Topics in the Animal Welfare Community

Genuine question for the field. Name one nationally-funded program that pays a shelter for the animals they prevented from ever coming in. We measure live release rate. We measure length of stay. We See More

Beverly, the dual microchip registration is smart. Owner as primary, rescue as secondary fallback. We hadn't built that into our process yet, but we will now. It solves the exact problem we keep running See More

Our rescue has a policy that a cat can be returned at any time during its lifetime. We started microchipping about three years ago. At adoption, we inform the new owner to register the chip in their name See More

Beverly, you just described the exact loop that burns rescues out. You see the need, you want to help upstream, but the funding structure rewards intake volume and onsite capacity instead of prevention See More

I 100% agree. Being a rescue without an onsite vet prevents us from applying for those types of grants. We need to help our communities by providing an avenue for vet care and medications. Euthanisa is See More

Sheila, thank you so much for the opportunity! ------------------------------ Namiko Ota-Noveskey Program Supervisor Kent County Animal Shelter Grand Rapids MI ------------------------------

Thanks to our speaker, @Namiko Ota-Noveskey - and everyone who joined us today! We would love to hear from you in response to today's reflection: What makes you energized to return to help more people See More

Hello! I'm looking for options to help with dogs who have return to run/kennel resistance with handling difficulties (meaning the dog REALLY doesn't want to go into their run or kennel and is too aroused See More

Hi there Shafonda! Thanks for the introduction and I can't wait to learn more about these topics on the upcoming calls this month. I am looking forward to it! ------------------------------ Gabrielle See More

Check 2HoundsDesign with the freedom harness. We're waiting on our order to arrive, but during the process we saw martingale, and also buckle martingale. ------------------------------ Tiffany Roland, See More

Hello all, I'm the Behavior Coordinator at the SPCA of Wake County, and I'm searching for a template to use for daily behavior memos to go into the file that would be internal and externally viewed. We're See More

Hi everyone, My name is Chelsea, and I volunteer with Save Our Strays, a small, foster-based cat rescue located in Avalon, Pennsylvania. Every day, we are on the front lines of a growing problem-cats See More

Hey! I'm with Shelterluv, and I recommend looking into our platform as well. Shelterluv is the most popular system in the market, and for good reason! Our customers say we're the easiest to use. You See More

Genuine question for the field. Name one nationally-funded program that pays a shelter for the animals they prevented from ever coming in. I'll wait. We measure live release rate. We measure length See More

Hi Enger, I've looked at most of the platforms in this space pretty closely, including Pawlytics, Petstablished, and FurballRescue. They all solve the single-org management problem to different degrees. See More

Thank you! Enger Dickey On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM Melissa Martie via Maddie's Pet Forum wrote: You can export everything as a PDF with one click of a button -- that part is super easy for us! See More

You can export everything as a PDF with one click of a button -- that part is super easy for us! I believe Petstablished also would require reminders for each pet. It will copy profiles for litters of See More

Thanks, Melissa. Just curious if it is easy to navigate. We like Pawlytics but there is no way to easily print just medical history or send it to adopters. It is also not easy to set one reminder See More

Diane, Kelly is doing exactly what needs to happen. Fifteen years of call data is gold. The fact that you're logging it at all puts you ahead of most orgs. What we do differently is track what happens See More

Good morning, BJ. Once again, you are deeply thought-provoking! The person who returns all our calls and emails logs every call in a spreadsheet, what the issue was, and what recommendations (including See More

Becki, this is great. The pre-registration and pre-printed certificates are smart. Eliminates the bottleneck at check-in and keeps the line moving. We're planning something similar with our High-Impact See More

Every shelter gets it. Someone calls, they're not ready to surrender yet, but they're close. Maybe it's a vet bill they can't cover, or a landlord giving them 30 days, or their kid's allergies are getting See More

Hi Shafonda! I'm so excited that you are co-hosting this month and look forward to the wonderful topics for the month! Tasha Haug Homeward Animal Shelter ------------------------------ Tasha See More

Hi Enger, What specifically are you running into on the Pawlytics medical side? Protocol scheduling, vaccine status tracking, heartworm/spay-neuter derivation? Knowing the actual gap usually narrows See More

Hi Mindy, This is one of the areas that I think is a little less clear cut. There is good evidence that growth plate closure is delayed when animals are sterilized - the question is what, if anything, See More

We use Petstablished. I am not familiar with Pawlytics, but if there are specific things you want to do with it, I can let you know our experience. ------------------------------ Melissa Martie Founder See More

The kittens are coming, the kittens are coming and so is The Kitten Conference. Sponsored by the National Kitten Coalition and Community Cats Central, the virtual event takes place on June 6-7, 2026. More See More

We host two drive through clinics each year for our rural area. Spring is always much busier. We do registration online with a cut off date, type up all certificates so those are done ahead of time. We See More

Hi Jon, Would you happen to have contact information (name and phone number) for vaccine manf. reps that you work with? Thank you ------------------------------ Nancy Ramirez Animal Rescuer (Not Registered, See More

Hi, I searched and only found one older discussion about thisdoes anyone use Petstablished? What are pros and cons? We currently use Pawlytics but the medical component has limitations and Petstablished See More

Hello! I'm exited to learn more about making a greater impact. The more we work together, the more the animals benefit! Thanks, Kallie Laity Kitty Kisses Rescue Reno ------------------------------ See More

Thank you Stefanie, and I love to hear it! Let me know if you have any questions :) ------------------------------ Cody Jagodzinski HEEL Dog Training ------------------------------

Hello everyone! I am Shafonda Allen, and I'm excited to join you as the Community Conversations co‑host for the month of May. We have a powerful lineup ahead, including: ✅ Decision Making in Complex See More

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous We order Max and Neo martingale collars of all sizes and they seem to work great for the largest and smallest of dogs. Additionally, the See More

Good Morning Mary! Thank you so much for listening. Our sociability ranking is pretty straightforward. It is based off what we have seen onsite, at events, as well as in foster homes. We do take notes See More

We do provide medical care funding not just for our pets in the shelter, but assist low income with funding to help keep the pets in the home instead of the shelter. ------------------------------ Robin See More

Hello, This is a very good question and one that divides among animal welfare people. Along the same line of this question, I would like to pose another question to kind of go alone with this question. See More

Join Open Door Veterinary Collective's Dr. Kristin Jankowski on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm ET for our Live Discussion series. We're talking to leaders who are increasing access to veterinary See More

Our organization is a small (12 kennel) open-admission, no time limit, non-profit that exceeds the live release rate of no-kill status shelters. In our adoption contract, it states that we will always See More

Thank you so much for this information. We very much appreciate it and applaud the work you are doing. We look forward to learning more from you and your team in the future! ------------------------------ See More