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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: behavioral
science, animal training, animal husbandry,
veterinary medicine
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
K-12
Purpose: to cope with
loose dogs; to provide proper care for valued
animals
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K. Fredericks
and E. Meade
Village
Dogs
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 Activities
- Instruct children in dog defense:
how to read dog "body language"
how to avoid or cope with dog attacks.
- Conduct training sessions in:
obedience
specialized training: sled dogs, bird dogs.
- Sponsor a veterinary apprentice program:
invite a vet into the classroom
build a kennel where the vet can hold a clinic;
continue to house sick animals in the kennel
practice diagnosis and learn treatment
practice taking temperature, making splints,
giving shots
study preventive methods and medicine, dog
nutrition.
Resources
- State Library System (books on animal training)
- Alaska Division of Environmental Health
- Cooperative Extension Service
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Variations
- Open the veterinarian program
it
the village.
- Compile lore on dogs and mushing
from older people.
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