Education Programs

We offerDoggone Safe andBe a Tree programs to elementary school children which teach safety around pets.  We also talk about pets' basic needs, grooming, vet care, training, different kinds of pets, being kind to animals and more.  We have done this program in Canyon Lister School and Wynndel Elementary and are hoping to expand more this fall.

We also provide PAWS dogs or dogs of PAWS members to the Special Ed class at the local high school, Prince Charles Secondary School, once a week as a sort of informal therapy dog program.  We talk to class members about kindness to animals, how to walk dogs properly, and then the class members take the dogs for 45 minutes to an hour for walks, companionship and hugs.

Pet Education

This morning PAWS Therapy Dogs Katja and Murphy were on hand to help make a Pet Safety presentation to this ARES Grade 5 class.  The kids learned how to approach dogs and cats properly, when not to approach them, and what to do if they are approached by a dog they do not know.  The class was enjoyed by all and even the teachers said they learned a lot about pet behaviours!