Not exact matches
The more your staff, volunteers and
fosters know
about how to read and interpret
dog body language, the more effective they can be in helping a
dog overcome a
behavior issue.
Improving Potential for Successful Adoptions — Understanding Canine Body Language The more your staff, volunteers and
fosters know
about how to read and interpret
dog body language, the more effective they can be in helping a
dog overcome a
behavior issue.
Often shelters choose to work with rescue groups who know spit
about behavior and training because those people can get the
dogs into
fosters and homes, rather than actual trainers whose focus is resolution of problem
behaviors through training so the
dog can STAY in the new home, and stay safely for all concerned, the
dogs and the owners.
Keep For the Love of Labs Rescue informed
about your
foster dog's personality, quirks,
behavior, etc..
In order to aid shelters in making educated decisions
about how to focus their information - gathering efforts and weigh the information they receive, the ASPCA explores the benefits and limitations of various information sources, including previous owners, someone who found the
dog, medical intake, daily care staff and volunteers, socialization sessions, walks, playgroups,
foster homes and
behavior assessments.
Here's the background:
About a year ago, Austin Animal Center received a grant from Maddie's Fund ® to study the effects of
foster care on the
behavior and length of stay of shelter
dogs.
Your «job» as a
foster parent is to learn all
about the
dog's personality and
behaviors, in order to help find a great adopter.
It was
about how shelter
dogs pegged as having «
behavior problems» often didn't have those same
behaviors in a
foster home.
Fostering provides a wonderful opportunity to observe the
dog's
behavior, learn
about their preferences and help them become wonderful family members.
We generally place our program rescue
dogs in
foster homes so that we can learn more
about them in a family situation and observe their
behavior.
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