Animal Control & Care Academy

These classes have been moved, see location at end of post.

Baton/Bitestick Certification
Hosted by the City of Royston Marshal's Office
January 22, 2024 ‐ Royston, Georgia

Royston Bitestick Training Announcement.pdf

Baton/Bitestick Certification – The Baton/Bitestick Certification program is a hands‐on program regarding the use of the tactical baton (bite stick) as a defensive tool to provide an Animal Control Officer with the non-lethal force for dealing with aggressive animals and humans. Use of a bite stick for personal protection from animals and humans should be in accordance with agency training, policies, and procedures. The course will familiarize the Animal Control Officer with the practical use of the friction‐lock and lever lock baton. The training and instruction will cover the following topics: Safety; Legal Concepts; Use of Force Options; Documentation; Portation (mode of carry); and Practical Use and Retention of the ASP™ baton. The course includes both classroom and practical training. 
 

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Advanced ACO Certification Course
December 4-7, 2023
Royston, Georgia

Payments must be received by 12/3/2023

Royston Advanced Registration Form.pdf

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Shelter Technician Certification
January 23-25, 2024
Royston, Georgia

Shelter Tech Cert Flyer.pdf

Training Course Topics
Animal Care in a Sheltering Environment – This course will offer a basic understanding of effective practices in daily animal care in a sheltering environment, to include feeding and watering practices, proactive health care, socialization and daily exercise designed to improve the animal’s quality of life in the sheltering environment and improve the animal’s overall welfare.

Animal Disposition Options – This course will offer a basic understanding of the various forms of animal disposition options available to most animal sheltering facilities and offer program overviews which can provide for increases in the likelihood of a positive disposition, to include: adoption options and programs; animal rescue-transfers and rescue programs; animal redemptions; and humane euthanasia. This course also provides and overview of effective animal rescue coordination programs and animal
rescue network development.

Animal Identification – Breed and Description – This course will offer a basic understanding of how to effective identify an animal’s breed and provide effective descriptions which are essential for proper intake record-keeping and for increasing the likelihood of a positive disposition for animals in the care of an animal sheltering facility, to include breed characteristics, coat colors and patterns, commonly found markings, as well as ear and tail types.

Animal Shelter Maintenance – This course will offer a basic understanding of animal shelter facility maintenance, sanitization, and management that offers enhanced animal health and welfare. While many states have regulations, which specify the minimum standards of animal shelter facilities upkeep and maintenance, this course will discuss many of the most common areas of animal facilities maintenance which might be viewed as best practices for ensuring animal health and welfare, to include such topics
as noise and light levels; corrosion control; animal housing arrangements; and more.

Animal Shelter Record-Keeping – This course will offer a basic understanding of the paperwork and record-keeping necessary for effective animal shelter operations, animal care, animal dispositions, and customer service in an animal sheltering environment, to include: animal intake forms, medical intake evaluations, Lost and Found Reports, animal temperament and behavior evaluation forms, animal adoption contracts, animal rescue transfer contracts, owner relinquishment forms, and several more examples.

Canine and Feline Behaviors and Assessments – This course will offer a basic understanding of common dog cat behaviors in an animal sheltering environment and provide an overview of the variety of assessment programs. Dogs and cats will often act differently in a sheltering environment than they will at home or in their normal environments. This course will discuss methods of reducing these animal’s stress levels so that more effective assessments their behaviors can be made.

Disease Exposures in a Sheltering Environment – This course will offer a basic understanding of disease exposures which might be encountered in an animal sheltering environment, to include zoonotic diseases and commonly communicable animal diseases. Animal shelter workers are often risk of exposure to various diseases and are generally charged with reducing or preventing the spread of animal illnesses and diseases from one animal to another (cross-contamination) in the shelter. This course will discuss basic information on the various diseases; common signs symptoms; how the illness is spread; and methods of prevention.

Emergency Animal Sheltering – This course will offer basic understanding of animal sheltering operations during emergency conditions such as Mass Animal Impounds or Disaster Animal Sheltering.

Proactive Animal Sheltering – This course will offer basic understanding of common animal sheltering programs designed to provide improved customer service to both human and animals residents of a community, to include quality customer service, handling pets from emergency situations like domestic violence or the death of the owner, common courtesy sheltering services, and more.
 

Class location:

This class location has been moved:

Madison County Government Complex
91 Albany Ave
Danielsville, Ga 30633

Contact: Marshal Chris Roach at 706-614-4576, email croach@madisonco.us