TS Radio: Voices Carry for Animals # 102: Canine Commandos-Virginia Hamilton

Hosted By Debbie Dahmer

Guest will be: Virginia Hamilton- Founder of Canine Commandos and Aim Humane 

http://www.caninecommandos.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okh_Btyh84M&feature=youtu.be

Canine Commandos is a program gifted students from Indialantic Elementary along with 21 other schools participate.  The Canine Commandos go to South Animal Care Center in Melbourne if they are south of 520 Causeway in Merritt Island and Central Brevard Humane Society in Cocoa and Brevard SPCA in Titusville if north to train homeless dogs.   The Commandos hope to improve these dogs' behaviors in order to help them find forever homes.

Once they arrive, the Commandos train basic obedience commands, "Watch Me," "Sit," "Down," Stay," and "Come" outside with the dogs secured to the fence to prevent the students from letting go of the leashes.  Once the basic commands are taught, the Commandos go into the shelter to clicker train the dogs in their runs.   

We now socialize cats and at CBHS and SPCA, the Commandos agility train too. 

The Commandos’ goal is to get these dogs adopted into good homes and spread the word to other schools so they can join in the fun, too!

Virginia Hamilton- National Humane Teacher of the Year 2015-16  Humane Society of the United States