Animal Welfare Professionals

If you work or volunteer for a shelter or rescue, you probably have a dog or several dogs who are excitable. Many of these dogs just need a little training. A lot less commonly, a dog might be experiencing hyperarousal. They get super excited and have difficulty calming down or regulating their emotions. ... See More

To keep things simple for emergency situations for our staff and volunteers, we use Code Red for any emergency being shared on the radio. Here is our protocol. Emergency communication must be easily identifiable and separate from standard transmission. The term "CODE RED", followed by emergency ... See More

I've recently pulled two FeLV-positive cats from our local animal shelter before euthanasia. The cats came from a hoarding situation, and I had a prior relationship with these cats. I was working with the vet to seek positive outcomes for these animals and ended up with these two. One has dental problems, ... See More

I think it is a google doc firewall on the network I am using. I am going to log on again on another network today and try again! This is great information! Sounds like we could benefit from a similar idea/approach. ------------------------------ Brittany Schott Board Member Second Chance Pet Adoptions ... See More

Yes! Yes! Yes! Would someone or group please take charge of creating a puppy protocol. It makes me nuts to see do not walk signs for all pups under 6 months at my shelter. They can only stay on concrete to potty. Surely we can calibrate risk given vaccinations, space to walk, age, presence of active ... See More

Ooh I've found former fosters often have the most to say (not always nicely or gently but feedback is feedback 😆 ). Here are some screen grabs from the 2019 and 2020 reports I linked. Not sure why they're not showing up. Questions from the report below as well. We posted a link to the survey (and ... See More

This is a thorough SOP from Santa Barbara County Animal Services about how they address their urgent dogs' needs. ------------------------------ Rachel Jones Shelter Consultant www.rachelattheshelter.com ------------------------------ See More

Yes! I combing through all the great resources on Maddie's now. I do think we want to conduct some level of survey. I think our concern may be that if you are not an active foster but you were previously, you are not likely to respond to a survey. What audience did you target? The links in ... See More

Maddie's has a lot of great resources about foster recruitment if growth is your focus. As far as assessing how well your program is functioning as is, foster and staff feedback surveys are very easy/quick to implement and SO HELPFUL for providing a sense of direction and priority areas of improvement. ... See More