Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello! 

I work a county ran shelter that will be offering a lot of services to help people who are in danger of surrendering their pets. We should be opening sometime this spring/summer. We are currently looking into different software/programs that will help with our mission of keeping pets with their families. One resource is training help for basic issues that may lead to surrender. I came across Petcadamy and it sounds perfect for that and for adoption and foster! We also had a meeting with Petzel. That one sounds amazing too! My question is, is it beneficial to have both? I worry for adopters it may be too much having two different programs they will be automatically signed up to. Does anyone who has both have any insight? 

I hope the Petzel and Petcademy users can chime in for advice. The thing I've heard that orgs like about Petcademy is that it is text-based. But I cannot evaluate the services as a user. 

You could also consider Free Dog Trainers. It really is free! I just visited a shelter that has implemented it. It is free behavior support for life for anyone in your community: adopters, fosters, and just plain ol' dog owners who are having difficulties communicating with their dogs. Again, I can't comment on the program from the user side. 

Ultimately, any of these three programs will be more support for families in your community, and I applaud you for thinking about reaching owners before they are in crisis mode. 

Erika