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. If you are not 18, please have a parent/guardian complete the volunteer application form and attend the information session with you.

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

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

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Greyhound Enrichment Volunteer - Seymour

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All greyhounds adopted from GAP are de-sexed, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and health checked.

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Jacko ARP

4 years old

Jacko's dream is to be in a home witha family that can include him all of their activities; he is up for camping,going to the café, beer garden, local markets, you name it! He loves nothingmore than human attention and affection. He may suit living with another dog ofsimilar size or if living as an only dog may need to have some training earlyon to learn to be home alone. He may suit living with children aged 10 yearsand older.

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Boppy ARP

4 years old

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Cleopatra

3 years old

Just like the Egyptian beauty that shares her name, this girl will captivate you and steal your heart. A super quiet and polite girl, Cleopatra may suit a home with a small, medium or large male canine friend, but may also like being the only queen of her home as an only dog. Cleo may also be ok in a home with children 10 and over. Are you the ready to introduce this queen to her forever palace? THIS LOVELY GREYHOUND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT OUR UPCOMING ADOPTION DAY ON SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER AT RSPCA BURWOOD!
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Wendy

6 years old

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Wendy-Lou ARP

5 years old

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Zoom ARP

2 years old

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Mitch

8 years old

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Hunter

5 years old

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Esmeralda

2 years old

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Zelda ARP

7 years old

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