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What is Feline-ality?
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Felineality Item 1: Greeting Approach
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Felineality Item 4: Open Hand
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Meet Your Match Feline-ality Workshop - Iowa
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Soulmate Adoptions Soar
MYM Mesmerizes Media at Jacksonville Humane
Spokane Has Spoken - It's Time to Meet Your Match
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SAFER
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Which Dogs Should You Assess and When?
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About the Assessment Items
SAFER Assessment Item 1: Look
SAFER Assessment Item 2: Sensitivity
SAFER Assessment Item 3: Tag
SAFER Assessment Item 4: Squeeze
SAFER Assessment Item 5: Food Behavior
SAFER Assessment Item 6: Toy Behavior
SAFER Assessment Item 7: Dog-to-Dog Behavior
SAFER Scores and Probability of Aggression
Role of the Observer
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After Assessment: Determining Next Steps
Behavior Modification
Canine Enrichment Program
Food Guarding: A Very Modifiable Behavior
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Increasing Live Release
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A Feline Frenzy in Charleston
ASPCA Research: Less is More on the Adoption Floor
ASPCA Research: What Draws Adopters to Particular Pets
ASPCA Research: Who Are the Strays in Shelters?
Fast Pass: Preparing Stray Pets for New Homes
Name Your Price Cat Adoptions
All Cats, All the Time: Part 2
All Cats, All The Time: Part 3
ASPCA Canine Talent Show
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane
Research on Fee-Waived Adoptions
Free Adult Cat Adoptions
Fresh Step Partnership will Increase Cat Lives Saved
Marketing Strategies for Cat Adoptions
Prize-Winning Promotions
Tips for Presenting Your Adoptable Animals Well with Photos and Descriptions
Tips for Free Adult Cat Promotions
Tampa Animal Adoption Expo
All Cats, All the Time
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Progressive Adoptions Serving Pets and People
A Revolutionary Approach to Adoptions
User-Friendly Adoptions
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Hot Shots: Getting Great Photos of your Animals
Information for Dog Adopters
Meet the Adopters Workshop
Saving Lives
ASPCA Research: Do Cat Names Affect Adoptability?
Tips: Getting Creative to Increase Adoptions
Tips: Putting on a Successful Adoption Event
Tips: Taking on a Big Campaign or Contest
Tips: Taking on a Big Campaign or Contest, Part II
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Creative Cat Marketing
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Reduce Intake
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Help Your Community's Animals Stay in Their Homes
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A Foster-to-Surrender Program for Puppies and Kittens
Non-Judgmental Relinquishment Conversations
Behavior Helpline and Behavior Classes
Behavior Tips Handouts
Fresh Step Food Bank Donation
Return to Owner
Old and New Ways to Find Lost Animals
Lost and Found Matching with Shelter Software
Tips: Reuniting Lost Pets With Their Owners
Creating a Volunteer Pet Detectives Club
ASPCA Research: Retention of Pet ID Tags
Saving Lives Through Successful Dog Licensing
Effective Pet Licensing Enforcement
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Reducing the Number of Unaltered Animals
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Mapping Animals at Risk
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Adoption Ambassadors
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How It Works
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ASPCA Research: Fosters as Adoption Agents
Enrichment in the Shelter
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Read and Relax
Mighty Mouths
Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary Enrichment Program
The Daily Change-Up
Food, Glorious Food
Go Dogs, Go!
Hanging with the Humans
Get Fit with Fido
Taming those Canine Teens
Transfer Programs
Creating a Distribution Network for Shelter Animals
Tips: Working with Rescue Groups
Crafting a Consensus-Based Transfer Program
Spay/Neuter
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SNAP Houston: The Original Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic
Spay/Neuter Services for Rural Communities
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Fix It in the Farmland
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Beat the Heat
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Feral Cats
Feral Colony Management
ASPCA Research: Is This Cat Feral?
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Mass Trapping for Feral Cats
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Top Ten Tips: Caring For Ferals in Winter
Caboodle Ranch Rescue
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Teaming Up For an Alternative to Catch and Kill for Feral Cats
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Voucher Program for Feral Cat Sterilizations
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In The Trenches
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Body Condition Scores
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Examine Animals at Intake
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Supply List for Intake Exam Rooms
Provide Good Nutrition
Segregate Animal Populations
Tips for Housing Feral Cats
Use a Food Calculator
Vaccinate at Intake
Canine Shelter Vaccines
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When Vaccines Fail
Treat Parasites at Intake
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2013 Shelter Medicine Conference
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Pediatric Spay/Neuter
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Shelter Management
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Board Development
Building a High Functioning Board of Directors
SPCA for Monterey County
Changing the Focus of a Traditional Board
Managing Staff
Stress and Animal Protection Work
The Perfect Brain Storm
Coping Strategies for Managers
Preventing Staff Burnout
Better Communications
Learning as a Management Strategy
Improving Staff Morale
Managers - Use Your Dog Training Skills
Staff Recruitment and Hiring
Taking the Mystery Out of Hiring
Employee Orientation - Smart Starts, part 1
Employee Orientation - Smart Starts, part 2
Employee Orientation - Smart Starts, part 3
Standard Operating Procedures
Creating SOPs
Sample Signs for Cages and Kennels
Implementing SOPs
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Shelter Statistics
ASPCA Research: GIS Mapping Targets Risk
Taking a Daily Animal Inventory
Tips for Increasing the Number of Lives Saved in Your Shelter
Turning Visitors into Adopters
What's the Deal about Data?
Putting Statistics to Work
What Animal Data Do You Need?
How to Collect Animal Data
Resources and Related Links
Fundraising
Fundraising Essentials
Establishing Agency Credibility
Making an Annual Fundraising Plan
Tracking Donors and Donations
What's in a Name
Telling Your Story
50 Things To Do on Facebook
Creating a Communication Plan
Tips: Telling Your Story to the Media
Getting Good Newspaper Coverage
Getting Good TV and Radio Coverage
Using Your Newsletter to Tell Your Story
Using Your Website to Tell Your Story
Preparing a Press Kit
Writing a Winning Press Release
Reaching New Donors
Using Current Donors to Find New Donors
Buying Lists to Attract Donors
Getting to Know NonProfits in your Community
Partnering with Other Nonprofits
Using Your Programs to Attract New Donors
Partnering to Help Children Affected by Cancer
Therapy Dog Program
Animal-Based Camp
Increasing Donations
Cultivating Major Gifts
Increasing Donations from Current Donors
Saying Thank You
Planning Fundraising Events
Animal Trustees of Austin Dinner
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Empty Bowls Soup Supper
Feline Picassos
Good Friends, Good Cause
Improving on a Successful Event
Meow Luau
Promoting a Fundraising Event
Scheduling a Fundraising Event
Seattle Animal Shelter's Furry 5k
Selecting the Right Event
2011 Subaru Dealership Event Contest
Subaru Share the Love Partnership
Subaru Shelter Interest Form
Obtaining Foundation Grants
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Foundations that Award Animal Welfare Grants
Winning the Grants You Apply For
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Fighting Animal Cruelty
Resources for Prosecutors
Bringing All Appropriate Charges
The Costs of Caring for Seized Animals
When the Criminal Case is Over
Resources for Veterinarians
Reporting Animal Cruelty
The Veterinarian's Legal Role in Animal Cruelty Cases
Sample Forms
Animal Fighting
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ASPCA Forensic Behavior Team
Communities and Cruelty
Pit Bull Cruelty
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Training
Dogfighting Toolkit for Law Enforcement
Online Cruelty Training Courses
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Disaster Preparedness
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What is the PETS Act?
Emergency Pet Preparedness
Bioterrorism FAQ
Planning for Your Shelter
Preparing and Responding to Hurricane Season
September Means Hurricanes
Understanding NIMS and ICS
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
Shelter Disaster Planning: Step by Step
Sample Plans for Evacuation and Sheltering
Helpful Links for Professionals
Pet-Friendly Evacuation & Sheltering
Training
New York State Disaster Readiness
Resources and Related Links
Engaging Community
Social Media
Using Social Media
3 Ways to Promote Your Animals on Facebook
30 Animal Welfare Tips to Share on Facebook
Creating a Shelter Slideshow
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Slammin’ Shelter Video Roundup
Social Media Glossary
Tips: Connecting with Your Community
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Tips: Using Supporters to Get Out the Vote
Top 10 Tips for Responding to Negative Comments
9 Don'ts and a Giant Do!
Meet Your Facebook Fans -- In the Flesh!
The Write Stuff
Social Media Resources and Related Links
Service Learning
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What is Service Learning?
Helping Local Animal Organizations
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Community Service and Service Learning Projects
Holding a Fundraising Sale
Read-a-thon for Shelter Animals
Holding a Wish List Drive
How to Make a Catnip Toy and Bake Dog Biscuits
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