Looking for new and better ways to find homes for the dogs in your shelter? This Costa Rican ad campaign not only increased dog adoptions by 1,400 percent, but caught the attention of the media and pet lovers alike.
What dog breeds score highest in a tendency to show aggression toward unfamiliar strangers? To other dogs? To their owners? And are factors other than breed more or less important in evaluating a dog’s potential for aggressive behavior?
Misconceptions about how lost dogs and cats behave may be getting in the way of reuniting those pets with their families.
Long shelter stays may not be as stressful on dogs as believed, conclude the authors of a recent study published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
The Morris Animal Foundation is looking for 3,000 Golden Retrievers to enroll in its Canine Lifetime Health Study and help bring about an end to all kinds of cancer in dogs.
If you’re serious about saving the lives of shelter dogs, it’s definitely time to take a play break!
Getting more pets into homes with training, behavior modification, social media, and adoption program innovation will be the focus of the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program track at the Purdue Veterinary Medicine 2013 Fall Conference.
Pet adoption advocates often resent the fact that special needs pets tend to get so much more media attention and adoption interest than other pets in their facility. But those high-profile pets are often the shelter’s best opportunity to engage their community, raise money, and find more homes for all their pets.
If you missed the live webcast of The Dollars and Sense of Sheltering with Dr. Nicole Olynk Widmar, it's not too late! The on-demand version is now available. In this free webcast, you'll gain a solid understanding of the financial aspects of shelter programs, and learn how to analyze their results. This course has been… Learn More
Animal-care organizations often have limited resources to provide ongoing training and development for employees and volunteers, but there are plenty of free or low-cost ways to keep your staff members engaged on the job and to advance their skills.