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They Did It: Reduced Length of Stay Through an Efficient Intake Process

Having an intake process that accurately and efficiently assesses individual horse’s needs helps you plan the pathway to the best outcome for the horse.

4 Tips for Equine Matchmaking

Learn five tips to make better adoption matches for the equines in your care.

4 Tips for Sheltering Community Cats in Winter

Want to provide comfort and safety to community cats in the cold winter months? Here’s how to build a shelter for feral cats on the cheap.

Research Behind Adoption Ambassadors

Research conducted by the ASPCA has found that empowering fosters to find adopters is a simple and powerful strategy for saving more lives.

Must Shelters Quarantine Animals for Relocation?

Learn how critical it is for animal shelters to quarantine dogs and cats before or after animal relocation.

They Did It: Throwing a Slumber Party for Shelter Animals

Learn how an Arizona agency gave shelter animals some R&R—and some potential new homes at the same time.

5 Free (Or Darn Close) Feline Enrichment Ideas

Here are some ideas for enrichment on the cheap.

Ideal Age of Spay/Neuter

The risk of surgical complications is less with pediatric spay/neuter. Read these articles to find out more.

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!

They Did It: Doggy Day Out

Read about one agency's Doggy Day Out program that lets volunteers take dogs on trips of their choosing like hikes, beach trips, dinners and even sleepovers.

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