Puppy-Sitting for Collar Scholars at DU

Puppy-sitters are trained club members who provide support to our puppy-raisers! They take our puppies when our raisers cannot for anywhere from a few hours to over school breaks.

Puppy-sitters can take our puppies on outings and to classes with the raiser's permission. Our puppies are permitted everywhere on DU's campus (including residence halls), except in labs.

If you're interested in puppy-sitting, complete our interest form and check out our puppy-sitting manual (below)!

• Fill out our interest form!
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• Attend at least one general meeting
• Sign-up for specific sitter trainings (2 learning sessions and an assessment)
• Pay club dues ($15)
• Attend sitter trainings and pass the practical assessment with >80% and the puppy safety quiz with 100% (2 attempts)
• Upon completion, you will receive a certificate and be added to our active sitting list
  • Sitters remain on the active sitting list as long as they continue attending general meetings
  • Sitters can request a Leave of Absence from the active sitting list at any point for any reason, but must get re-certified if it has been longer than 1 quarter since last active
• All sitters who wish to continue puppy-sitting will complete an abbreviated version of the class to recertify during fall quarter

Access the puppy-sitting manual here!