In this episode, Caitlin Kuczko shares creative strategies for safer and more positive shelter puppy socialization. We discuss:

• Common mistakes that are made during puppy socialization
• What ideal puppy socialization looks like
• Safer socialization practices in the real world
• Supporting puppies who are stressed or startled
• Supporting caretakers who are feeling the "puppy blues"

Caitlin's bio:
Caitlin Kuczko, KPA-CTP, CCUI, CTDI

Caitlin lives on a ranch in Colorado with her three dogs and a bunny. She is currently training two of her dogs to find bats on wind farms for conservation work; checkout k9 Conservationists for more information. Caitlin has over thirteen years of experience training and working with shelter animals, working k9s, and companion pets.

She is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Certified Control Unleashed Instructor, Certified Trick Dog Instructor, Certified AKC CGC and Trick Evaluator, and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. She is a professional Responder for the ASPCA's Behavioral Sciences Team formerly the Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team where she works with dogs from dog fighting busts, puppy mills, and hoarding cases. 

Caitlin is the owner and operator of the PAWSability Center LLC.  Due to an accident in 2020, she must limit her training availability, but this gave her more time for other avenues. Caitlin has been the Manager of the Leadville Lake County Animal Shelter for almost two years now. Caitlin is one of the admins of the Pandemic Puppy Raising Support group, a free Facebook group run by professional dog trainers with over fifteen thousand members.

Caitlin hopes to create a non-profit where she can focus on quality rescue work. The rescue focus would be on dams and their puppies or pregnant females in need. Puppies would be raised with Puppy Socialization Protocols at the facility or in foster homes. She hopes to use the facility as an education center for the public and others in the animal welfare industry.

Links:
Caitlin’s Business Platforms
https://www.PAWSabilityCenter.com
https://www.facebook.com/PAWSabilityCenter

Caitlin’s Koolie Breeding Program
www.facebook.com/groups/kismetmountainkoolies 

The Animal Shelter Caitlin Manages
https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLakeCountyAnimalShelter

Pandemic Puppy Raising Support Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/802064763617784

Shelter Resources:

Puppy Culture
https://www.facebook.com/groups/383694245140783
https://www.facebook.com/puppyculture
https://shoppuppyculture.com/

Clickety Split
https://www.facebook.com/clicketysplitdog/
https://clicketysplitdogtraining.com/

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