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  • 1.  Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Posted 08-12-2025 01:01 PM

    I am curious if anyone has any experience with successful window tinting to help dogs with high stress and reactivity? We have tried window tinting, but unfortunately with the lighting in the shelter it isn't as successful as we would like. We have also tried frosting the bottom half of the window, but visitors can still look in and often times lift their children so they can see the dogs. 

    Has anyone had success with any type of one-way visual barrier? 


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    Emily Lowes
    Manager of Behaviour and Animal Care
    Winnipeg Humane Society
    MB
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  • 2.  RE: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Posted 08-12-2025 01:29 PM

    Hi! There are very cost-effective vinyl window decals you can get that adhere just with water and a squeegee. I might look into those to apply to the exterior as a super cost-effective and reusable option that can be cut to size!



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    Lola Victor
    Development Manager
    Siskiyou Humane Society
    CA
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  • 3.  RE: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Posted 08-12-2025 01:32 PM

    We do have those on half of our windows! We are looking for a solution so adopters can still see the dogs, but that the dogs aren't having to see so many people viewing them. 



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    Emily Lowes
    Manager of Behaviour and Animal Care
    Winnipeg Humane Society
    MB
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  • 4.  RE: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Posted 08-12-2025 01:36 PM

    Oh I see! Thanks for clarifying. Sounds like you need special windows for that. I'd be curious if anyone else has ideas of methods that have worked. Best of luck!!



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    Lola Victor
    Development Manager
    Siskiyou Humane Society
    Mount Shasta, California
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  • 5.  RE: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Posted 08-12-2025 01:42 PM
    We completely stopped allowing visitors into our dog room for that very reason. More than once we had to boot people out for teasing dogs that are kennel reactive. Now we have albums up front that show our dogs and we will bring them out for people to meet and visit with. We had very little push back about this change when we made it about 6 years ago. I explain to people that it's all about the dogs and their comfort. People can't meet a dog or get to know their personality through a kennel, and how would they like it if strangers were peering into their windows at their home? I'd say 99% of people actually agree with us when we explain. 



    Becki Clouthier
    Shelter Manager

    Copper Country Humane Society
    www.cchumanesociety.com
    906-487-9560


    On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 15:33 Emily Lowes via Maddie's Pet Forum <Mail@maddiesfund.org> wrote:
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    Aug 12, 2025 1:32 PM
    Emily Lowes

    We do have those on half of our windows! We are looking for a solution so adopters can still see the dogs, but that the dogs aren't having to see so many people viewing them. 



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    Winnipeg Humane Society
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 8/12/2025 4:32:00 PM
    From: Emily Lowes
    Subject: RE: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    We do have those on half of our windows! We are looking for a solution so adopters can still see the dogs, but that the dogs aren't having to see so many people viewing them. 



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    Emily Lowes
    Manager of Behaviour and Animal Care
    Winnipeg Humane Society
    MB
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 08-12-2025 01:28 PM
    From: Lola Victor
    Subject: Options for dog windows on adoption floor?

    Hi! There are very cost-effective vinyl window decals you can get that adhere just with water and a squeegee. I might look into those to apply to the exterior as a super cost-effective and reusable option that can be cut to size!



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    Lola Victor
    CSA/Animal Tech
    Siskiyou Humane Society
    CA