Funding is being provided to successful VAAs in order to increase significantly the number of adopters recruited, with a particular focus
on adopters who can provide homes for children thought of as hard to place.
Not exact matches
So you have your earliest
adopters who are very hard core
on the engineering side, and now we're starting to see people
who have experience at later - stage startups
who understand the UX and business portion of it.
It is crucial to place an early emphasis
on identifying the customer and developing product research and development with early
adopters who function as beta testers.
The place where I get hung up, as someone
who is not really an early
adopter, is I can see how having a watch that monitors my heart rate would be handy — but it's a real challenge to convince me that I need to wear a computer
on my wrist all the time.
When I heard about Holbox Island, just off the coast of the Yucatán, from my friend Maria Cornejo — Tulum early
adopter who moved
on years ago — it sounded just right.
And there is little support from the public for the mother
who has changed her mind... the public is
on the side of «what about the
adopters»?
According to Malo, «public health interventions designed to increase HPV vaccine recommendation for males should focus
on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early
adopters who may help diffuse HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later
adopters to support the recommendations.»
She was an early
adopter of the Internet and online dating
who coaches singles
on the dating scene.
She was
on the way from her prospective
adopters, a white middle - class couple
who already...
Two thumbs up to Warner, as this seems very cool, especially for all the late
adopters who missed out
on the free deals early
on in the blu - ray infant years.
Written by Ann Bell,
who is an adoptive parent and director of Adoption UK in Wales, the content is based
on contributions from other
adopters, adopted children and young people, teachers and those responsible for looked after and adopted children in local authorities.
«Some of the earliest
adopters who called
on us for professional development services were in California, Arizona, and in the state of Louisiana,» says Lynne Munson, Great Minds» president and executive director.
And then there's the price; $ 40K is a lot to spend
on a Focus, but we all know that electric vehicles at this stage of the game are for early
adopters who are willing to pay for the technology.
A reasonable rebuttal is mentioned
on the Notion Ink Website which actually came from an early
adopter who cracked theirs open.
A number of Canadian early
adopters who pre-ordered Google's Galaxy Nexus
on June 27 are upset that their tablets haven't yet shipped while some retail stores like Staples have already sold out of their initial stock.
Joanna,
who was an early
adopter and trailblazer of self - publishing in its modern form, is a seasoned podcaster, with a back catalogue of over 200 podcasts available
on her website, but for me this was a first.
Naysayers will point out that charging stations are still sparse and the travel distance
on a full battery is far less than a tank of gas, but these people pooh - poohed hybrid vehicles and there's now more than nine million of them
on the road.So, for early
adopters who may be pondering an electric car purchase, our experts size up five of the current offerings that could wean you off the gas pumps for good.
The nursery is divided into three sections: neonates, where kittens 2 - weeks old and under are kept warm in cubbies with heating pads, bottle - fed, bathed, and loved until they're 5 - weeks old; quarantine, where older kittens
who may have been exposed to a contagion in the wild are kept for 10 days to determine their health; and socialization, where groups of kittens ages 5 to 8 weeks are nourished
on a diet of wet and dry food, sleep in «condos,» and romp all day in pens — playing, climbing, and practicing all manners of cuteness, preparing to melt the hearts of future
adopters.
If you attended the special session
on «Mythbusters: Finding the Perfect Home» at HSUS Animal Care Expo last week, you learned from Todd Cramer of PetSmart Charities, Betsy McFarland of HSUS and the ASPCA's own Dr. Emily Weiss that many long - held beliefs about
who will make a good
adopter — and how to find that «perfect»
adopter — are actually barriers that can prevent animals from going home.
On Friday, the Facebook page for the Clayton County Animal Control uploaded a video showing the emptied kennel runs, along with words of gratitude for those
who stepped up to help, «Shelter empty thanks to rescues and
adopters!!!»
Adopters who showed up at the SPCA of Texas late Monday morning, hoping to take advantage of a $ 21 adoption event, were met by a special NFL football player
who was
on hand to see the adopted pets off to their new homes.
Tasks involve working with potential
adopters in person and
on phone, working with public
who may need to surrender pets, record keeping, retail sales, handling pets and other miscellaneous tasks.
Animal Friends can comfortably house 250 animals
on - site at any given time, but we also heavily rely
on foster guardians
who open up their homes to animals in need of food, shelter, hugs, and kisses while waiting for their
adopters.
Rescues are also sometimes a turn off for potential
adopters who are deemed «unworthy» because they have small chidren, don't have a fence, are a dual income family that will leave the pet home alone during the day, and so
on.
There is a prospective
adopter in Austin
who has called about them to check
on their progress every day.
Typically, heartworm - positive dogs languish
on adoption row, overlooked by potential
adopters who are reluctant to spend hundreds of dollars
on veterinary care for an animal they don't know.
Amy Boyd, a canine behavior counselor at the Humane Society and SPCA of Austin, TX, oversees a team of volunteers
who spend their time playing with puppies or taking adolescent dogs to obedience classes, while others pursue more advanced training and learn how to evaluate temperaments, match
adopters with a suitable dog and even counsel owners
on behavior problems.
«Open adoption» is based
on the idea that adoptions should be a conversation between the
adopter and the shelter staff to find the best match, rather than a screening tool to decide
who will be «allowed» to get a pet.
The FOTAS volunteers,
who work
on bookkeeping, social media, special fundraising events, and FOTAS Fix - a-Pet;
who organize and work
on special fundraising and
on - site events;
who foster mamma dogs and cats and all their progeny,
who care for animals designated for transfer;
who shuffle animals to off - site adoption events;
who walk the dogs, love up the cats, work with play groups, and show animals to potential
adopters — the dramatic and steady increase in the Shelter's live release rate since 2009 is directly related to their efforts; and
Once we have an early
adopter group of dog trainers onboard, we're going to focus our attention
on the pet parents
who are buying connected dispensers with cameras because they want to see their dogs remotely and give them treats remotely.»
The program is designed for people
who can keep a dog or cat in their home during the week and place it up for adoption at CAP
on the weekend, a time when most potential
adopters visit the shelter.
Animal Friends can comfortably house 250 animals
on - site at any given time, but we also heavily rely
on foster families
who open up their homes to animals in need while waiting for their
adopters.
Rather than an
adopter focusing
on their breed, an
adopter will focus
on who they are as a companion.
On the benign side is the adopter who thinks she just brought home a basenji mix (based on the information on the shelter cage card) who, upon DNA testing, turns out to be a beagle and whippet mi
On the benign side is the
adopter who thinks she just brought home a basenji mix (based
on the information on the shelter cage card) who, upon DNA testing, turns out to be a beagle and whippet mi
on the information
on the shelter cage card) who, upon DNA testing, turns out to be a beagle and whippet mi
on the shelter cage card)
who, upon DNA testing, turns out to be a beagle and whippet mix.
At the same time, we do not want to give an
adopter who has their heart set
on a particular breed the impression that a dog is the breed they are after when we do not know for certain that this is the case.
Therefore, we appreciate foster parents
who can work with dogs
on their manners in order to impress their potential
adopters.
The FOTAS volunteers,
who work
on bookkeeping, social media, and special fundraising events;
who work with FOTAS Fix - a-Pet and curbing the population of community cats;
who organize and work
on special fundraising and
on - site events;
who foster mamma dogs and cats and all their progeny,
who care for animals designated for transfer;
who shuffle animals to off - site adoption events;
who greet the public and man the front desk, walk the dogs, love up the cats, work with play groups, and show animals to potential
adopters — the dramatic and steady increase in the Shelter's live release rate since 2009 (84 % so far this year) is directly related to their efforts; and
Potential
adopters who are
on the fence about a particular dog or cat are invited to take him or her for a sleepover (up to three nights for dogs and seven days for cats).
She has a lot of energy and needs an active
adopter who likes to go
on hikes and long walks.
Far too often, our senior animals linger at the Animal Shelter, awaiting homes of their own and overlooked by potential
adopters who focus
on puppies and kittens instead.
Rehome is a peer - to - peer adoption service that allows pet owners to post pets needing new homes
on Adopt-a-Pet.com to be seen by the millions of
adopters who visit our site each month.
To alleviate some of Roxy's behavioral concerns, Kimberlee and her team work every day with her as we hunt for that special
adopter: someone
who understands Roxy's medical and behavioral issues and is able to work with her
on her own terms.
We strongly recommend becoming an «Approved
Adopter» as soon as possible, as those
who are pre - approved are able to speed up the adoption process ensuring you don't miss out
on your new furry family member!
Many homeless pets are adopted unknowingly to hoarders and
adopters who lie
on their adoption forms and then the pets live out their lives
on the end of a chain in the freezing cold or
on hot desert sands.
We do not have a central facility to house our dogs, but rely
on volunteers
who foster them in their own homes and meet with prospective
adopters.
Blanck and others also have voiced concerns that dog
adopters may run into trouble with home - insurance companies, or neighborhoods and apartments
who have rules or restrictions
on certain breeds, often based
on size or dangerous image.
The dog lift from South Korean was a «win - win situation» because the attention
on the rescue brings others,
who may not normally visit a shelter, in as prospective
adopters, Parascandola said.
The likelihood of finding a potential
adopter who was prepared to take
on the cost and constant care of treatment without knowing if he would even survive was slim.
They scrutinize prospective
adopters and bestow a prize
on those
who pass muster.
# 3 Leashes — While many shelters have a specific leash used by employees and volunteers, new or gently used leashes can be used to help dogs
who come in without a leash, families
who need supplies, or dogs
who go
on sleepovers with potential
adopters.