I am also wondering about this topic!!
Struggling to find a tracking system that works well and looking for ideas. Can't seem to find any constructive guidelines anywhere!!
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Lindsey Beahm
Animal Care & Behavior Specialist
Animal Rescue League of NH
NH
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-07-2022 09:24 AM
From: Kendall Sypult
Subject: Tracking Enrichment and Data Collection in Shelter
Casey, did you ever find a way to track this? I'd love to see your results! We recently rolled out a daily enrichment program, but don't have a great way to track and see what is working.
Thanks!
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Kendall Sypult
Program Director/Behavior
HAWS
Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2018 09:58 AM
From: Casey Claiborne
Subject: Tracking Enrichment and Data Collection in Shelter
I need some help on what to do with data I am collecting on the enrichment program at my shelter. Any and all ideas appreciated!
So for my shelter, we have daily enrichment happening in basically all areas of our shelter. This is tracked 2 ways - the animal care person who cleans the specific area also administers that area's enrichment and then signs off that it was done.
Secondarily, our animal care team has started tracking the day's enrichment on the daily feeding charts (now an enrichment/feeding chart), where they write down what enrichment was given to the animal each day (animals may be in multiple areas of the shelter over the course of their stay here). They are also indicated if the animal seemed interested/not interested in the enrichment. This is so that we can track the efficacy of things like kongs and other food-based enrichment so that we aren't wasting it but also so that we can start to tailor the enrichment to individual needs.
What are some things I can do to track this? I wanted to keep it simple, but what thoughts do you have? Sort of new at this so all help is appreciated!
Use of enrichment vs length of stay
Specific enrichment vs lengh of stay
age vs use of enrichment
Thanks!
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