Training for
Farm Animal Care
Training consults, workshops, and private lessons are available for people keeping farmed animals as family members and for rescued farmed animals.
Although everyone needs individualized motivators, animals learn in similar ways. The same techniques can be used to teach cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens to participate in their care.
Instead of being afraid, they can look forward to interacting with people.
Cooperative Care for Animals
Training to Communicate
and Care with Kindness
Although training requires practice, it pays off. It can make delivering necessary care easier. This results in improved care and improved experiences for animals and their caregivers. Teaching is a kind and efficient approach to farmed animal care.
Shel Graves offers private lessons to begin teaching skills and demonstrating techniques and also offers workshops.
Cooperative Care
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Targeting - teach animals to move to a location
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Stationing - teach animals to stay in a place, minimize restraint
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Opting-in to scales and harnesses - teach animals to approach on their own, no more chasing them down
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Comfort with handling for medical needs - teach animals to be at ease with their care, reduces fear, stress, and frustration for all!
Teaching Comfort for Medical Needs
Use desensitization and counterconditioning techniques to make scary things enjoyable. It works!
How can we help?
Based in North Everett, Washington. Serving West Snohomish County -- and virtual clients.
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