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Identifying and Managing Food Guarding

Learn how to identify food guarding behavior using the SAFER aggression assessment and hear what shelters are currently doing with food guarding dogs.

What's the Deal About Data?

Knowing what animals are coming into your shelter and why, and what animals are making it out alive (or not) are important keys to improve your performance.

Dealing With Concerns About Pediatric Spay/Neuter

Need help understanding and responding to concerns about pediatric spay and neuter? This is the resource for you!

Modify Food Guarding to Save Lives

Food guarding is one of the most universally assessed aggression issues in shelters, but the good news is that it's highly modifiable.

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SAFER® & Other Behavioral Assessment Tools

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

People & Pet Food Dangers

From well-known food dangers such as chocolate to various herbs, bread dough, nuts and more, treatment options are suggested here.

Animal Behavior

From working with fearful dogs to reading cat body language, this section contains resources to help you communicate with and better care for animals.