Companion Animal Problem Solvers, Inc.
Serving the Greater Dayton, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Areas
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For Animal Shelter, Rescue, Daycare, and Boarding Facility Managers

Providing mental, social, and physical activities
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improves adoptions, group compatibilities, animal welfare, and safety.
Maximize Animal Comfort/Maximize Staff Safety 
 
We offer a number of seminars and workshops to help your staff with their understanding of animals, animal welfare, and behavioral care.  Topics include:

Staff Education and Training:
  • Recognizing Dog & Cat Social Signals: Is aggression really fear?
  • Benign handling techniques:  "Scruffing" as a last resort.
  • Practical Applications of Operant Conditioning: Training animals for procedures to minimize stress.
  • Behavior Issues in Dogs & Cats:  When to treat, when to refer.
Enhancing Animal Welbeing:
  • Enrichment and socialization strategies for shelter animals.
  • Enrichment and socialization for kennelled companion animals.
  • Designing your  facility to enhance animal psychological welfare while optimizing space.
  • Minimizing risk in playgroups: recognizing early warning signs.
We are also available for consultations with individual animals, 
on an as-needed basis.

To contact us, call (317) 496-7502

or email us at:

companion-animal-problem-solvers@earthlink.net

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Enrichment can occur even in limited spaces.