Additional Dog & Cat Sessions

Alongside Foundations of Shelter Management, we offer a series of one-off topics exploring animal behaviour and welfare as well as other subjects that support animal operations within your shelter or rehoming organisation.

Duration: sessions range from 1 hour 30 minutes to half and full-day, depending on the topic

 

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Find out more about our Additional Dog & Cat sessions and book your places by logging into your Academy Online account.

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Resource Guarding

Top tips on supporting dogs that display resource guarding behaviours and ways to manage them if they appear.

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Trauma in Dogs

Explore trauma in dogs, looking at potential causes and both the possible short- and long-term effects from a physical and behavioural point of view.

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Hand Rearing Kittens

Top tips on all aspects of hand-rearing kittens.

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Kitten Socialisation

Learn more about developing and implementing well-structured socialisation programmes to support mother and kittens.

Cat Conflict

Top tips on supporting cats that display aggressive behaviours and ways to manage them if they appear.

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Dates & Times

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Dates & Times

KITTEN SOCIALISATION

Wednesday 21 January 2026 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT

HANDREARING KITTENS

Friday 27 March 2026 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm GMT

TRAUMA IN DOGS

Wednesday 15 April 2026 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm BST

RESOURCES GUARDING

Friday 31 July 2016 I 1:00pm – 2:30pm GMT

CAT CONFLICT

Wednesday 2 December 2026 I 2:00pm – 4:00pm GMT