Animal shelters using the Feline -
ality assessment run adoption cats through a series of exercises.
The Feline -
ality assessment is an integral part of the Meet Your Match program, a way of ensuring cat and new parent make a good match.
Shelters use the Feline -
ality assessment to determine a cat's personality — and match the cat to potential companions.
Luckily the Boulder Valley Humane Society was armed with a more scientific approach to matching companions: the Feline -
ality assessment and the Meet Your Match Program.
Shelters can train customer - service staff and volunteers to perform the Canine -
ality Assessments.
Overt aggressive behaviors that we note in Feline -
ality assessments include swatting, biting, and attempting to swat or bite.
Not exact matches
She also served as the ASPCA's VP of Research & Development, overseeing research related to the animal sheltering field and developing
assessment tools for shelter animals, including the SAFER
assessment and Meet Your Match Canine -
ality, Puppy -
ality and Feline -
ality.
Before Feline -
ality, little research had been done on feline behavior
assessment tools and their validity.