Your tax deductible donation brings us closer to being able to bring our vision to fruition for The PetCenterEd Learning Center.
Unlike more traditional programs which can rush students out the door in weeks, our mission is to ensure that all our pupils are provided with ample time (six months) to both learn and embody the knowledge, technical skills, and compassion necessary to excel in their work. Students will attend lectures on foundational theory and concepts and learn the hands-on application of these theories and concepts as they relate to animal welfare and care in the same facility. Examples abound:
- In our doggy day care center, students will learn about dogs’ body language as well as how human body language affects dogs, all while safely monitoring and interacting with all dogs.
- Groomers in training will learn canine relaxation massage techniques and low-stress, force-free methods for working with dogs who have had negative grooming experiences.
- Handlers in the cat center will learn force-free, low-stress approaches specific to cats.
- And all learners, including future trainers, will be taught how animals learn and how science shows us that force-free methods produce the most effective results.
There are estimated over 1.1 million cats and dogs in New York City alone. Spending on pet care services exceeds 1.5 billion dollars per year in this city. Spending on science based and welfare focused training and services for people and pets is invaluable.
Your donation brings PetCenterEd humane education into more classrooms across New York City.
PetCenterEd also offers humane education in New York City elementary school classrooms to further our mission of education for people and pets. Responsible pet ownership is ethical, learned, and in keeping with the Humane Education law. Part of that responsibility includes spaying and neutering our pets to help combat the overpopulation, abandonment, and surrender of companion animals. And we increase the likelihood of compliance through education. Our humane education programs rely on up-to-date, welfare, and science-based foundational and theoretical concepts tailored to learners with diverse learning styles.
In keeping with the mandates of the Humane Education law, we also provide individualized programs which teach students how to care for classroom pets, ensuring that the animals’ welfare and needs are always considered.
Interested? Contact us for details.
PetCenterEd, Inc. has a racially nondiscriminatory policy towards students, the school admits students of any race to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school and the school does not discriminate on the basis of race in administering its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs (if any), and athletic or other school-administered programs.
