Our Healthy Pets education program focuses on engaging community members (with a special focus on kids!) in becoming an active part of responsibly caring for their pets. The program consists of ten interactive workshops (available both in-person and virtually) with accompanying videos that connect the content to the local reality. By discussing topics such as the five basic freedoms of animals, how to “speak dog” (or read a dog’s body language to understand what they are trying to communicate), and rabies prevention, program participants gain a new level of awareness of their pets’ needs and learn how to construct a respectful bond with them.

Our one health approach emphasizes the impact of our pet’s health on our own, as well as on the environment and wildlife surrounding us. By integrating our content with the national curriculum and training teachers to offer the workshops and incorporate the information into their lessons, we hope to continue growing this program throughout different communities in Chile, creating a cultural shift of increased accountability for pets’ well-being and a closer connection between animals and their caretakers.

For us, a cultural shift is the only way to create sustainable change in how animals are treated on a larger scale, and we know that educating kids is the best opportunity to bring positive changes into action!