Whelping Volunteer

@ Volunteer Success

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Overview

Volunteer Success is recruiting a whelping home volunteer for NSD, an ongoing role starting as soon as possible. The volunteer hosts a litter of puppies in their own home for about 8 weeks, caring for and socializing them until they are ready for training with puppy raisers. The posting requires a flexible schedule, a clean and quiet home, and living within 45 minutes of NSD.

Responsibilities:

Host a litter of puppies and their mother for about 8 weeks
Keep the puppies' area clean and stimulating
Socialize puppies until ready for training
Support from NSD staff and whelping program

Requirements summary:

Valid driver's license and access to a car
Clean, quiet home without children under 5
Maximum of 2 dogs over 1 year old in the home
Live within 45 minutes of NSD
Own cell phone and laptop with internet and camera

Source and dates

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Employer posting date: 2026-11-10
First seen by our source: 2026-11-14
Source record updated: 2026-11-14

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Job details

Department	Social & community services
Hours per week	40 (estimated)
Travel	air: none
Work setting	Home
Position	Sitting and standing
Physical demands	physical moderate · computer low
Licences & certifications	Valid Driver's License
Driver’s licence	required

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Job description

Summary

Whelping home volunteers welcome litters of puppies, our future life changers!

Location

In-Person

Kitchener-Waterloo/Cambridge/Guelph, Ontario

When

Opportunity Type

Ongoing - Start Anytime

Schedule

Asap

About This Opportunity

With support from NSD staff and our whelping program, you would host the litter of puppies for about 8 weeks in your home. This includes keeping the puppies’ area clean and stimulating for both mom and her puppies.

The main goal at this stage is to care for and socialize the puppies until they are ready to start training with their puppy raisers.

This volunteer role requires a flexible schedule so that the volunteer can focus the majority of their time on the litter of puppies during this crucial period of development.

The volunteer's home - a clean, quiet space. It does not need to be all that big, but it should allow Mom and her puppies to have quiet time.

The volunteer must live within 45 minutes of NSD (1286 Cedar Creek Rd), have no children under the age of 5 living in the house, and a maximum of 2 dogs in their home that are over 1 year of age.

Volunteer Requirements

Whether you meet these requirements or not, we encourage you to share your interest in us. You may still be a fit for a different opportunity with our organization.

Driver's License
Access to car
Valid Driver's License
Own cell phone
Own laptop with internet access and camera
Clean, quiet home
45 mins from Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge

Causes

Animal Shelter & Welfare Community & Social Services First Nations & Indigenous People Mental Health & Crisis Support

Skills & Experience

Animal Care & Handling Working with Care Animals / Comfort Animals Data Entry

Tags

community organizations Cambridge, Ontario senior volunteers group volunteers nonprofit volunteer adult volunteers Kitchener-Waterloo