Animal Rescue League of Brewster — adopt a dog to help you hear.
16. January 2011 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
“Going to the Dogs” January 29, 2011,
Today’s meeting was fascinating. Sandy Luppi, Manager of the Brewster Branch of the Animal Rescue League of Boston described the work done at the shelter — adoptions, foster programs, rescues of animals in trouble and educational outreach and tours. Animal Rescue League is a private/non-profit humane society on Route 6A in Brewster which handled over 1300 animals in 2010. Dog trainer and shelter volunteer Donna Iovanni described her success with clicker training to quickly train dogs. The one click and a treat reinforces positive behavior without the extra words we use which confuse dogs. Susan Sheehan and Jim Fitzgerald described clicker training success with their own dogs, alerting them to sounds like phones ringing.
Watch this space for complete details on the meeting. Check out the hearing dogs page on the left top menu.
Next meeting– March 26th. We meet at Dennis Public Library, 5 Hall Street, Dennisport
www.dennispubliclibrary.org The meeting room has an audio loop and CART (real time translation). Use your hearing aid telecoil or request headphones.