Q: You will need to fill out a volunteer application at the hospital. Often, an application can be completed online or downloaded from the hospital website. Typically, a member of the volunteer office will contact you to once your application has been received and notify you of the next steps. Make sure you include the specific areas that you would like to volunteer in on your application.  Choose more than one area of interest on your application in case you do not get your first choice.  Most hospitals will conduct a background and criminal check as part of your application. Get your application in as soon as you can.  Slots may be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are applying to a special summer program, check the application dates. The dates may be different than the deadline for other types of volunteers. Typically, hospitals will require that you have a received your MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine and a recent Tuberculosis (TB) skin test. If you have already received these vaccinations, you will need documentation of your results. If you have not received these vaccinations, you will need to have them before you can volunteer at a hospital.  Some hospitals also require a influenza (flu) vaccination and Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccination or immunity.  Visit your primary care physician or local health department if you need to get your vaccinations and TB test. Many hospitals like to interview potential volunteers. Be prepared to answer some questions when you go in for your interview. Why do you want to volunteer at the hospital? What would like to do as a volunteer? What are your interests? Do you have any special skills? How did you hear about the hospital volunteer program?  It may help to think about these questions and write down the answers before your interview. Do not think of the interview as a formal job interview.  The hospital is really trying to find a volunteer placement that is a good fit for you. Give honest answers and be yourself during the interview. You will typically be required to attend some sort of orientation before you begin volunteering. The orientation will cover many topics such as hospital policies and procedures, volunteer requirements and expectations, and the history and mission of the hospital. In addition to a general orientation, you may receive training in your specific volunteer area.  Orientation may be online or at the hospital. At some hospitals, you may attend orientation before you complete your application. If this is the case, you will receive information about the application and interview process during orientation. Pay attention and ask questions during orientation. This is also a good time to meet some of the people you may be working with. You will receive your assignment at orientation as well.
A: Complete an application. Get your medical records. Complete your interview. Attend orientation.

Q: Set up a puppy room in which the dog will sleep and eat, rather than letting it roam all over the house. Letting it roam your whole home will make potty training more difficult, as you will have a harder time keeping track of what it is doing. Take the puppy straight out to the spot that you intend it to use as a toilet. Pop it down on the spot and if the dog happens to 'go,' give it heaps of praise. The idea is for the dog to associate going to the bathroom in that spot with getting heaps of praise. This makes it worthwhile for the dog to save up its bodily functions in return for adoration. Of course potty training doesn't happen instantaneously and you need to stick at it. Training requires the puppy to learn where it is meant to go, and where it shouldn't go. To teach the later means constant vigilance. Watch it indoors like a hawk and when the dog shows the earliest signs of wanting to toilet, such as sniffing with great concentration or sidling up to objects, then pick it up and take it outside to the toilet spot. Then when the dog goes in the right place, lavish it with praise. An adult dog that has never been potty trained should be able to hold it for several hours once trained. However, to increase your success rate, take an 8 week old puppy outside every 20-30 minutes. If you can't be with the puppy in between toilet stops, then pop it in its crate rather than letting it go to the bathroom in the house. Also, puppies tend to toilet about 20 minutes after eating, so put him outside after each meal, and likewise immediately after eating. If the dog or puppy does have an accident indoors, be sure to thoroughly clean it up. There should be no lingering odor left behind once you have cleaned it. A lingering odor could draw it back to use the same spot once again.
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Start toilet training your goldendoodle as soon as you bring it home. Don't get discouraged and be vigilant. Take the dog out frequently. Clean up accidents thoroughly.