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How to Build a Dog Enrichment Pen

How to build a racetrack enrichment pen on the cheap for dogs in your care

How to Make a Simple, Scented Dog Enrichment Toy

Smelly cardboard tubes make for excellent enrichment. Follow these simple steps to put these toys together for the canines in your care.

Enrichment for Shelter Dogs

Kelley Bollen explains how shelter dogs will benefit from behavioral and environmental enrichment.

6 Tips for Winning Over Shy Dogs

Helping those canine wallflowers bloom requires patience and skill. Here are 6 tips to make it easier.

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.

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.

Read And Relax: Animal Enrichment Program

At the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, volunteers read to dogs to provide enrichment and reduce stress.

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.

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.

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.