Additionally, a $ 75,000 grant from Petco Foundation allowed the regional shelter to replace steel cat cages with cat condos, create colony rooms for
freer animal interaction, and bring in professional trainers for dogs.
In determining who should be awarded custody, the court may want to consider which party has paid attention to the
animal's basic daily needs (food, shelter, physical care, exercise, grooming, flea control); who takes the
animal to the veterinarian; who provides for social
interactions (in the case of dogs) with other dogs and / or with people; who maintains appropriate supervision to assure that state and local regulations are complied with (licensing, not allowing the dog to run
free and protecting against circumstances that would endanger her life or health); and who has the greatest ability to financially support the
animal.