Pet Etc. Classes
Fun animal encounters where you'll learn about your favorite finned, furry or feathered friends and make a cool keepsake to take home.
Can’t decide which class to pick??? Sign up for 6 or more and pay only $15 each!
1. Furball Fun
Have a ball learning about rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and more; hamsters, ferrets and gerbils galore! Explore the wonderful world of small mammals. Find out what they need and how to care for these nocturnal animals in your home. Meet these enchanting creatures right here at HSM, as well as the experts from the Missouri House Rabbit Society and FURRY: Ferrets Underfoot Running Round You! You don’t want to miss out on having a ball of furry fun with us!
Date: Tuesday, June 9
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 50)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR FURBALL FUN.
2. Is Being a Vet Your Best Bet?
What do you want to be when you grow up? Most animal-loving kids think they want to be a veterinarian, which is great because it’s a fascinating job! But most kids don’t know about the other fascinating animal jobs out there. Join us and meet an animal cop, adoption counselor, dog trainer, groomer, pet sitter and veterinary surgeon! Find out how you can get paid to have fun working with animals while making their world a better place! You will get to see animal workers in action during a special behind-the scenes tour of our animal shelter and veterinary clinic! Everyone gets an A+ in this class because you care about animals and want to make a difference!!
Date: Thursday, June 11
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 10-14
Fee: $20 (Capacity 50)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR IS BEING A VET YOUR BEST BET .
3. Frisky Feline Friends!
If you are crazy about cats, this class is for you! We’re going to prove the many notorious cat myths wrong! Cats are loved by many around the world but they also get an unfair bad rap! Is it fact or fiction that if dropped, cats will always land on their feet? Is it a fact that cats have nine lives? Are black cats really bad luck? We already know they make fabulous companions but there is so much more to learn about America’s most popular pet, the cat! The best part is you get to meet many special cats here at the Humane Society of Missouri! Pounce, leap and slink your way to the Humane Society of Missouri to sign up for this class! >^..^<
Date: Tuesday, June 23
Where:Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 50)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR FRISKY FELINE FRIENDS.
4. Barn Buddy Bonanza (Ponies ages 6-8)
(Union, MO location)
There’s nothing fowl about this camp! Slip on your boots city slickers and get ready to come on down to the rescue ranch (watch where you step)! Did you know that pigs have tested higher on intelligence tests than most other animals? Or that each rooster can recognize the crow of at least 30 other roosters? Find out much, much more at this camp! We'll take a hayride into the pasture and learn how to groom a horse! This is your chance to get your hooves on cool stuff like emu eggs, peacock feathers and goat horns! Visit with rescued pigs, chickens, goats, horses and cows. Each one of these gentle creatures has a story to tell about being rescued! This is your chance to meet the special horses rescued from the tractor-trailer accident on highway 44! They are healing and eager to make a new barn buddy..YOU!
Date: Wednesday, June 24
Where: Long Meadow Rescue Ranch
Time: 10 a.m. – 1:00 pm (bring a brown bag lunch, drinks provided)
Who: Ages 6-8
Fee: $25 (Capacity 30)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR BARN BUDDY BONANZA (AGES 6-8).
5. Tasty Treats for Pets to Eat!
Bake, stir and roll your way into the Humane Society of Missouri to make some treats for our shelter friends! Horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and critters love after school snacks just like we do!! Yum! Join us as we bake and create delicious, healthy snacks for our critter friends!! Did you know that there are foods that we humans eat everyday that can make our animals friends really sick!? Join us as we make safe and healthy treats with all natural ingredients that even we two-legged creatures can eat!! Come with your sleeves rolled up, ready to get messy! We’re going to have a howling good time!
Date: Tuesday, June 30
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 30)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR TASTY TREATS FOR PETS TO EAT.
6. CSI: For the Animals
Duck beneath the yellow crime scene tape and enter the scene of a crime. This is no ordinary crime, it was committed against an animal and it’s your job, as an Assistant Animal Detective to piece the clues together and uncover the truth. Who committed the crime? What laws were broken? What was the motive? The answer is in the evidence. This class will give you an inside look into the jobs of a real-life animal cop and a veterinarian. Animal cops and veterinarians often work together to make sure justice is served for the animals. Experience their fascinating work for yourselves and learn how to take a bite out of crime!
Date: Tuesday, July 7
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Who: Ages 10-14
Fee: $20 (Capacity 50)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR CSI: FOR THE ANIMALS.
7. Barn Buddy Bonanza: (Mustangs: Ages 9-11)
(Union, MO location)
There’s nothing fowl about this camp! Slip on your boots city slickers and get ready to come on down to the rescue ranch (watch where you step)! Did you know that pigs have tested higher on intelligence tests than most other animals? Or that each rooster can recognize the crow of at least 30 other roosters? Find out much, much more at this camp! We'll take a hayride into the pasture and learn how to groom a horse! This is your chance to get your hooves on cool stuff like emu eggs, peacock feathers and goat horns! Visit with rescued pigs, chickens, goats, horses and cows. Each one of these gentle creatures has a story to tell about being rescued! This is your chance to meet the special horses rescued from the tractor-trailer accident on highway 44! They are healing and eager to make a new barn buddy..YOU!
Date: Wednesday, July 8
Where: Long Meadow Rescue Ranch
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 9-11
Fee: $25 (Capacity 30)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR BARN BUDDY BONANZA .
8. Santa Paws is Coming to Town!
Pets like toys just like we do! Toys help us unleash our energy and help us exercise in fun and exciting ways! Our shelter pets need stimulation. Join us in Santa’s Workshop in July as we create toys of all kinds for pets of many shapes and sizes. We’ll make something for our furred and feathered friends and we’ll do it using as many recyclable materials that we can find. Who knew grocery bags, toilet paper rolls and old socks could be so much fun?! This is sure to be a fun way to spend a hot summer day indoors, making presents for shelter pets! You’ll get to take a present home for your pet too!!
Date: Tuesday, July 14
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 30)
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR SANTA PAWS IS COMING TO TOWN.
9. The Call of the Wild:
Can you hear them? If you slow down and listen quietly, what animal sounds do you hear in your own backyard? You might hear the chirping of a cardinal, a squirrel scurrying through the leaves, or even a bee buzzing near a flower. All animals have their own special language so they can communicate with each other! Come find out how our animal friends of the sea, sky and land communicate to send important messages back and forth to each other in the animal kingdom. Let’s find out how we can help them when they are in need! We’ve all found a baby bird who has fallen out of a nest or have seen an injured animal on the side of the highway and have felt hopeless because we didn’t know what to do. Come meet some fabulous people in our community who DO know what to do and who dedicate their lives to helping our wild animal friends like geese, wolves, bats and raccoons. Meet some special wild animal friends too!
Date: Tuesday, July 28
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs.
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 50)
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10. Extreme Doggie Makeover
Did you brush your teeth and hair when you woke up today? We hope so! We’re much healthier when we do! Pets are much healthier if they are groomed regularly too! Watch a doggie makeover right before your very eyes! Meet a groomer and watch her use her tools of the trade to groom a pooch from head to tail! Many of the dogs who walk through our shelter doors have matted, dirty fur and long nails because they were homeless with no one to care for them or because they were not taken care of properly by their owners. In addition to lots of love, attention and rehabilitation, many of our shelter dogs get extreme doggie makeovers so they feel better from head to dewclaw! If you’ve ever wondered what happens to your dog when you drop him off at the groomer’s, here’s your chance to see a makeover behind-the-scenes!
Date: Thursday, July 30
Where: Humane Society Hdqtrs
Time: 10a.m. – noon
Who: Ages 6-9
Fee: $20 (Capacity 30)
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