The Workshop

Stressful handling is unhealthy for handlers, animals, and the pork industry. Humans instinctively act in ways that make it difficult for pigs to do what we want. This workshop gives handlers the knowledge and tools they need to avoid problems and get the easier, less stressful pig movement they want.

High fear levels cost time, health, quality & money in every age of pig

Topics include:

• Pigs' survival instincts
  
• Recognizing fear, stress, and distress and why it matters
  
• Using your position effectively
• Setting up the pig responses that you want

Specific situations

• Getting good movement out of pens, in hallways and alleys
  
• Weighing and sorting
  
• Preparing and loading for market
  
• Moving sows
  
• Moving and sorting weanlings
• In the truck
• At the plant

Working with their survival instincts

Customized Workshops
Workshop contents and duration can be modified to meet specific needs of the workplace. We find the greatest benefit when we can collect and incorporate on-site video. When handlers can watch themselves working, it is easier for them to see:

• why they are getting current responses and
  
• opportunities for easier movement where problems exist.

For more information call: Don or Nancy Lidster
Phone: 306-276-5761
Email: dnlfarms@xplornet.com