Saddest of all is the constant attention
some returned dogs focus on the door of the kennel - as if expecting their person to come through that door at any time to take them back to their home and family.
Not exact matches
After some tinkering, we discovered that if we ignored small moneyline underdogs and
focuses on
dogs between +130 and +200, we were able to more than double our
return on investment.
For what it's worth, that record improves to 20 - 5 ATS (80 %) with +14.23 units won and a 56.9 %
return on investment (ROI) when we
focus on double - digit home «
dogs.
TNR (Trap, Neuter,
Return), SNR (Shelter, Neuter,
Return) and RTF (
Return to Field) are similar programs that communities can use to to reduce the number of free - roaming cats and allow shelters to
focus resources on
dogs and cats that can be rehomed, thus reducing death rates.
A no - kill community is one that acts on the belief that every healthy, adoptable
dog and healthy cat should be saved, and that its
focus should be on saving as many lives as possible through pet adoption, spay / neuter, trap - neuter -
return and other community support programs rather than achieving a specific numerical outcome.
Our programs are
focused on prevention and retention and include: Low cost spay / neuter services, trap / neuter and
return for feral cats, Pet Safety Net resources to help you care for and keep your pet, rescue and adoption of orphaned
dogs and cats.
By
focusing on a specific task, like repeatedly
returning a ball, Kong or Frisbee, or playing «hide - and - seek» with treats or toys, your
dog can expel pent - up mental and physical energy in a limited amount of time and space.
Executive Director Bonney Brown credits the improved numbers to a
focus on saving the lives of animals as well as a good relationship with Washoe County Regional Animal Services, which has one of the highest
returned - to - owner rates in the nation — 65 percent of
dogs and nearly 7 percent of cats.
She graduated from Northwest School of Animal Massage with a specialty
focus on small animal rehabilitative massage in 2016 and quickly
returned to Houston eager to provide the benefits of massage to local
dogs and cats.
While the rescue community continues to make steady, incremental progress in dealing with homeless
dog issues, we have not seen the same kind of progress for cats despite the dedicated work of a small number of cat -
focused groups and the introduction of the concept of Trap — Neuter -
Return (TNR) to the U.S. in 1980.
Inspired and excited, Jones
returned home and created a new division of Walk - e-Woo, called Abaca - Dabra (in honor of the fiber),
focused entirely on eco-friendly
dog toys.
When my mind takes me back down familiar routes of thinking during mindfulness practice, I often chuckle at myself, noticing the
dogged and familiar tendency before
returning to my chosen
focus.