Marin Humane Society Special Events
2010
More Than Puppy Love
Marin Humane Society Events
Dine at Pasta Pomodoro and support MHS
FREE Environmental Education Program at MHS
Vaccination and Microchip Clinic
Animal Communication with Marta Williams
Building Drive & Motivation Workshop
Dominican University Lecture and Book Signing with Dr. Stanley Coren
Animal Law Enforcement Training Academy
(Basic & Advanced)
FREE WORKSHOP: Learn Bird Basics
Disaster Preparedness for your Pet
Sniff the Dog Movie
Donate Your Used Books to MHS
MHS Thrift Shop is in Need of Donations
20% of your bill will support MHS
This fundraiser has been extended throughout 2010!
Invite your friends and family to dine at Pasta Pomodoro (or grab an order to go) from throughout 2010 and 20% of your bill will be donated to the Marin Humane Society!
Simply download and present the flyer below to your server.
Download flyer (updated flyer coming soon)
Visit Marin Pasta Pomodoro locations in Novato (140 Vintage Way), San Rafael (421 Montecito Plaza) and Mill Valley (Town & Country Village).
Buon Appetito!
FREE Environmental Education Programs at MHS
With David Herlocker of Marin County Open Space
Wild Sex
Thursday, February 11
7 - 8:30 PM
Bring your favorite valentine to learn all about the bizarre spectrum of mating rituals found all around us in the natural world. Find out that bondage, group sex, and gender reversals are probably happening every day in a meadow near you!
Programs will take place in the auditorium at MHS
Look for Love in All the Right Places
Come to The Marin Humane Society's
Adoption Outposts
The Marin Humane Society brings adorable adoptables to your community!
Meet wonderful animals who are available for adoption and chat with MHS staff about animals, behavior and training, or any shelter topic.
For information about our available adoption animals, go to the Adoptions Web page or call 415.506.6225.
Please note that rain, severe cold or shortage of available animals cancels Outpost events.
Saturday, February 20, 12 – 3 PM
The Village in Corte Madera
Saturday, February 27, 12 – 3 PM
Town Center in Corte Madera
January-May session is full. Please check back in a few months for information about the fall session, which will start in September.
Instructor: Trish King, MHS Director of Behavior & Training, CPDT, CDBC
CBA is a weekly class for busy people who would like to become professionals in the Dog-Training world, or to learn more about the animals that accompany us through our lives.
Practical, usable information will be delivered in a relaxed, challenging atmosphere, using lecture, video and live dogs. Students' dogs are welcome in most sessions.
Fee: $650 for 12 weeks.
For more information, please call 415.506.6280.
Beginning/Intermediate
Animal Communication
Learn how to communicate intuitively with your companion animals
Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, May 16
10 AM–2 PM
$95 per person
In this hands-on workshop, animal communicator Marta Williams will introduce techniques for communicating with our pets. Working with demonstration animals, participants will perform simple exercises to learn how to have intuitive conversations with their own companion animals.
Attendees can bring one well-behaved dog per person or a photo of any pet with whom they wish to communicate. To register, please call 415.506.6288.
Marta Williams is an author, animal communicator and biologist who lives in Northern California. She lectures, teaches and offers consultations for animals by phone or email, worldwide.
Building Drive & Motivation Workshop
A seminar for performance dogs with
Denise Fenzi
February 13 & 14, 2010
8:30am – 4:30pm
This seminar is for competitors from any sport that values intensity, endurance and focus, such as obedience, agility, flyball, schutzhund, ring, SAR, and freestyle.
Seminar format: Day one of the seminar focuses on performance foundations: building drive, retrieve and tug, plus food, hunt & pack (relationship) drives. Participants will gain an understanding of their dogs’ drives and behavior, and how to use this information to more effectively play, motivate and train. Day 2 focuses on the end goals which include putting the pieces together, focus, stays, problem solving and trial routines. Day 2 is a continuation of the lecture from the first day, the discussion builds and is expanded across the two days. There is work time for dogs with working spots during both days.
About Denise: A twenty-five year veteran of training, competing, and titling in schutzhund, obedience, tracking, agility, conformation, and herding who has earned multiple HITs in obedience and schutzhund. Denise’s positive training methods are widely recognized for producing dogs with exceptional attention, accuracy and enthusiasm for their work. She uses her extensive knowledge of canine drives to motivate the dog and turn training into a positive experience for an enthusiastic and accurate performance. She has extensive experience working with all kinds of dogs.
Fees:
10 working spots - $200 for both days - WORKING SPOTS ARE FULL
Unlimited audit spots - $50 for one day, $80 for both days
Please call 415.506.6280 for more information.
Lecture and Book Signing with Best-Selling Author Dr. Stanley Coren
Friday, February 19 at 7pm
Guzman Lecture Hall
Dominican University of California
Tickets: $25 (includes copy of How Dogs Think)
Bestselling author, psychologist, and world-renowned expert on dog behavior and training, Dr. Stanley Coren presents the most informative, in-depth, fascinating book on dogs. How Dogs Think shatters many common myths and misconceptions about our four-legged friends and reveals a wealth of surprises about their mental abilities and potential. It will make you love and appreciate all dogs - including your own - in wonderful new ways.
RSVP by February 11 to 415.257.1349.
Presented by Dominican University of California, Book Passage and the Marin Humane Society.
Presented by American Red Cross
Saturday, February 20
Choose from morning or afternoon session
Workshop Fee: $60
Help your dogs and cats survive a medical emergency by learning the skills for performing pet first aid and CPR. Two Pet First Aid & CPR workshops will be held on Saturday, February 20 at the Marin Humane Society. Pet guardians may register for one of the two sessions: 9 AM - 1 PM or 2 - 6 PM.
Presented by American Red Cross certified instructor Peter Pey, this hands-on workshop teaches basic lifesaving techniques, including basic pet first aid, CPR training, rescue breathing, restraint and muzzling, choking management, poison response, and much more.
Please leave your pets at home. Dog and cat mannequins will be available for hands-on training.
To register, call 415.506.6288.
Animal Law Enforcement
Training Academy
Animal Law Enforcement
Training Academy (Basic)
March 8-19, 2010
The Basic Animal Law Enforcement Training Academy includes 80 hours (ten days) of study on such topics as animal care, impound procedures, animal fighting, elements of a crime, investigation, rules of evidence, law enforcement, report writing, search and seizure, laws of arrest, the veterinarian‘s role, legal procedures, court demeanor and testifying, civil and criminal liability, humane laws, and child abuse.
Please download more information here.
Animal Law Enforcement
Training Academy (Advanced)
April 11-16, 2010
The Advanced Animal Law Enforcement Training Academy is an intensive forty-hour study of investigation procedures as they relate to California anti-cruelty and anti-neglect laws. This course is open to employees of agencies who have completed the Basic Academy.
Please download more information here.
FREE WORKSHOP: Learn Bird Basics
Saturday, March 13
10 AM - Noon
Perfect for bird guardians and those considering adopting a bird
The Marin Humane Society will host a FREE Bird Basics workshop on Saturday, March 13 from 10 AM - Noon. Presented by local bird rescue organization Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue, this workshop is designed to give bird guardians, and those thinking of adding a bird to their family, the tools they need to prevent or correct behavior and health problems.
Highly social and intelligent, birds are still wild animals and as such, their normal behavior can make them difficult and demanding to live with. Issues like noise, biting and destructive behavior are common challenges for bird guardians.
Bird Basics will address proper avian care and diet, symptoms of illness and first aid, general husbandry, taming and training, and much more.
To register, please call 415.506.6288.
Saturday April, 17
1:30 –4:30 PM
$10 donation suggested
If you are a parrot guardian or are considering making a parrot a part of your family, this workshop is a must. From teaching tricks to safe handling, instructor Linda Fisher will cover the essentials of parrot guardianship and how to help your parrot live a long, healthy and enriched life.
To register, please call 415.506.6288.
Disaster Preparedness for your Pet
Saturday June 5
10 AM – Noon
$30 workshop fee
June is Disaster Preparedness Month, the perfect time to attend this important workshop! Presented by American Red Cross certified instructor Peter Pay, this hands-on workshop will teach pet guardians what they can do for their companion animals both before and during disaster.
To register, please ca 415.506.6288.
Purchase a copy of Sniff the Dog Movie online and 20% of your purchase will support the Marin Humane Society! DVDs can be purchased online: Click here to visit Sniff The DOG Movie
This charming, family-friendly Bay Area film is a hybrid of fiction and documentary. Veteran British actors Neil Morrissey and Richard Huw star as unemployed actors Neil and Richard, who travel from London to San Francisco to work as concierges at Infinite Paws, a high-end dog hotel run by Neil's old flame Juliette (Amanda Plummer) and her husband Derek (Maurice Godin). On the job Neil and Richard wear proper suits and giant dog masks, but during off-hours they make a documentary about dogs. Outgoing Neil favors heart-warming vignettes about dogs that skateboard and surf, but straitlaced Richard is drawn to the heroic stories of guide dogs and search-and-rescue dogs. With familiar Bay Area locations, Sniff will leave you wagging your tail.
Help animals in need
By participating in books sales throughout the year, the Marin Humane Society is able to turn your used books into much needed resources for the shelter animals. Please donate your books, DVDs, CDs and books on tape (in good condition and less than 10 years old), and make a difference in the life of an animal in need.
Please call 415.506.6232 for more information, or simply bring your donations to the shelter.
MHS Thrift Shop is in Need of Donations!
Donate your unwanted jewelry, books, CDs, DVDs, knick knacks, etc. to the MHS Auxiliary Thrift Shop located at 360 San Anselmo Avenue in San Anselmo.
The shop has limited space – please no donations of computer or stereo equipment, large exercise or sports equipment. Seasonal (summer) clothing donations only.
All donations benefit the MHS Clinic. For more information, call the MHS Thrift Shop at 415.459.5787.
