Dog Bite Prevention - Edmonton Humane Society

This one-hour program for youth aged 7 and up teaches essential skills for safe dog interactions and bite prevention. Participants will learn how to recognize key signs of canine body language, understand common reasons for bites and practice respectful approaches to dogs. These skills will help build confidence and foster positive relationships.

The goals of this program are to:

Gain a better understanding of commonly misunderstood animal behaviours and challenge misconceptions that lead to injuries or fatalities.
Mitigate unnecessary risks to both animal companions and the community through greater education and awareness of animal welfare.
Empower youth and children to become more compassionate companions and better advocates for the animals in their homes and communities.

This presentation can accommodate up to 30 people and content difficulty is tailored to the age group you identify during registration.

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This program can be offered both on-site at our shelter facility or off-site at your facility.

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Best Curriculum Fit

Citizenship: Students examine ways to make decisions and solve problems.
Character Development: Students examine roles, responsibilities, and self-regulation and their connections to self-understanding.
Safety: Students examine and apply personal safety in a variety of situations.

Oral Language: Students examine and apply listening and speaking skills, processes, or strategies in a variety of formal and informal interactions.
Living Systems: Students analyze and describe how plants and animals interact with each other and within environments.
Safety: Students investigate and explain safety and its correlation to health.
Healthy Relationships: Students investigate and describe how problem-solving can affect healthy relationships.

Oral Language: Students examine and demonstrate how listening and speaking support connections and clarify understandings.
Living Systems: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions.
Safety: Students analyze and explain responsibility and how it can impact personal and group safety.

Comprehension: Students analyze information, contexts, and perspectives using a variety of comprehension strategies.
Character Development: Students reflect and relate life experiences to perseverance and well-being.
Safety: Students analyze responsibility and consider the impact on well-being.
Healthy Relationships: Students acknowledge and connect perspectives of self and others through communication and listening skills.

Character Development: Students connect strategies for well-being to life opportunities and lifelong learning.
Character Development: Students connect strategies for well-being to life opportunities and lifelong learning.
Healthy Relationships: Students consider and describe a variety of perspectives that support the development of healthy relationships.