Search Search Search You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Topic Programs & Operations Board & Leadership Fundraising Managing People Resources Managed Admission Volunteers Keeping Pets in Homes Return to Owner Safety Net Spay/Neuter Surgery Patient Care Clinic Flow Clinic Administration Equine Welfare Equine Adoption Keeping Horses Safe Shelter Medicine Programs & Services Shelter Medicine at the ASPCA ASV Guidelines Intake & Preventive Care Nutrition Vaccination Parasite Control Population Management Specific Medical Conditions Feline Retroviruses Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Canine Parvovirus Heartworm Infectious Disease Outbreak Management Testing & Diagnosis Understanding Disease Spread Isolation vs. Quarantine Sanitation How-To Guides Cleaners & Disinfectants Facility Use & Design Foster Animal Health Care Overall Guidelines Surgery & Dentistry Toxicology & Poison Control Cruelty & Disasters Disaster Preparedness & Response Animal Cruelty Investigations Animal Fighting Enrichment & Behavior Behavior Canine Enrichment Feline Enrichment Adoption & Placement Relocation & Transport Reaching & Supporting Adopters Community Cats Foster Care Promotions & Events Clear All Animal Behavior Pathway Resources If you have questions or comments about these behavior pathway resources and tools, please email shelterbehavior@aspca.org. We also hope you will let us know how these behavior pathway resources are used in your organization! Refresh Your Marketing for Long-Term Shelter Animals Take these steps to review and refresh adoption marketing to find placement for longer-stay shelter animals. Meet-and-Greet Experiences that May Impact Dog and Cat Adoption Discover dozens of research-based factors that can increase—or decrease—a shelter animal’s likelihood of getting adopted as a result of an in-person or virtual meet-and-greet. Feline Upper Respiratory Infection Learn about the prevention, clinical signs, transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of feline URI in an animal shelter environment. They Did It: Creating More Vertical Space for Cats To provide more enrichment for the cats in their care, this California shelter installed a new climbing wall. 6 Tips for Following Up with Adopters Following up with adopters is a key part of keeping people and pets together. Check out these tips to help your organization design an effective follow-up process. Ten Ways Donkeys Are Different From Horses Donkeys are not just horses with big ears – they have unique characteristics that impact how caregivers assess their health and well-being. How to Use Whiteboards to Share Information about Shelter Animals Sharing information about animals in your care is critical. Use these tips for creating effective whiteboards—and get a few ideas for other ways to convey important information visually. Bread Ingestion in Pets on the Rise While baked bread likely won’t cause a life-threatening problem in pets, raw dough can be fatal. Learn why dough is dangerous and what to do if a dog or cat ingests it. 3 Tips for Keeping Foster Families Engaged Foster families are a key part of any shelter or rescue’s operations. Check out these tips to help keep both your potential and current foster families excited and engaged. Pagination Previous page ‹ previous … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Current page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 … Next page next ›