What to expect and why during the evaluation of a potential dog?
Not all animals are suited for intervention work, and good intentions aren’t enough.
An evaluation provides a professional perspective on your animal’s real potential in an animal-assisted intervention context.
This meeting aims to observe a few key points: • their adaptability • their stress management • their mobility and availability • their tolerance to different contexts • their ability to interact without overload
The goal isn’t to judge your animal, but to understand their strengths, their limits, and to validate whether they can work in this type of setting in a healthy and safe way.
This step is essential for an ethical, professional, and safe approach for the client beneficiary, for the animal, and for yourself.
Because in zootherapy, the animal’s well-being and the quality of the intervention must always go hand in hand.
