EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

dogs, to help improve their confidence and ability. A dog is a reassuring companion who doesn’t judge, which helps children feel comfortable reading. In fact, researchers at Loyola University Chicago found that children who read to dogs developed fluency at a rate 48% faster.

Students will learn about the work of SOS Galgos, about the mistreatment of galgos and hare coursing, so they know the ways in which we can change their situation.

Students will analyze how dogs communicate. Students will develop the social skill of empathy by learning how to identify nonverbal cues of dogs and how to appreciate a dog’s perspective.

Students learn that not all dogs have homes, but that rescue organisations take care of homeless dogs and work hard to find their forever homes.

Through discussion and participation in a role-play that involves investigating a neglect case of a dog, students will understand the importance of providing for their needs.

Students will learn how affectionate galgos are and what wonderful pets they make, to dispel rumours that galgos are unsuitable for homes. This will also help our galgos waiting for adoption to get used to socialising with children.

Using role-play and engaging in pair and group discussions, students will learn that dogs need specific things in order to be happy and healthy.

Students will create dioramas of indoor or outdoor scenes with dogs and provide all the necessary items that need to be included for them to be safe and happy.

Students will learn about dog overpopulation and homelessness as well as puppy farms and the conditions in which dogs are raised. Students will use a wide variety of resources to learn about these topics, including video, a math worksheet and discussing an individual dog’s story from homelessness to adoption.

Students read stories about dogs who have lost their homes and consider what could have been done differently to prevent them from becoming homeless.

By assessing the cost of the care of dogs as pets, students will recognize that part of the responsibility of dog ownership is having the means to provide for their needs.

Animal osteopathy involves studying bone and muscle rehabilitation. This improves wellness and reduces pain. It’s like a massage for dogs! We will give all our galgos this treatment at the new centre, as animal osteopathy students will visit to gain experience.

Students will consider the differences between buying dogs sold for profit and adopting dogs from adoption centers by comparing descriptions of dogs up for adoption to advertisements of dogs for sale.

Students will examine some of the many ways dogs end up homeless and in animal shelters. Students will translate this new knowledge into creating a first-person point of view piece, which they will scaffold prior to completing.

Students will learn the importance of wildlife conservation and work to fight climate change and plastic pollution.

For example, children can study the anatomy of galgos for biology, calculate the cost of owning a dog for maths, draw a galgo for art or write a story about the rescue of a galgo for literacy or in a foreign language.