Sentences with phrase «shelter dog adopters»

In addition, shelter dog adopters are twice as likely ** as pet store dog buyers to recommend the organization in which they got their pet compared to others.

They were thorough, ensuring my little guy, Chulo, was coming into a safe environment, but also extremely supportive of me as a new shelter dog adopter, providing me with all the resources I needed to get him acclimated into his new home as easily as possible.

Not exact matches

In 2015, PAAS had a shelter full of dogs and cats, a long, long, long waiting list of owner surrenders and only a handful of potential adopters coming through the door each week.

As the newest partner in PetSmart Charities ™ Rescue Waggin» ™ program, the Humane Society of Tulsa will be sending homeless shelter dogs every month aboard PetSmart Charities» ® Rescue Waggin» ® vehicle — a national transport program proudly sponsored by PEDIGREE ® — to animal shelters in other parts of the country where there are more adopters seeking dogs and a guarantee of a good home for all the dogs transported.

The Humane Society of Tulsa is one of 60 shelters that participate in the PetSmart Charities Rescue Waggin» program — a national transport program that transfers adoptable dogs and puppies from animal shelters in communities with severe pet overpopulation problems and few adopters to animal shelters in other communities where adoptable dogs and puppies are more in demand.

In many shelters, dogs are returned quickly after adoption because the adopters didn't understand how to slowly introduce the new animal into the household.

As a volunteer with a private animal shelter in New York City, I've worked with many prospective dog and cat adopters over the past ten years.

The adopter explained that visiting the shelter opened their eyes about shelter dogs and the conditions at a shelter.

It's called «Black Dog Syndrome,» and many sweet and lovable black dogs are looked over by their lighter counterparts when potential adopters come by shelters.

ACDRA often has the need for those who can help transport a dog from a shelter to a foster home or from a foster home to an adopter in another state.

Facebook posts about adoptable dogs don't mention breed, and when potential adopters call or email to ask about dogs, shelter staff tries to focus on things like the dog's personality.

So, if you go into a shelter to adopt a dog, and the kennel sign has a dog labeled as a «Pit» or «Pit Mix», when it actually is a «Shepherd / Hound Mix» for example, more than likely you and many other potential adopters or rescuers will overlook this animal simply because someone at the shelter «guessed» that it might be a «Pit».

We do not have a shelter therefore anyone wishing to visit one of our dogs must first complete an application and be an approved adopter for that dog.

The chain of ownership must be traceable; if a dog with AKC papers becomes the property of a shelter or rescue, the papers may not be given to the adopter of the dog but instead should be marked VOID and returned to AKC.

One benefit of adopting an adult dog, whether purebred or mixed - breed, is that reputable shelters and rescue groups conduct thorough behavioral evaluations and assess the fit between adopters and adoptees.

On occasion, an adopter will return a dog to the shelter or to another rescue and we always reclaim the dog.

And 24 % of adopters considered information provided about their dog by the foster family when making a decision to adopt, whereas only 3 % of regular shelter adopters factored information from shelter personnel in the decision.

Animal populations are so local and diverse that you could have an overabundance of dogs, but the shelter down the road is sitting with open kennels and eager adopters.

A. I work with the dog and adopter for about one hour at the shelter.

First, I will describe what morphology and behavior of the dogs adopters are looking for when selecting a dog from the shelter.

Because they were first - time dog adopters, shelter staff steered them toward a dog in a foster home.

Introduce dogs to Kaua`i: WOW Team (Wags on Wheels) visits communities and events around the island to introduce shelter dogs to potential adopters.

Animal Friends of the Valleys in Lake Elsinore, which also screens out that type of prospective adopter, even stops pet adoptions at the shelter for the week leading up to Christmas, partly to avoid people adopting dogs and cats to give as Christmas presents, director Anne Washington said.

Contact your local shelter or foster directly for information on how an adopter for a dog is chosen.

In - Shelter Help: From washing dishes to clicker training cats and dogs to counseling potential adopters, we have many roles available for you to work directly with the animals!

We pull dogs from the shelters just hours, or even minutes, before they are scheduled to be euthanized — before we have the opportunity to line up adopters or sponsors.

But another new study — this one in PLOS One — reports that dogs labeled as pit bulls remain in shelters longer and are perceived as less attractive to adopters.

The further confirm this bias, they created a short video using the similar looking dogs to potential adopters at the Arizona shelter.

NO shelter will adopt out an animal unless they are SURE (can you say «Pre-adoption Interview»???) this is the right dog or cat for the adopter.

Imagine a potential adopter walking into your shelter and visiting with a dog who can sit, show self - control, and calm himself even when excited.

Imagine a potential adopter who sees a shelter dog as partially trained and is inspired to do more training with the dog since the dog knows more than their previous dog ever did!

We offer to work with any rescue organization (located in the northeast) or animal shelter that needs help placing a German Shepherd in their care by cross posting the dog's story on our website and other social media outlets, as well as aiding in the adoption application process, including home visitations, transportation and meetings between adopters and dogs.

Bringing pets to adopters is a key strategy for Furkids, an Atlanta - based rescue group who partners with local shelters to save more than 4,400 dogs and cats every year.

These dogs are part of our Foster to Adopt program which allows adopters to take the dog out of the shelter environment while still getting full support from the Monmouth County SPCA.

Yet it's in these shelters that senior dogs too often spend weeks, months, or even the rest of their lives while they wait for a potential adopter.

Many adopters and rescue volunteers benefit from engaging a canine behavior specialist or trainer who has substantial, direct experience with assessing shelter dogs.

While some animals are lucky enough to be adopted from shelters, don't delude yourself: most cats / dogs in most shelters are killed within days because there are too few adopters for the thousands of worthy animals hoping for a good home.

What's a shelter to do when an adorable dog stirs fights between potential adopters?

* Information that helps shelter and rescue folks make better matches between dogs and potential adopters.

At the same time, shelters and rescues should attempt to gather as much information as possible on each dog, and provide it with potential adopters.

Since excessive vocalisations and activity may indicate stress in kennelled dogs, as well as being behaviours that can be found undesirable by potential adopters, our study suggests that these odours may have application in rescue shelters to reduce stress and enhance adoption.»

Not only are playgroups making for happier and more adoptable dogs inside of the shelter, they are giving us good information to make better adoption matches and better inform potential adopters about the dogs they are interested in adopting.

Alexandra Protopopova, Clive David Lawrence Wynne, Adopter - dog interactions at the shelter: Behavioral and contextual predictors of adoption, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, April 2014, ISSN 0168 - 1591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2014.04.007.

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

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.

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.

We often ask adopters to bring their own dogs out to the shelter to meet the dog they would like to adopt.

After the safety orientation and a brief overview of what PSPCA does, the youths were instructed on the practice of «barrier training,» which is a technique that is used to encourage shelter dogs to present well in their kennels to potential adopters.

But at the same time, breed information, as best as shelter employees know it, is often the only information that shelter staff have at their disposal to inform adopters about a particular dog.

When potential adopters arrive at the shelter, they read about the dogs» characteristics rather than their breeds.