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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.

8 Tips for Brushing Up Your Canine Communication Skills

Learn more about dog body language in order to conduct more predictive assessments, avoid bites and provide better quality of life for the canines in your care.

Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Practical Behavior Tips for Medical Care Teams

Join the ASPCA Learning Lab and colleagues in the field as they discuss topics surrounding behavior treatments, handling, and behavior medication.

7 Tips on Canine Body Language

These seven tips for reading canine body language are perfect for sharing with staff and volunteers.

10 Tips to Make the Most of Real-Life Rooms

After a remodel of its real-life room, the ASPCA shares 10 tips for décor and design.

Scent Games for Canine Enrichment

Keeping dogs enriched while they are in your care is crucial to their well-being. Try out our DIY scent game made with free and inexpensive materials.

Life Hacks for Animal Shelters

These shelter hacks will give you lots of ideas for enrichment, cat and dog care, staff management and more, all for cheap or free!

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.

Building a Sensory Garden for Shelter Dogs: Enhancing Well-Being Through Stimulating Spaces

Learn how to create enrichment for shelter animals within a limited footprint and budget – especially helpful during the challenges of winter weather.

Fear Free Resources for Animal Shelters

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

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