Greyhound Enrichment Volunteer - Seymour
Our Greyhound Enrichment Volunteers at Seymour provide socialisation and enrichment activities to support greyhounds awaiting adoption.
Through walking, grooming, training, and sensory activities, volunteers help reduce stress and improve well-being. Limited work placements are also available at GAP Seymour for veterinary nursing and animal studies students.
Want a volunteer role where you get to cuddle adorable greyhounds all day?
Our Greyhound Enrichment Volunteers work at both our facilities in Seymour and Tullamarine, providing vital socialisation and enrichment activities for greyhounds housed in our kennels whilst they wait to be adopted. Please note, we only have availability for new volunteers at our Seymour location only.
Activities undertaken include walking, grooming, practice on stairs, general socialisation, and training activities. We also have many other activities for our greyhounds including training activities, cognitive, food, and sensory activities.
These activities help improve the well-being of the greyhounds while in our kennels. The activities help reduce stress, assists with problem solving skills and of course are lots of fun for the greyhounds and you! Limited work placements are also available at GAP Seymour for both veterinary nursing and animal studies students.
Please note: We require volunteers to be at least 18 years old.
What is required?
- Enrichment volunteers sign up for their own shifts available on the volunteer portal once they have completed their induction training. Training includes some important health and safety guidelines for working at our kennels, plus an onsite induction.
- Enrichment volunteers can be involved regularly every week, or as a “bite-sized” volunteer.
- Enrichment shifts at the Seymour kennels are run every day of the week between 10am-12.30pm & 12.30 to 3pm
- Set up, implementation, supervising the greyhounds and clean-up of the activities is required
- You should be comfortable in handling dogs of large size (up to 40kg) and various energy levels (including some very excited greyhounds)
- Enrichment volunteers will work as a team or individually, depending on the day.
- We ask that volunteers complete a minimum of one volunteer shift per quarter (3-months).
What are the benefits for you?
- Opportunity to learn new enrichment techniques that you can use with your own pet dogs at home
- One-on-one contact with greyhounds
- Gaining experience interacting with greyhounds if you are interested in working in the animal care/training industry
- The satisfaction of knowing you’re improving the greyhound’s well-being and increasing the dog’s chances of being adopted by assisting with their training and behaviour
- Becoming part of the GAP family
Meet our dogs ready for adoption
All greyhounds adopted from GAP are de-sexed, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and health checked.
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Thomas ARP
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Suzie ARP
Looking for a social butterfly that loves attention, always happy and favourite thing in the whole world is bum scratches? Then Suzie is your girl! This fun, adorable lady is looking for her forever home and we can’t wait for her to find it. We think she may sui living with children 5 and over and with or without another male canine companion of any size. She may even suit living with full-timeworkers!
This greyhound is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). Through this program, greyhounds stay with their current owners while they wait to find their perfect forever home.
If you're interested in adopting this dog, we'll arrange for them to come into GAP specifically for you to meet and complete the adoption process. Since the dog is being brought into the program based on your interest, we ask that applicants be reasonably confident this is the greyhound they'd like to welcome into their family. Unlike our standard adoption process, you won't be able to meet multiple dogs at the same time however our team will share lots of information about this greyhound to help you determine if they're the perfect match for your family.
Yogi ARP
Yogi is a friendly, outgoing greyhound with a happy wagging tail and a love for people. Confident, affectionate and full of enthusiasm, he's always ready to make new friends and be part of the action. Yogi may be suitable to live as an only dog or with a medium to large canine companion. He may also be suitable to live with children aged 10 years and over.
This greyhound is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). Throughthis program, greyhounds stay with their current owners while they wait to findtheir perfect forever home. If you're interested in adopting this dog, we'llarrange for them to come into GAP specifically for you to meet and complete theadoption process. Since the dog is being brought into the program based on yourinterest, we ask that applicants be reasonably confident this is the greyhoundthey'd like to welcome into their family. Unlike our standard adoption process,you won't be able to meet multiple dogs at the same time however our team willshare lots of information about this greyhound to help you determine if they'rethe perfect match for your family.
Oreo ARP
Everyone loves a sweet treat, and this sweet treat is one you will love more and more everyday. Oreo is an extremely polite, gentle and easy girl to have around and she is lovely to walk on lead. We think she may suit living with or without another medium or larger canine friend and children 5 and over. She may also suit full time workers.
This greyhound is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). Through this program, greyhounds stay with their current owners while they wait to find their perfect forever home.
If you're interested in adopting this dog, we'll arrange for them to come into GAP specifically for you to meet and complete the adoption process. Since the dog is being brought into the program based on your interest, we ask that applicants be reasonably confident this is the greyhound they'd like to welcome into their family. Unlike our standard adoption process, you won't be able to meet multiple dogs at the same time however our team will share lots of information about this greyhound to help you determine if they're the perfect match for your family.
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Larry
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