The workshops have many jobs that need to be filled. For safety reasons, some hands-on activities involving ungentled animals require prior experience or participation in LRTC or state recognized training programs to qualify.
Qualify as a Search and Rescue or Range Rescue mounted responder. Qualify to respond to technical large animal emergencies involving free-roaming horses and domestic livestock.
Provide “emergency” transportation for adoption turnbacks and for Virginia Range horses needing movement from state corrals to Foster Care facilities. Provide accommodations for horses recovered from problem adoptions and Virginia Range wild horses waiting to be adopted.
We continually get involved in wild horse related projects. Be a part of one!
Provide peer support and guidance for new wild horse adopters. For safety reasons, some hands-on activities involving ungentled animals require prior experience or participation in LRTC or state recognized training programs to qualify.
Volunteer at adoptions, assist with compliance checks, help promote adoptions.
An excellent way to help animals while enjoying the company of a pet on a short-term basis. Volunteer families provide a loving environment for HSTT pets who need a little extra TLC while awaiting adoption. You can choose to foster cats, dogs, puppies and kittens…whatever best fits into your lifestyle. We provide all the support…
Help homeless pets by having fun. The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe is fortunate to be located in a community that supports a series of fun and successful fundraising events. Volunteer opportunities for HSTT events range from helping sell rubber ducks at our annual Truckee Duckee Derbee to showing off an adoptable dog at our Black…
Bring a smile to patients, kids and seniors with your certified therapy pet. Through the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, you can have your pet certified as a pet therapy animal. Through this program, volunteers and their animals visit patients in local hospitals, senior living facilities, schools and many more people who need brightness in their…
A very important way for volunteers to help our animals get adopted and stay in their new homes. Homeless pets sometimes come to us with less than perfect manners and have never lived in a “normal” home environment. Our socialization programs teach dogs manners, how to behave on a walk and around other pets, and…