Description: This person will be a (freelance) consultant who specializes in implementing fitness programs in animal shelters.
[DISCLAIMER: The following graphic is in no way associated with, or endorsed by, Cesar Millan or The Millan Foundation. It is an artistic rendering of what I HOPE will be, not a representation of what is.]
Purpose/Mission:
- To turn the dark reality of shelters around, creating places of healing, community integration, learning and forward movement. Thusly, to transform the long-standing collective perception of shelters as dark, hopeless places.
- To communicate that community involvement in shelter programs is the key to their long-term success. Thusly, to support a strong, positive community surrounding animal rescue and welfare.
- To spread the message that fitness of body and mind, for humans and animals alike, is the key to inner-strength, happiness and personal success.
- To emphasize the healing properties that exist inherently in the bond between people and animals. And to educate people on how to bring out the energy within both themselves and their pets, to best benefit from that healing potential. (I would put special focus on GRIEF support; because running with dogs helped me survive, grieve and heal after the death of my mother).
Responsibilities:
* To work with architects and builders to design shelters that emphasize health and fitness for all resident animals (and people, too).
* To find ways to equip shelters with treadmills, infinite swimming pools and other toys/ materials that will help facilitate the goal of providing shelter animals with exercise.
*To reach out for financial support through partnerships with - and sponsorships by - big, health-conscious corporations like Beneful and Purina.
* To develop cost-effective fitness programs for shelter animals, with a focus on implementing community involvement.
For example:
- Frisky Fitness Youth Camp, where kids fighting childhood obesity become responsible for exercising shelter animals, while getting fit, and building health-oriented lifestyles for themselves. Young participants would learn self-responsibility and empowerment through responsibility for others; connection with animals and nature; unconditional love to combat feelings of guilt and self-punishment; healthy habits, and the healing properties of exercise; (This way, shelters would get paid to have resident animals exercised, rather than hoping, with no guarantee, for enough volunteers to come forward.)
*To travel, write and speak with the intention to share Frisky Fitness' mission on as widespread a scale as possible.
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In a perfect scenario:
Because I see the mission of FRiSKY FiTNESS as essentially "interchangeable" with Cesar Millan's SHAPE (SHelter Animal Physical Enrichment) Program...in this position, I would act as a liaison between the Cesar Millan Foundation, and the shelter community.
Because the physical exercise aspect of the programs is fundamental, but is only the beginning of a much larger picture, I would spend six months to a year training under Cesar at The Dog Psychology Center. This time of learning would be used for developing programs, and practicing their implementation, using "Cesar's Rules" as a guideline for both form and function of new, health-oriented shelters.
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Universe: Please consider my application for the position of Frisky Fitness Consultant (in association with CMI). After all, this position was created by me, specifically for me. And undoubtedly, I was born to do EXACTLY THIS WORK.
Thank you.
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