Washington Humane Society Behavior & Learning Center

The new training facility located on 7315 Georgia Avenue, NW is set to open by mid-2008. The Learning Center will offer competitively priced private and group lessons -- for both dogs and cats. The Washington Humane Society's Behavior & Learning Department will utilize the new training facility to work with adoptable dogs and cats and train volunteers and staff on the philosophies of animal learning. Group training classes open to the public will provide education and training in subjects such as socialization, preparedness, general manners, specific obedience, general cat and dog care topics, and even a leash aggression class.

With the move of our Spay/Neuter Clinic to our new National Capital Area Spay & Neuter Center on Capital Hill, we were left with a vacancy on the main floor of our old Spay/Neuter Clinic on Georgia Avenue in Northwest. With the amazing work of Rand Construction Corp. of Alexandria, Virginia, we removed the dividing walls of the old surgical suites to open up one, large, useable space, big enough to construct a training center that could hold group training classes and private lessons.

For the first time in the history of the Washington Humane Society's 137 year mission to serve and protect the animals in the District of Columbia, we now have our own indoor venue to hold behavior and learning classes for both the animals and people of the Washington, DC metro area.

Please check back soon for a schedule of our upcoming classes, or for more information please contact Kevin Simpson, 202-723-5730 (ext. 122) or askthetrainer@washhumane.org.