This survey aims to assess
how potential adopters envisions the cat's role in their lifestyle.
They help me understand
how a potential adopter, donor or volunteer will interpret the idea, marketing message or advertising graphic.
Not exact matches
Here's the video that Dr. Weiss recommended as a great resource for ideas on
how to communicate with
potential adopters, as well as some tips, tools and
how - tos to get you started in — and to encourage you to keep offering — open adoptions.
Potential adopters answer 19 questions on subjects such as whether they want a playful or laid - back pet,
how their animal will spend its days and
how they will spend together time with their new dog or cat.
Let
potential adopters touch and play with the cats, even if they don't plan to adopt right at that moment (
how else are they supposed to fall in love?)
MDAS also provides training to Ambassadors, which includes tips on
how to market the pets and screen
potential adopters.
I asked Community Events and Programs Coordinator Amanda Craft
how Best Friends screens
potential adopters.
Given
how many thousands of animals Best Friends Animal Society has adopted out over the years, I have to believe that they have the experience necessary to ask the right questions and assess
potential adopters appropriately.
These guidelines include tips on what you should do to prepare your animal for adoption and
how to screen
potential adopters to make the right match for your animal.
Instead of the traditional process of
adopters filling out forms and having to meet fixed requirements, Open Adoption is centered on trained counselors talking to
potential adopters, having a conversation about their homes and lifestyles, and observing
how they interact with animals.
Also,
potential adopters want to know
how a dog will behave with their resident cat.
I was so impressed with
how thoroughly the organization provided education to me as a
potential adopter.
A great photo and video makes a huge difference in
how shelter dogs are perceived by
potential adopters, and a professionally taken photo — even if it's a hobby photographer with a professional - caliber camera — makes our rescues stand out even more.
To learn
how you can help, put your name on a list of
potential adopters, or report animal cruelty, please contact The SPCA at 831-373-2631.
We also rely on our foster families to take lots of pictures of their foster dog and to let us know
how the dog is doing as far as good and bad behaviors so we can share that information with
potential adopters.
For instance, when it comes to Pit Bull Terriers and similar breeds with unfair stigmas and stereotypes, its programs help socialize and train these dogs so that
potential adopters can see
how loving these pets are when they're raised in the right conditions.
Gus was the perfect spokesbun for
potential adopters showing
how wonderful rabbits can be in the home!
Calculating
how many shelter visitors actually take home pets tells you
how well you serve
potential adopters.
The organizations will form a working group to develop future protocols for cooperation in addressing the needs of dogs seized in raids, such as
how to assist with the housing of fighting dogs,
how to conduct professional evaluations, and
how to screen
potential adopters.
Shelter safety inspection Shelter handling safety measures Officer safety inspection Emergency animal handling Signs of stress and
potential predatory aggression Placement evaluation (
how to screen
potential adopters with positive results).
In the meantime, they've become creative in
how they discuss options with
potential adopters, staff and volunteers — and are getting more dogs into homes because of it!
Learn
how Seth works with shelter dogs to get beautiful head shots that connect with
potential adopters.
YES NO Emotional -
how they (the
potential adopters) act, towards you, Spouse, Children and Current Pets.
The shelters provide extensive written material (including copies of House Rabbit Journal articles), not only to
potential and new
adopters but to anyone who is interested, which often includes people who already have a rabbit but not much information on
how to live peaceably with her.
This event is an opportunity for animal shelters to help
potential adopters take steps to help prevent and control rabies, such as keeping up on a veterinarian - recommended vaccine schedule for their dogs and cats — and to provide them with education on
how to help their pets avoid animals that typically transmit rabies: raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes.4
The ASPCA's Bert Troughton shares
how optimism bias can predispose us to being pessimistic about
potential adopters — and what we can do about it.
Adoption: We need people to train on
how to volunteer at adoption events such as set up, working with
potential adopters, and with additional training, Adoption Counseling.
Pet profiles include details that will appeal to
potential adopters, such as the animal's energy level,
how interactive it is with humans, whether it appears to get along with other pets and if it responds to basic commands.
Why not encourage the
potential adopter to take the dog home on a temporary basis as a foster, and see
how things work out?
On Saturday the 19th from 10 am — 2 pm, AWS Small Pet Ambassador will be there to demonstrate
how to care for various types of small animals and answer any questions
potential adopters may have.
How important it is to treat the public (especially those new to rescue or animals in general) with as much compassion and respect as they treat the animals they serve, and the importance of seeing the opportunity to educate
potential adopters when they see an issue instead of opting to deny their application.
The purpose of the Opposites Attract campaign was to show
how potential dog or cat
adopters should really embrace the adoption experience and keep their minds open when considering the perfect pet to add to their family.
The lead author on the related PLOS One paper emphasizes the need to evaluate the aggressiveness of an individual dog, and
how compatible it would be with a specific
potential adopter.
Meet and Greet is a one - on - one training class for staff and volunteers to learn
how to properly introduce
potential adopters to dogs.
That's
how the shelter found dog trainer Janet Flanagan, the certified professional dog trainer who now provides a free seminar covering housetraining and basic manners for recent and
potential adopters.
«The most rewarding part is when I am socializing with an animal and a
potential adopter walks by to see
how great the dog / cat can be,» he says.
For dogs who aren't confined to their runs, volunteers use agility equipment to exercise the dogs, clicker training to teach them basic obedience — such as
how to «keep four on the floor,» so they don't jump when
potential adopters approach their kennels — and teach them cute tricks, like
how to give a «high five.»