Search Search Search You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Topic Keeping Pets in Homes Spay/Neuter Clinic Flow Shelter Medicine 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 Read And Relax: Animal Enrichment Program At the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, volunteers read to dogs to provide enrichment and reduce stress. 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. 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. Food Guarding in Shelter Dogs An ASPCA study provides a compelling argument against euthanizing dogs who display food guarding. Upcycle Enrichment Ideas Using Donated Items Learn easy (and free) ways to build enrichment for shelter animals to reduce stress, provide mental stimulation, and improve behavior. Preventing & Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs Share these resources with dog adopters and foster families to help them recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of separation anxiety. 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. 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. Managing and Training Leash-Reactive Dogs Help your dog adopters and foster caregivers manage and train leash-reactive dogs by downloading and sharing this PDF. Tips for Socializing a Puppy Follow these two creative tips for socializing puppies during periods of social distancing. Pagination Previous page ‹ previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4
