your Leader`s Guide: Brownie Level

The Houston Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
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The Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Brownie Leader's Guide
Brownie Level Requirements
HOUSTON
SPCA
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Houston SPCA
Girl SCOUt PatCh program
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
3110 Southwest Freeway
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 292-0300
www.gssjc.org
Houston SPCA
900 Portway Drive
Houston, TX 77024
(713) 869-SPCA (7722)
www.houstonspca.org
Houston SPCA "Paw Pals"
Girl Scout Patch
Patch Description:
Houston SPCA
Mission Statement:
Patch Design:
The Houston SPCA offers activities and a
patch for each level of Girl Scouts: Daisies,
Brownies, Juniors, and Cadettes and Seniors.
Activities will include items directly related to
the Houston SPCA's mission statement.
The mission of the Houston SPCA is to
promote commitment to and respect for all
animals and to free them from suffering, abuse
and exploitation. Our vision is that we will lead
our community to appreciate the value of
animals.
The Houston SPCA logo is in black and white.
There are four levels of paws with different
colors to represent each Girl Scout level.
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Cost:
Daisies receive a yellow paw
Brownies receive a pink paw
Juniors receive an purple paw
Cadettes/Seniors receive a orange paw
The cost is $3.00 per girl. This price includes
both the logo patch ($2) and the paw ($1) for
the respective level. Checks should be made
payable to the Houston SPCA. Cash is
acceptable as well. Receipts are provided as
requested by Troop Leaders.
PA TCH PROGRAM
Brownie Girl Scouts
"RESPECTING OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS"
Brownie Girl Scouts must complete five (5) of the nine (9) activities,
including the three activities that have asterisks.
1. *Visit the Houston SPCA for a tour.
2. At your next Brownie meeting, write or tell a story about one of the
animals from his point of view. What would the animal say if he could
speak? How do you think he feels about losing his family? How would
you feel if you lost a special friend?
3. How do dogs and cats communicate or talk to us? Observe your dog or
cat and explain her body language. On a tour at the Houston SPCA,
watch the body language of the homeless animals. How do dogs and
cats tell us when they are happy, sad, scared, and angry? Complete
the "Doggy Language" sheet and see if you can guess what each dog is
trying to say.
4. Learn how to behave around pets the RIGHT WAY! Find out when to
play with them and when to leave them alone. Study and discuss the
attachment about safe and unsafe behavior around dogs and do the
"Dog Bites Dos and Don'ts" page.
5. Find out about
a special operation given to dogs and cats to help with
the huge problem of too many pets and not enough homes or families
for all of them. The Houston SPCA receives about 100 animals a day.
So we also have the problem - too many animals and not enough
people to take care of them. So before our animals go home to their
new forever family, we give all the dogs and cats an operation called
SPAY surgery for females (so they don't have any more puppies or
kittens) and NEUTER surgery for males (so they are not dads to any
more puppies or kittens).
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PA TCH PROGRAM
Brownie Girl Scouts
"RESPECTING
OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS," CONTINUED
6. Find out about service dogs. Examples: police dogs, bomb-sniffing
dogs, dogs for the blind and deaf, to name a few. How are they trained?
What kinds of dogs make good service dogs? Work together and create
a picture story about service dogs. Try the "Seeing Eye Dog" activity
with a buddy.
7. * Learn the important three (3) "L's" of wildlife. (See worksheet).
Look at them, Learn about them, and Leave them alone.
8. * Find out why wild or exotic animals DON'T make good pets.
Learn how wild animals can take care of themselves and how
domestic animals cannot. Think about where exotic animals want
to live and where domestic animals want to live. What kinds of
things would a tiger or lion need (if he were a pet) that a regular cat
would not? What problems could occur if that kind of animal were
kept as a pet? What animals DO make good pets? Make a poster
with one side of pictures of animals that make good pets and the
other with animals that do not make good pets. Draw your own or
use magazine pictures. Share this with your troop.
9. Make a matching game to learn about different needs for different pets.
Use magazines or draw your own pictures. Draw or paste pictures of
each animal on a card and his needs on another card for matching. Find
pictures of about 10 different animals and then find or draw pictures of
the items those pets need. Examples: dog/leash; cat/litter box; fish/
bowl or aquarium. Use the cards to teach a younger child to match the
animal to his needs.
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1. "I'm angry! Back away!" Dog's hair is standing,
tail is up, teeth are showing.
2. "I'm scared. Don't touch me now!" Tail is between
legs, ears are pinned back.
3. "I'm a happy dog!" Stance is relaxed, tail is loose,
ears are up.
4. "I'm really scared. I'm trying to protect myself."
Crouched down, tail between legs.
5. "I'm ready to play with you!" Front legs are down,
rear is up.
6. Conflict! Angry dog and scared dog. Stay away!
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DOG BITES DOS AND DONTS
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~ Always walk your dog on a leash. (Keep your cats
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~ Before petting someone else's dog (or cat), ask the
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pet a dog, always let the clog sniff the bade of your
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Houston SPCA "Paw Pals"
Patch Program Evaluation Form
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HOUSTON
SPCA
Troop Number:
Your Name:
Girl Scout Level: Daisy
Brownie
Junior
Cadette
Senior
1.
What was your favorite activity and why?
2.
Which activities did you I your troop complete?
3.
Name at least one thing you learned from the patch program that you didn't
know before:
4.
Do you have any suggestions for our program?
Please let by number:
Please send this completed form to:
Houston SPCA
Education Department
900 Portway Drive
Houston, TX 77024
Forms can also be e-malled
to [email protected]
or faxed to713.869.5857.