Search Search Search Topic Shelter Medicine Programs & Services Enrichment & Behavior Behavior Canine Enrichment Adoption & Placement (-) Reaching & Supporting Adopters Keeping Pets in Homes Safety Net Spay/Neuter Clinic Flow Clinic Administration Active FiltersReaching & Supporting Adopters Group 9 Clear All Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Zoomies: Charting a New Course for Owner Surrenders Learn how to increase a shelter’s ability to support pets in the community and reduce intake by integrating the rehoming platform Home-to-Home Advocating for Meaningful Animal Welfare Policies Through Storytelling Storytelling is a powerful way to showcase your lifesaving efforts and motivate lawmakers to remove barriers to keeping pets and people together. New ASPCA Survey: Vast Majority of Dogs and Cats Acquired During Pandemic Still in Their Homes As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, 90% of dogs and 87% of cats are still in their homes. They Did It: Reinvented How They Talk About Behavior in Shelter Animals Two experts provide examples and tools for messaging behavior in shelter animals that can be easily implemented into daily operations. 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. 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. They Did It: Decreased Length of Stay with Post-Adoption Spay/Neuter Contracts Learn how 1 shelter used post-adoption spay/neuter contracts to get pets into homes faster and open space for more animals in need.