Dog_101_Productions_Safety

Did you know that…

…there are 53 million dogs living in America, meaning approximately one out of every three households is home to a dog?
…an estimated 4.5 million people per year are bitten by dogs, 800,000 of whom require medical treatment?
…according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in a five-year time span animals directly inflicted or contributed to 75,000 occupational injuries, 375 of which were fatal encounters?
…the insurance industry reports that it pays over $1 billion annually in dog-bites claims made against home-owners’ liability policies, and hospital fees for emergency room visits total an estimated $102.4 million – and those numbers do not include losses associated with other medical claims, workmen’s compensation claims, lost wages, and sick leave-associated business costs?
…according to the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Task Force on Canine Aggression and Human-Canine Interactions: “Education is key to reducing dog bites”?

Your employees know! Even if they don’t have the hard numbers, workers who visit American homes face these issues every day.

Dog 101 can make their jobs safer and easier. In one 60-minute workshop your employees will learn:

A simple five-point canine body-language assessment to help determine if the resident dog is friendly, anxious or threatening
Essential communication skills to help make their interactions with four-legged family members safer and more productive
Detailed examples of industry specific risk points and how to manage these situation to stay safer
When and how to communicate with two-legged family members regarding difficult situations

Sources: http://www.sfdog.org/do/aggressive.pdf, http://www.avma.org/public_health/dogbite/dogbite.pdf, http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/archive/fall2000art3.pdf