Upcoming Classes

Penn State Large Animal Rescue

Two part training

May 30 – June 1 AND June 13-15

Online Courses

Companion Animal Sheltering
Self-paced online course, $25

Interested in hosting a training? Contact us!

Available Courses

Our courses are PEMA approved for credit through PA Train and can be approved for continuing education credits for veterinarians and vet techs.

Emergency Sheltering for Owned Animals – 8 hour

One day course provides the basics of emergency sheltering for animals including types of animal shelters, legal concerns, introduction to animal sheltering framework, and real-life scenarios. Ideal for shelters and rescues interested in planning for emergencies, volunteers who work in emergency sheltering for humans, and provides half of the 16-hour training requirement for PART volunteers.

Course cost: $50 per person

Available online or in person

Basic Emergency Response for Animals – 8 hour

One day course providing an introduction to emergency response for animals, how animal response fits within human responses, basic incident command, and animal behavior and handling. Minimum course requirement for all PART volunteers, also a great start for anyone who is interested in working to support emergency responders in pet deployments and provides half of the 16 hour training requirement for PART volunteers.

Course cost: $50 per person

Available online or in person

Emergency Response for Animals – for Emergency Responders – 2 hour

An introductory level course to train emergency responders on the basics of animal handling and behavior to orient first responders to the considerations for encountering animals.

Course cost: $50 per person

Pet First Aid – 8 hour

Teaches the basics of assisting an injured animal and the safety hazards of doing so. Learn pet CPR and how to check for illness and injury and rule out their causes.

Course cost: $50 per person

Available online or in person

Pet First Aid for Emergency Responders – 2 hour

Large Animal Handling

Awareness, Operations, and Technician level training are available, each 16-hours in length. These courses are designed to teach First Responders, Law Enforcement, Veterinarians, and Animal Control how to safely deal with a large animal in a dire situation, or multiple animals on a more complex incident.

The 16- hour Awareness level class will cover how to safely approach, lead/handle, and load large animals. With multiple exercises including downed horses in stalls, trailers, and pastures, and dealing with barn fires.
The 16-Hour Operations level class builds on the skills learned from the awareness level safely dealing with large animals that are stuck in multiple scenarios including mud/bog, water/ice, and sinkholes, lifting a large animal to safety, and includes field triage for the animal involved.
The 16-hour Technician level class continues to build the skills, safely dealing with entrapment, larger scale mass incidents, and more complex lifting scenarios.

Each of the courses are approved for 16-hours of continuing education for Veterinarians and Veterinarian Technicians.

Courses are $200 per person with a minimum class size of 10 attendees.

*Taylored trainings are available upon request.*

All courses can be scaled down to fit tighter time frames or scaled up to include live exercises. Remote and in person options available!