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5 Essential Behavioral Welfare Areas for Shelter Animals in Quarantine or Isolation

Shelters must ensure behavior welfare for animals in isolation or quarantine housing when managing disease in the shelter

The Five Domains Model for Animal Welfare

Learn how the Five Domains Model incorporates nutrition, environment, health, behavior and mental state to assess animals’ needs and welfare.

SAFER® & Other Behavioral Assessment Tools

Learn more about popular, tested and evolving programs used by agencies in performing canine behavior assessments.

Fear Free Resources for Animal Shelters

Learn about Fear Free programs and how they can benefit your shelter, rescue or veterinary practice.

Book Buddies: Kids Read to Cats

Animal Rescue League of Berks County's Book Buddies program is a hit: Cat adoptions have increased, and the program went viral when it was picked up by the news

Online Learning Courses from the ASPCA Learning Lab

Shelter staff and volunteers will benefit from these short online courses designed to enrich the lives of shelter dogs and encourage good behavior.

How-to Guide, Tips and Videos for Leash Handling

Learn essential leash skills to care for shelter dogs through best practices taught at the ASPCA’s Adoption Center’s Canine Classroom.

Animal Behavior Pathway Resources

If you have questions or comments about these behavior pathway resources and tools, please email shelterbehavior@aspca.org. We also hope you will let us know how these behavior pathway resources are used in your organization!

They Did It: Easy & Accessible Cat Enrichment

Download these easy conversation guides to help with nonjudgmental animal shelter adoption counseling that uses positive, inclusive language to build trust and increase adoptions.