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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Delta ARP
Darling Delta is ready take flight onto finding her new home! She is sweet, puppyish and personable but she can be a little shy at first so a home thats able to let her settle in at her pace will be the best home for her. We think she may suit living with or without another male companion of any size and children 10 years and over.
This dog is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). ARP dogs are kept with their racing owners until they find an adoptive home, at which point they are brought back into GAP. This means that should you be interested in adopting this dog, we are bringing the dog into GAP on the understanding that you will be adopting them. As such, you will not be able to meet any other dogs, as you otherwise would be able to.
Barney ARP
Just like his friendly counterpart, Barney, is a happy, friendly, affectionate and sweet boy that melts your heart when he looks up at you lovingly. He will be a family favourite and everyone will love hanging out with Barney! We think he may suit living with another companion medium in size or larger and children 5 and over.
This dog is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). ARP dogs are kept with their racing owners until they find an adoptive home, at which point they are brought back into GAP. This means that should you be interested in adopting this dog, we are bringing the dog into GAP on the understanding that you will be adopting them. As such, you will not be able to meet any other dogs, as you otherwise would be able to.
Penny ARP
As pretty as a shiny Penny, this girl is beaming with joy to find her new home. She is sweet, polite, quiet and personable. Penny may suit living with another male companion of any size and children 5 and over. She may also suit living in an apartment type setting due to her sensible nature.
This dog is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). ARP dogs are kept with their racing owners until they find an adoptive home, at which point they are brought back into GAP. This means that should you be interested in adopting this dog, we are bringing the dog into GAP on the understanding that you will be adopting them. As such, you will not be able to meet any other dogs, as you otherwise would be able to.
Mango ARP
Meet Mango,the sweetest little fruit you’ll ever meet. This little girl is quiet, gentle and incredibly affectionate, with the cutest grey face that will melt your heart. She loves being close to people, seeks eye contact, leans in for cuddles and is always eager to please. Mango likes the occasional burst of zoomies but is mostly a calm and easy-going girl. She can confidently manage stairs and maybe suitable for apartment living. Mango may thrive as an only dog or may be suitable to live with any sized dogs; she also may be suitable to live with children aged 5+.
This dog is part of our Assisted Rehoming Program (ARP). ARP dogs are kept with their racing owners until they find an adoptive home, at which point they are brought back into GAP. This means that should you be interested in adopting this dog, we are bringing the dog into GAP on the understanding that you will be adopting them. As such, you will not be able to meet any other dogs, as you otherwise would be able to.
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