on the shelter. • Media coverage to raise the profile of the shelter
- 39. Kyra a rescue dog from Greece
- 41. So lend a paw to your new friends
- 42. Thank you & Please welcome Zofia and Gabriela from Bialystok Poland
- 43. OVERSEAS BEHAVIOUR WORKSHOP IN BIALYSTOK (POLAND) 26-27.09.2012 Gabriela Drwiega, Zofia Pietruczuk
- 44. 260 DOGS, 3 CANINE CARERS, 1 VET, SOME VOLUNTEERS
- 45. COMPOUND
- 48. BENEFITS
- 50. FILM
- 51. HAPPY END
- 52. THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- The focus of my talk today is what we can achieve when we come together and share our knowledge
- The old adage is your glass half empty or half full is something I have looked at with the dogs that I have worked with over the last few years.
- Harry Harlow proposed a new method for measuring higher learning abilities of animals in 1949. Harlow suggested that humans and other highly intelligent animals not only mastered isolated tasks but also noticed patterns and shortcuts that made them more efficient learners. They not only learned , they learned to learn , becoming faster at solving new problems as they gained experience solving similar classes of problems (Harlow, 1949).
- We all need some success in life otherwise it feels like we are constantly banging our head against a brick wall
- I often put photos of cases I have worked and these remind me about the difference we can make to these dogs lives The handsome chap in the middle has taught me more about dogs and overcoming problems in the last ten years and will always be a constant source of inspiration
- There are plenty of people that are ready to criticise and to tell you what you cant do So start a group of positive thinkers and surround yourself with people that will encourage and enthuse you + don’t forget to return the favour
- So by teaching our dogs something new and fun or spending a little quality time with them even if its only a few minutes a week, their entire week can be affected. The dogs learning set can be affected by both what and how we teach them Don’t you like having something to look forward to?
- By visiting other shelters and forming relationships we are able to share ideas and find answers to problems that others have already solved Don’t be afraid to ask questions and find out more about the problems they faced in the early stages of their program
- No matter where you go there is always something to be learned or ideas to be stolen sorry shared I was fortunate enough to go to Holland to do some staff training sessions at the shelter in Amsterdam and witnessed an excellent compound enrichment programme
- Essentially we evolve a can do attitude rather than a yes but !! Response This goes for both the shelter and for individual dog behaviour problems