1. International Training Programme March 2019 Good morning and welcome

2. Director, Dogs Trust Worldwide
Apart from Bosnia, USA, capacity building, sharing skills and knowledge – what we do is give grants to partners for projects that will have a sustainable improvement on dog welfare.
Note not just grants, we also so the training/skills sharing etc. And even give advice to those we don’t fund.
Karen Reed
Director, Dogs Trust Worldwide

3. An introduction to Dogs Trust
An introduction from you
Dogs Trust Worldwide

4. 1. Dogs Trust Founded 1891 Formerly National Canine Defence League
Started as campaigning organisation
Series of crises through 1960’s-1980’s
Closing down rehoming centres in the late 1980’s

5. Dogs Trust in the early 1990’s
8 owned centres
5 rented centres
4,821 dogs rehomed
Very poor facilities

6. What’s in a name?

7. New Mission Statement launched
Dogs Trust is working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life free from the threat of unnecessary destruction

8. Where are we now?

9. 2019 Largest dog welfare charity in the UK 21 rehoming centres
State of the art facilities
16,000+ dogs cared for each year
Rehoming up 330% on 1991
Huge investment in prevention – training and behaviour, adoption support

10. School workshops – be dog smart
Neutering?
Microchipping?
Local campaigns
Public affairs – puppy smuggling
Dog School
Shared adoption scheme
Research

11. 26 Dog Schools
33 Charity Shops
15,000 dogs rehomed
Average length of stay in rehoming centres = 41 days
Hope project – 1,665 free vet treatments for pets of homeless
Freedom project – 61 families helped to escape domestic abuse and 92 dogs

12. 2. Over To You….
Your Name
Your Organisation
Your Objective

13. 3. Dogs Trust Worldwide

14. History
How we can help you
How you can help us!

15. Where did it all begin?

16. First conference Budapest 1996
Now annual – delegates
This year 21st ICAWC in Malta

17. Now where are we? Dogs Trust led programmes
International Grants Programme
Capacity Building:
International Training Programme
Overseas Education Workshops
Overseas Behaviour Workshops
Global Assistance Programme
ICAWC

18. Romania 2002 – 2007
Change in the animal welfare law in Romania that outlawed euthanasia of healthy animals and allowed local authorities to implement CNVR programmes.
9th largest city in Romania with a population of 200,000 and a dog population of 4,000.
Strays 4,200 down to 350, Neutered 9,531, Rehomed 3,341

19. Malta
Neutering and Micro-chipping – over 14,000 dogs neutered
Education Programme – Over 50,000 children educated on RDO
Survey data reveals:
Higher proportion of owned dogs now neutered and micro-chipped
92% of people have seen a reduction in stray dogs
Maximum number of dogs kept by any one household reduced to 3 dogs from 25

20. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012 -
Animal Welfare Act 2009
Demonstration project, monitoring
Neutering – Owned and Stray Dogs
Veterinary Training
Public Campaigns on RDO
Education
Dog School
Fostering
Increasing numbers of dogs since 2009 – not scale of Romania, but apply lessons early we can stop the situation before it gets worse.
We will conduct a scientific count to find out the number of roaming dogs and a household survey to find out what attitudes are to dog ownership. This will highlight whether or not dogs are really breeding on the street or being abandoned from the owned population.
Once we know situation on ground, we will work with key stakeholders (Government, Veterinary Profession, Dog owning public) to find solutions to the problems, which are causing an increase in stray dogs. By supporting them to introduce policies and programmes to promote responsible dog ownership, encourage neutering, and control deliberate breeding.
In these early stages, we believe it is vital to start laying the foundations with future generations of dog owners at the earliest opportunity, so we will run an education programme to promote RDO in Sarajevo Canton. Moving to other areas of the country if our initial pilot programme is effective.

21. How are we doing in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Neutering – Over 63,000 owned and stray dogs neutered
Veterinary Training – 340 vets and vet technicians trained
Education – Over 207,000 school children educated on RDO
Number of roaming dogs has decreased significantly from a peak of 12,466 in 2013 to around 4,500 in 2018

22. Vet Training Programme

23. Grants Programme 3 grants rounds per year Forms and FAQs on Website
Questions and Research
3 grants rounds a year with next deadline on our website.
FAQs and now a standard application forms (with additional parts for different types of projects)
Then we ask lots of questions, and other teams ask lots of questions!
Vet team ask
Finance team ask
Properties team ask
Education team ask
We do a lot of research – due diligence/legal/financial checking/risk framework.

24. Agreement and reporting framework Registered Charities
Grants Committee
Agreement and reporting framework
Registered Charities
Max £30,000 for first time applicants
GC 3 x a year. We (DTW) recommend to GC which grants to approve and which we think are not OK to fund.
Once a grant is agreed by GC – draft an agreement (called an MoU) signed by project and us (often AB)
Agree payment schedules.
Reporting framework – more development ongoing. We ask for regular reports, outlined in MoU and we monitor those to make sure the money is being well used for what was agreed. At the end of the project we will receive a final report to check if the expected impact has been achieved; we visit about 20% of projects 2 years later to see if a long lasting impact has been successful.

25. What are we looking for? Simplicity
Organisation – history and capacity
Making a lasting difference to dogs within their community
Measurable Outcomes
Value for Money
Sustainability

26. Education of children, Community engagement, Vet training, General awareness raising, Advocacy, Public affairs
Local Rehoming
Responsible Dog Ownership
Humane Dog Population Management
Neutering of owned and street dogs
Rabies Elimination
Stopping Exploitation of dogs
Low cost vet care
Working at individual and population levels.
Not supportive of international rehoming due to disease transfer, welfare of transporting dogs, poor ability of some street dogs to settle domestically plus also plenty of dogs currently still needing adoption here! Work on enrichment, behaviour modification (but way behind the UK work)
Neutering as humane, evidenced option for managing pops, not culling as many govts still keen to do.
Eliminating rabies as a horrible disease for both animals and people. Around 59,000 people a year dying of rabies, mostly in Asia and Africa. 40% are children under 15, 1 death due to rabies every 15 minutes. Not surprising people are frightened of dogs in many parts of the world and governments try to get rid of them. Good vaccine, vaccinating 70% of dogs breaks the cycle. Cheaper for govt budgets in the long term but difficult to persuade govts.
Exploitation – meat trade in south east Asia, but also dog fighting, fur?
Affordable, low cost vet care – still needed in many communities, even in rich countries.
All of these areas underpinned by education/community engagement work – all about changing human behaviour. Dogs can’t improve their own welfare in most cases, humans need to change their behaviour and often their attitudes to dogs. Education/transferring practical skills is only part of that, people also need to have the opportunity to change their behaviour and they also need to have the motivation; these are often the more difficult areas to support.
We also help out in emergencies (mostly natural disasters, either slow or rapid onset) .
We are always on the look out for innovative projects that look to improve dog welfare in new ways. We want to share these with others.

27. Humane Dog Population Management – AWARE Trust, Zimbabwe
12 month neutering and vaccination campaign.
Household survey (mostly owned dogs), community engagement and neutering and vaccination in new area.
Aim to neuter 1000 and vaccinate 11,000.
You don’t have to kill dogs to reduce their numbers or the risks to people.
There is a better way – neuter and return
Oradea (4, to 350 – 2011)
Dogs Trust Malta – 92% of people
Dogs Trust Bosnia – 12,466 to 7,404 in 3 years
We support projects that are having success Thailand, (25,000 dogs neutered/ 1.3% puppies), Jaipur in India and Colombo in Sri Lanka– where they have demonstrated a reduction in bite incidents and rabies transmission.
We are supporting new initiatives in Borneo, Italy, Lithuania, OPT, Portugal, Romania and Uganda.
In order to do this we need to train Vets and Veterinary Nurses in order to be able to offer save sterilisation techniques and we do this through four veterinary training centres and one mobile veterinary training unit that we support in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, India and Thailand – training well over 300 vets every year. (325)
Dogs Trust Vets and Veterinary Nurses have been integral in setting up of Dogs Trust Bosnia.
AWARE Trust, Zimbabwe
re-surveying and re-vaccinating 900 dogs that were treated over the past 6 months, as well as moving into a larger area of Tsholotsho to start a new campaign. AWARE Trust will conduct a household survey to estimate the number of owned dogs and assess the community’s attitudes to neutering and vaccination; and vaccinate approximately 11,000 and spay/neuter around 1,000 dogs (number TBC after the survey).
AWARE Trust will also print educational leaflets to give to dog owners to explain and increase compliance rates on the following: benefits of sterilizing a dog; benefits of vaccinating a dog; handling of dogs; how to look after a dog and rabies awareness.
AWARE Trust had completed their pilot phase of the project although had some trouble reaching neuter targets due to distemper outbreaks. Also had challenge as AWARE work on wildlife too and were known by population to be against hunting so people originally hid their dogs!

28. Soi Dog – Over 25,000 dog neutered in 3 years
Soi Dog – Over 25,000 dog neutered in 3 years. Survey result at the end of project indicate that only 1.3% of roaming dogs are puppies. None of the dogs were lactating or visibly pregnant, which provides strong evidence that very few dogs in Phuket are breeding; therefore, as the dogs reach their life expectancy the dog population is expected to decline rapidly. More importantly 89.5% of the dogs in the survey appeared to be healthy, which provides evidence of the general health and welfare benefits of Catch Neuter Release.
Selection of Additional Population Management Projects
Save the Dogs – Romania
Veterinary Training Facilities in Mexico
HIS India
Palestine

29. DPM – Coco’s Animal Welfare, Mexico
Construction of new vet clinic in one of fastest growing cities in Central America.
Focus on neutering of owned and stray dogs, to help reduce overpopulation
Established outreach programme (neutering and veterinary care) in underserved communities.
Aim to neuter approx. 2,000 dogs, provide vet care to 1,000 and help rehome 700 every year.
Coco’s Animal Welfare, Mexico
In October 2015 and March 2016, two grants were provided to Coco’s Animal Welfare; the first one to support the construction of a veterinary clinic in Playa del Carmen, one of the fastest growing cities in Latin America (located on the East Coast of Mexico). The second grant was to cover the costs of architectural changes to the clinic design, as well as veterinary and office equipment for the newly built clinic.
The project has just come to an end; in the first year of operations, between June 2016 and June 2017, Coco’s sterilised a total of 2,011 dogs at their permanent clinic, as well as 448 animals at different outreach clinics in nearby towns. Furthermore, they provided treatment to 1,074 dogs and helped rehomed a total of 714 dogs.

30. Mission Rabies
Aim is to eliminate dog bite transmitted rabies from the world by 2030
Key Project
India (Ranchi and Goa) – Commenced 2013
Malawi – Commenced 2015
Mobile Veterinary Training Programme
Mass Vaccinations
Education
Rabies Surveillance
Humane Dog Population Management
What have we achieved so far?
1,000,000 + dogs vaccinated against rabies
1,000,000 + children in India and 1,000,000 in Malawi reached via education programme
Over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite. Hundreds of thousands of dogs are killed every year to prevent the disease spreading but culling has proven not only to be inhumane but also ineffective. This programme aims to underline that mass vaccination of dogs is more humane and effective. 
Dogs Trust is supporting Mission Rabies by funding mobile veterinary clinics, rabies vaccinations, outreach programs and training workshops in India. Our all-terrain veterinary hospital travels to the most remote parts of India to deliver outreach and training and vaccinate dogs to eliminate rabies in these areas.
Our aim is to eliminate dog bite transmitted rabies from the world by 2030.
Mission Rabies team also distribute educational material and visit schools to teach children and adults how to understand dogs better so they can avoid dog bites and reduce the risk of rabies.
Malawi is among the world’s hotspots for rabies and this vicious disease poses a huge burden to the country. The Mission Rabies programme expanded to Malawi in May The programme centre is Blantyre, a city with the highest recorded number of child deaths from rabies. Mission Rabies is eliminating rabies through mass vaccination of dogs while educating children to be rabies aware. Mission Rabies and Worldwide Veterinary Service are working with Blantyre SPCA and providing veterinary training and support to care for the animals within Blantyre city and surrounding areas.

31. Rabies – Mayhew International, Afghanistan
Note we have a large partner in Mission rabies, working particularly in India and Malawi but I wanted to showcase one of the others.
Collaboration with Mayhew International in Afghanistan will aim to eliminate rabies from the city of Kabul through a three-year programme to maintain annual vaccination coverage of at least 70% of the roaming dog population,
According to the results of Mayhew International’s dog population survey carried out in 2015, they are expecting the total number of dogs to be around 15,420 in the 16 districts of Kabul City.
Previously in Kabul, the municipality aimed to control the street dog population and the spread of rabies by poisoning dogs. Mayhew International have now signed an MoU with the municipality where the municipality has agreed to stop the culling and poisoning of dogs.
Working closely with the Ministry of Public Health, Mayhew International will perform a second survey by the end of the first year’s vaccination drive, as well as at the end of years 2 and 3, monitoring the number of rabies cases reports in Kabul. Using WVS app
As of this month (January) a total of 3,528 dogs have been vaccinated since August, with over 70% coverage in 5 of the 16 districts in the city so far.
Recruitment and training of catchers – interesting point about them being previous municipal dog catchers, used to using inhumane methods, many of who never actually really handled a dog before. Now look at them…..

32. Stop exploitation
Too many dogs are still exploited by people for their fur, meat, or simply to provide entertainment.
Our primary focus at present is the Dog Meat Trade in East Asia, where traders often resort to snatching loved pets from their families.
- People are not inherently cruel, but are not always aware what suffering they are causing. Through our grant programme, we look for opportunities to work with people who come from the communities where exploitation exits, but understand that dogs are wonderful, intelligent creatures. These are the people who have the power to change attitudes long-term.
- We supported the production of a film to expose the dog meat trade in Thailand where dogs are caught in areas with absolutely no history of dog meat consumption and sent to Viet Nam where dog meat is popular. The majority of Thai people were unaware and the public outrage and astute campaigning have led to improvements to animal welfare law in Thailand and increased enforcement that will save many lives and help end the trade for good.    
Animal Kingdom Foundation in the Philippines where the dog meat trade is already illegal, but laws are poorly enforced. Animal Kingdom Foundation run training seminars for 269 police officers and helped the police conduct 14 raids which led to 13 arrests for traders and most importantly saved 32 dogs.
Rescue more dogs – what do you do with them?

33. Improve local rehoming
We provided a grant to support the construction of a new 18 kennel block for 36 dogs at their new site in Sasyama. Additional space at Sasyama means they can provide a better quality of life for dogs there and they are building everything to Dogs Trust specifications. They are currently using Sasyama to house long-term residents that ARK are looking after for people affected by earthquakes and disasters, such as the Fujiyama meltdown, who have not yet been allowed to return to their homes and are living in government accommodation where no pets are allowed. The alternative for these animals would be euthanasia at a state facility. The long-term plan is that Sasyama will become ARK’s main rehoming centre when completed and all dogs will transfer from their current site in Osaka. ARK are a good organisation working in a very tough environment, they estimate 500 dogs and cats are still destroyed at government facilities every day. The new facility will help them to save many more dogs from a similar fate.

34. Education and human behaviour change

35. Education – Red Panda, Romania
Children and Dogs
Rising children’ awareness towards dog welfare: A number of 4000 children of years old educated towards dog welfare essential concepts, as well as vital dogs’ needs and other important information;
Educating children and, through them, their families and teachers:
4000 children will receive printed materials that consolidate the educational workshops and will be used as further tools of information and awareness in and outside school: children will bring home the materials and discuss them with their family – 4000 families can meet the information shared by their children;
200 teachers and principals will participate to the program: the professors will take part to the educational session and will receive the special booklet designed to rise their awareness towards dog welfare; the booklet will also be used as further school educational tool, in other classes as civic education, natural sciences, optional classes;
Educating children and families to adopt – not to buy: during school educational session, certain attention and appreciation will be offered to the children who own an adopted dog. These children will be presented to their classmates as heroes who save lives – a motivational tool that can inspire other children and families to adopt;
Educating adults towards spaying / neutering their pets, in order to prevent the unwanted breeding, the abandonment, the formation of the packs of dogs etc – a special leaflet, containing all the needed information, will be designed, produced and distributed in both children’s and teachers’ educational kits; children will handle the leaflet to their parents / families.
Dissemination of information and awareness to new target groups: the online educational tool – programme’s official website – will continue to be developed, being an online education portal for other children on national level and, possible, for their families. The format and approach will continue to be very friendly and will offer not only important information about dog welfare but also a range of fun and attractive things as dog facts and quotes, stories presenting dogs etc.
Medium and long-term expected outcomes:
Higher adoption rate of dogs from public and private shelters;
Better quality of life for Romanian family dogs;
Decreasing the number of unwanted dogs through pet spaying / neutering;
Changing Romanian mentality towards dogs and especially towards stray dogs.

36. Innovation SPA Pomurje - Slovenia YCMAD – United States
GAAP – Guatemala
We provided a grant to You Can Make A Difference to support the cost of a veterinary assistance voucher programme in Gadsden County, Florida, where around 20% of the population live below the poverty line. The grant will allow You Can Make A Difference to provide low cost spay/neuter, vaccination, and emergency care and surgery services to dogs owned by people on low incomes.
The remote rural community of Todos Santos, in Guatemala, has no veterinary services available to treat the local dog population, which results in the health and well-being of the dogs suffering. Disease and injuries go untreated and many of these are preventable and treatable with proper care. We have provided a grant to the Global Alliance for Animals and People to support the development of a training module and to provide basic first aid and medical training to a local person, in Todos Santos, in order to train this person as a Community and Dog Health Worker, to provide basic animal health care services within the area and help improve the health and welfare of local dogs
Global Alliance for Animals and People – Valdivia. Chile
The Global Alliance for Animals and People run a community veterinary clinic in the city of Valdivia, Chile, as a platform to reach less privileged community members and provide subsidised preventive medicine services within the city. Dogs Trust has provided a grant to the GAAP to support practical training to their current veterinarian and a new vet technician, and to cover the salary of the vet technician for a period of 12 months, which will allow the GAAP to extend their veterinary services and deliver mobile sterilisation campaigns in these remote rural areas helping to control the local population and improve the welfare of the dogs in the communities.
The project in Pomurje has now been successfully completed with 127 dogs being neutered within the 28 Roma communities, as well as 126 dogs from socially disadvantaged families, and 1100 children educated on dog welfare and responsible dog ownership. SPA also improved the living conditions of 331 dogs and have found permanent new homes for a further 15 dogs. The SPA have made considerable progress they are making in educating owners and improving the living conditions of the dogs in poor marginalised communities, because they have had to remove dogs from owners, the movement of dogs within the Roma communities has decreased with the neutering programme having a significant impact in the flow of new puppies. More than 99.5% of the dogs within the Roma settlements have been neutered with the number micro-chipped increasing by around 30% in the last year. During a visit to one of the Roma settlements in December, a family identified to SPA an old dog which looked to have been abandoned. The dog looked quite ill so SPA took it to the vet who found that the dog was micro-chipped, and he was subsequently able to be reunited with his owners. The family (pictured) had been searching for Bobi since November after he went missing and they were very happy and emotional when they were reunited!

37. Innovation – Funda Nenja, South Africa
“learning with Dog in Isizulu
Funda Nenja is an organisation based in South Africa, which runs an Animal Welfare programme designed to develop respect and compassion in young children and the youth while teaching them to train their dogs’ basic obedience. The programme co-exists with a social development arm which provides cognitive, medical and material assistance and referrals for the children. The organisation’s activities are divided into the Training (Dog School), Child Development and Education programmes.
Dog school, education, dog fighting stopping.
“Learning With Dogs”

38. Emergencies

39. Training, capacity building
ITP
Overseas Education Workshop
Overseas Behaviour Workshop
Global Assistance Programme
ICAWC

40. Capacity Building Overseas Behaviour Workshops OBW
Advice on dog behaviour
and training needs for shelters
Overseas Education Workshops OEW
How to set up and run a humane education programme in schools, develop locally relevant resources and lessons.
1min
We help charities across the globe with our specialist training. We can send our expert staff to provide training for your organisation on Education, Dog Behaviour and Training or Dog Catching & Handling. Each course is outlined below.
Education: During an Overseas Education Workshop our specialists talk about how to set up and run a humane education programme in schools. In this 2 day workshop our education officers discuss how to deliver a successful school workshop, develop resources and lesson plans relevant to the curriculum in your own country. The workshop is interactive in nature. 
Behaviour: We can send our senior dog behaviourists to advise you on dog behaviour and training needs that you are experiencing at your dog shelter. The workshop usually runs for 2-4 days and covers both theoretical and practical aspects.
Dog Catching & Handling: We can provide training workshops in dog handling and catching for your organisation, which will prepare your staff and volunteers to safely handle dogs and help you ensure the highest standards of dog care and welfare.

41. International Training Programme - ITP 2x year in UK c18 delegates
Global Assistance
Programme - GAP
Shelter focussed placements to improve enrichment for the dogs at shelters and improve rehoming rates
International Training Programme - ITP
2x year in UK
c18 delegates
1min
ITP
The International Training Programme takes place twice a year, in March and September, at Harefield (or Basildon). 18 delegates, an intensive four day whistle stop tour of animal welfare, including talks from expert speakers, networking opportunities and a chance to ask any questions and share ideas with other organisations. If you already have a shelter, we focus on how to run it efficiently and look at the importance of education and fundraising. If you don’t already have a shelter, we can advise you on the best way to affect real change without one.
GAP programme
Shelter focussed placements have been in Bulgaria, Malta, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, South Africa.
Most placements lead to massive improvements in enrichment for the dogs at the shelter and usually improve rehoming as a result.

42. Support US-based non-profits with grants for dog welfare projects to:
Objectives
Support US-based non-profits with
grants for dog welfare projects to:
2. Fundraising for other DTW projects
Help more dogs to be adopted by loving families
Reduce the number of stray and abandoned dogs
Uncover organizations that have found new ways to help dogs –and support them to do even more
Dogs Trust USA is a sister charity of DTW, dedicated to improving the lives of dogs across the United States, and around the world.
In the US:
Drawing on our expertise in shelter design, education and dog behaviour, our aim is to support rescues and shelters with the technical advice and financial assistance to help them achieve their goals.
89 million dogs owned in USA.
3.3 million abandoned in shelters every year; of these 670,000 are PTS every year.
Abroad:
To raise funds to help projects all around the world (DTW). Focus on three main areas:
ERADICATING RABIES , MANAGING DOG POPULATIONS and ENDING DOG EXPLOITATION

43. Thank you for listening

44. TELL US ABOUT IT! What you can do for us…
Make the world a better place for dogs!
And…
TELL US ABOUT IT!

45. Thank You Karen.Reed@dogstrustworldwide.com www.dogstrustworldwide.com