Search Search Search You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Topic Keeping Pets in Homes Spay/Neuter Shelter Medicine Programs & Services Intake & Preventive Care Vaccination Parasite Control Infectious Disease Understanding Disease Spread Sanitation Cleaners & Disinfectants Facility Use & Design Foster Animal Health Care Overall Guidelines Enrichment & Behavior (-) Behavior Canine Enrichment Feline Enrichment Adoption & Placement Reaching & Supporting Adopters Active FiltersBehavior Group 9 Clear All SAFER® & Other Behavioral Assessment Tools Learn more about popular, tested and evolving programs used by agencies in performing canine behavior assessments. Do Underweight Dogs Resource Guard More? Discover the research results from an ASPCA study on food aggression in dogs who have experienced food scarcity. Using Model Dogs to Assess Aggression in Fight-Bred Dogs Review research by the ASPCA on using a life-sized, plush model dog to screen for dog-directed aggression in canines used in illegal dogfighting. How Shelter Pets Benefit from “Real-Life” Rooms Three animal welfare organizations with real-life rooms--where adoptable pets can relax and decompress--share the benefits, challenges, and recommendations for such spaces. Feline Spectrum Assessment Feline Spectrum Assessment (FSA) is a standardized and simple four-step process for assessing incoming cats that grew out of the ASPCA’s “Is This Cat Feral?” research. Food Guarding in Shelter Dogs An ASPCA study provides a compelling argument against euthanizing dogs who display food guarding. Pagination Previous page ‹ previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3