Canine Club
The Canine Club was formed to promote an interest and knowledge of dogs through
education, community involvement, and development of personal interests. Active
club members are comprised of Washington State University veterinary students.
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Every year the WSU Canine Club hosts an annual Canine Canter. The
event is held Saturday of WSU’s Mom’s Weekend in April and is open
to the public. It is a 5k run/walk that students, staff, faculty and
the general public can enter with their canine companions. Each
participant receives a T-shirt on race day featuring all of our
sponsors on the back. The race route is on campus which makes
participants visible to the high influx of people on campus that
weekend. This event is our club’s biggest fundraiser for the year.
The club uses the funds raised from this event and others to bring
in lecturers from across the country to WSU to provide members with
a broad education that supplements our core curriculum. Lectures are
focused on topics specific to the interests of our members. Such
topics include canine health, nutrition, behavior and training.
Adopt a Dog Program
This is the first year of this joint program between the WSU CVM Canine
Club and Behavior Club. The general idea is to choose a specific dog at the
Whitman County Humane Society and spend a couple hours a week with that
specific dog. That time is spent walking, training and socializing the dog.
Participants should consider their own experience with dog training and
socializing when choosing a dog as well as the personality of the dog. The
shelter managers are available and willing to assist with the matching
process.
The benefit of this individualized attention from one person to the dog
is obvious. The more individualized attention a dog receives, the more
likely “behavior problems” will be resolved and they are more likely to be
adopted sooner. The first visits are usually the hardest as the dogs are
unfamiliar with members still. Once the dogs begin to recognize people from
repeated visits a bond begins to form and the visits become more enjoyable
for both. Walks and training time become more productive and improvements in
behavior can be seen.
Thus far this program has been met with great enthusiasm and we have
already seen improvement in some of the dogs. This program has been set up
to be as flexible as possible for members and will hopefully continue
through the summer into the new school year!
So far (Mar 3, 2008) three of our dogs have been adopted.
Photos
Canine Canter
April 2008
Photos from 2007
Dogshow
Canine
Canter April 14, 2007
Dog Show Photos
2006
