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Shelter Behavior Hub is currently accepting applications for their scholarship program! Recipients will receive partial or full coverage for the cost of their year-long Shelter Dog Behavior Mentorship program. I am not associated with this program in any way, just passing along the info:

>Shelter Dog Behavior Mentorship

This year-long deep dive into shelter behavior will help you create evidence-based policy and procedures for your shelter behavior department. Biweekly zoom meetings, homework, and an alumni discussion list allows us to help one another.

>Scholarship Criteria

We award scholarships based on need and impact. We want to make our courses available to those in need, and to those who will use the education they receive to help animals in need. We allow students in need to receive a scholarship once a year.

If you work or volunteer at a shelter or rescue and are interested in a full or partial scholarship for our flagship course , please fill out the form below for consideration! We would love to help you help even more dogs have better lives and find homes!

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Shelter Intake for Dogs with Bite Histories with Emily Lewis, hosted live on Zoom by Shelter Behavior Hub. This Sunday, 7/19/2026 at 8pm EST.

Event Description:

Not all dog bites are created equal. Does your shelter consider intake for dogs with bite histories? If you do, what does the pathway for those dogs look like? There are many misconceptions about dog bites and their weight in determining the adoptability of a dog. We will be discussing:

• How to assess a bite using history from the owner, animal control or law enforcement.
• Pertinent questions to ask about the context of the bite and other behavior history.
• How to set up your staff to safely intake and care for a dog with a bite history.
• Behaviors to look for in the shelter that can help determine outcome.
• How to evaluate community safety when making pathway decisions.
• How to disclose bite histories to potential adopters.
• Using post adoption support to help maintain adopter and community safety.

About Emily:

Emily Lewis has 24 years of professional experience as a vet tech, dog trainer, behavior consultant, shelter behavior consultant and professional dog handler. She is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant with the IAABC and operates Vermont Dog Behavior, LLC. She specializes in a wide variety of behavior issues, including human directed aggression. Due to the nature of the cases that she sees, Emily is often faced with families who have experienced trauma due to their dog's behavior. She loves working with these clients to repair and improve their relationship with their dog, with an emphasis on meeting the needs at both ends of the leash.

Emily has been involved in animal welfare for the last 12 years assisting a variety of shelters and rescue organizations with their behavior programs. She strives to help shelter dogs have the best quality of life possible, to provide shelter staff with the training needed to keep themselves and the animals in their care safe, and to support the community with dog training and behavior resources. Emily is passionate about making education and mentorship accessible to all. She provides one on one skills training, dog behavior seminars and animal handling workshops for dog trainers and behavior consultants, rescue and shelter staff, animal control officers and veterinary professionals.

When she's not working, Emily loves spending time in nature with her wife and dogs. She is an avid reader, a self-described comic book nerd, and enjoys collecting tattoos from some of Vermont's talented artists.

REGISTER HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l4K9LysWTIKjgirjzdsWaw#/registration